Week 97 Last email!

what up! So I'm not all into this cliche last week of the mission let me bear my whole soul to you guys on the internet lol.

So If you want too hear all the deep stuff just come see me next wekk haha. But for real, the mission was crazy. Its insane that its over, I thought I would be out here forever, but like, in a good way. 

Ive learned a lot about myself and the gospel. and socal, haha.

Honestly though, Ive spoken a few times in sacrament meeting over the last few weeks alone, but that doesnt mean that ill be speaking for 30 minutes two sundays from now. 

Heres a picture of me in a pool.

Elder Ockey

Week 96

Man what a week! 

there were some ups and there were some downs. 

Our teaching pool in BB is small to begin with, then we got freakin crushed this week.

Louisa, who I usually refer to as our 'granola gator' has completely disapeared. We talked with her ex-boyfriend, who she was living with. He said she broke up with him and left. Apparently she does crystal meth and is an alcoholic. So, nobody knows where she went. He thinks shes dead but we have hope!

But yea, now we only have one serious investigator. This area is sick and the members and less-active work is bumpin, but there are zero people who want to be taught. As per usual most of our week was filled with service, cutting fire wood, mobving firewood, burning firewood.

We took some things to the dump and saw where the fire from a a few weeks ago got to. just a few miles from the chruch and our house. kinda creepy looking. 

The town is packed this weekend for 4th of July, so we try to talk to people but they are pretty rude :(

They sang Star-Spangled Banner in church but I sang O, Canada in my heart :) <3

Thats about it folks, not much else to report. Ill get a few more pics for the finale next week loooooool

Elder Ockey

week 95

Fire!

So there was a fire close to Baldwin Lake, which is like, 10 minute from us. The Lucerne Elders came up to do a hike with us and almost got stranded up here for the week. We hit up the Pacific Coast Trail. #granolalyfe

the fire burnt Monday-sometime later in the week. 1300 acres and it was craaaaaayyy! Power kept going out and we couldnt make it down to AppleValley for zone conference so we went all the way to Rancho through the front way. Got to see all the mission homies one more time :(

Pretty much did service all week, thus is the BigBear lyfe. We got a new gator though! hes pretty promising, his name is Jesus so thats a plus.

Brother Wessel is a lift mechanic at Bear Mountain and Snow Summit so we went up to the top of the hill with them today. It was pretty legit. The missionaries are the closest people to their age in the ward haha. 

pce

<3 Elder Ockey

Week 94

Hows it going you greasy gators?!

Another awesome week in the land of endless p-days and service haha

There isnt a whole lot of people up here. The second counsellor was telling us out of the 10 thousand homes up here only 3 thousand are occupied year round lol. The 4th of July Firework show is supposed to be the best in socal though so thats cool.

We had a good lesson with our only progressing investigator. She gave us some hippie stew lol, it had sweet potatoe and coconut

and goose in it. Dang good! 👌She also offered us a job so we had to tell her that we dont work haha.

But other than that we just did a lot of service and such, walked around a bit.

pce fam

Week 93

What up!

So big bear is pretty much the best place on earth, its like kalispell

but all the houses are cramped together overpopulated-Cali style.

We had some really good lessons with a lot of cool people. There are

so many granolas here haha! people talk to us about 'shakras' all the

time loool.

Mostly just pics to explain the week!

<3 you!

yea thats a dead chipmunk in someones living room

Week 92

whats up homies!

So i got transfered. 6 week shafted but I dont really consider it a shaft.

My mission dream has come true! Im in big bear! its only gonna be 6

weeks but oh well. Im with Elder Morton so we are gonna get some

serious work done!

Im super excited. I was gonna take some pics but it took us like 2

hours to drive from the mission office to here and we crashed, then I

unpacked (a little) and now Im crashing again.

Here is us in the family history center.

Also the closest missionaries to us are like 40 minutes away so we

pretty much isolated.

Wooo! Im pumped

Elder Ockey

Week 91

what up!

Memorial day was yesterday so we emailing on Tuesday. pretty exciting.

We went to a bbq at Sergios cuz he had the day off. Caught a little of

the Monaco Grand Prix but don't tell anyone ;) shhhhhhh

Man we were both sick this week so we don't have a whole lot to report on.

We have been working a ton with an excommunicated member. I don't

think I have ever wanted anyone to progress more in my live than him

right now. We got a super solid church commitment out of him for

sunday but then when church was a little into it we got a super long

text from him. it said something to the effect of, "Sorry Elders, I

don't think I can be forgiven. I don't know what to do anymore." but

really sad and heartfelt and we didn't know what to do.

We managed to catch him at home a little after church and had a crazy

talk with him.  It was hands down the most I have relied on the spirit my whole

mission. a lot was said and the spirit was felt. We are now going over

every night to make sure he has been reading at least a verse a day,

then we read a verse with him as well. Pretty awesome.  Now hes been

reading every day since and taking steps towards coming back! whoooooooo!

Elder Ockey