Last Week in Merced

This is my last week in Merced. Found out I will be transferred down to Fresno. IT will be sad to see Merced go because we met a lot of awesome people up here, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

Today we visited a member that lives up on a lake and toured an abandoned wood mill. That was super fun!

This week we also met a really cool guy who wants to get baptized! He came to church and is super cool!

Overall it was a good week and we were able to meet a lot of cool people. 

Hope y'all have a good week!

- Elder Yskes 

My Birthday!!!

This week was fun! On Wednesday was my birthday so we did a whole bunch! We got free Slurpees (of course) and got Indian food for lunch and Kou (the woman I baptized last month) took us out to dinner with her boys! It was super fun! Their family is super cool and it was fun to spend part of the day with them!

Later this week we did some service and during service someone showed us his fishing bow! It is so cool! It is a bow and arrow with a fishing reel attached so you can go fishing with it. It was cool. 

Saturday, Sunday, and today we spent a few hours each day attending the funeral of one of the members, Elder Mendoza who I used to take the bread and water to every Sunday. 

That's about all we did this week! Have a good one y'all! 

-Elder Yskes

A Trip up to Turlock

This week was good! We found two new people to teach and they both came to church! It was super cool! Also, we went up to Turlock again today to continue to meet the new missionaries and make them feel included. It was super fun! For a while in Merced we were too far away from any missionaries to hang out but now that Modesto joined the mission we can have fun! It is awesome! This week We did a lot of service as well! We were able to help out at a retired Air Force base that is now a museum. We took some cool pictures in between projects. Overall It was a good week! Hope everyone else has a good one!

- Elder Yskes

Baptisms

This week was fun! We had 2 baptisms! It was super exciting to see them progress. They have been loving church and loving the Gospel! This week there was also a new ”Preach my Gospel” released and we gained 3 zones from the Modesto mission! We spent preparation day going up to visit them so that was super fun! But that cuts time short so sorry for the short email! Love yall

Elder Yskes