The work goes on even with outrageous heat

This week has been really good.

My new companion is Elder Butler, if I didn't mention that last week. He is super fun to be around and enjoys doing crazy things so him and I get along. He goes home half way through next transfer so he is ready to go super hard for his last 9 weeks which is super good for me and for this area. If y'all didn't see on the news or anything like that California is getting hit hard by a huge heat wave this weekend and today. Yesterday it was above 100 until it got dark and even then it was in the mid 90's and today is supposed to be the same. Getting a car at transfer meeting is much more than a tender mercy now. But the work goes on even with outrageous heat.

On Tuesday after transfers we were able to meet with Raul and read from the Book of Mormon with him and he was able to pick out more principals than he has in the past. We made a couple of attempts to visit Carolina but both times she ended up being busy but we did have the chance to suggest a talk for her to listen to and to find out that she has been reading the Book of Mormon which is good.
While trying to visit a less-active young man we ended up teaching a group of 7th graders some of the restoration and giving them all copies of the Book of Mormon. It was super cool to see how they listened as we spoke and that when we asked them how they felt as we taught that they all recognized that they felt calm and that they learned and how readily they accepted it when we pointed out that that was the Spirit testifying to them.

We have had some time to do some tracting throughout the week as well and had some pretty fun experiences while doing it. We met some really nice people who have had a lot of positive experiences with members of the church in the past so they were at least willing to be kind and give us water and chat for a little even if they weren't interested in learning more. One family even let us go explore their huge back yard and play with their baby goats and they walked with us along the horse trail to feed some of the neighbors horses. I think I would rather have a fainting goat as a pet over a dog.

Church on Sunday was super good. The focus on fathers and the way that the speakers related our earthly fathers to our Heavenly Father was truly amazing and made me very grateful for my father at home and my Father in Heaven.
I'm excited for this coming transfer. Having to lead out an area that I'm not as familiar with as I would like to be is kind of stressful I know that there are good things on the way and that by listening to the guidance of the Holy Ghost, Elder Butler and I will be able to be the Lord's hands in this area and that we will be able to see miracles happen.

Love

Elder Cheever