19 and prego!! I am going to be a dad!

So it was a pretty good week. I know that this is weird talking and emailing  on a Wednesday, but tomorrow is transfers and so ya. I am training so I have a boy on a plane right now that is probably tripping out about this whole place because I know I was when I got here and I still am. We received our transfer calls on Saturday while we were providing service at the Children's Discovery Museum. President Jergensen asked about Elder Harris and I said that he's good and he is actually going to be Zone Leader.  He then called me to be a Trainer and I paused a second and accepted. I'm really nervous about it just because I'M STILL IN TRAINING!! I will pray harder then I ever have in my entire life for the help of the Lord cuz I sure do need it. 

 

I want to talk about the incident that about killed me. It is true. I know that I have been a little prankster in my life, but I'm not lying about it. My life has been changed because of it and it does haunt me.  I can't believe it really happened. It all happened so fast and I really wasn't thinking, just doing and acting. I did not fill out any reports or talk to any police officers about it. I'm not sure that it would've made a difference.  I hear the police force out here has a history of being lazy and avoiding situations like that. Due to the fact that it happened in Peoria, 45 minutes away, I have not been back there and will never go back to that area again. It's scary and only on assignment will I go there again. I'm not sure how serious I can be in telling that it is true, but I don't want to talk about it anymore.  I've tried to forget it.

 

I do want to discuss about the future though. Christmas. I will send home the information that I have concering the call home and all that jazz in a separate e-mail. I do have a question which needs attention fast. Will I be receiving a gps because if so then I will not buy one from an elder out here in Normal. I have not opened your package mom and will save that for Christmas so that I can  actually have something to open.

 

Last night we taught a man named Arze who is an older man from Panama who doesn't speak much English. He is very kind and wants to learn more. I always carry a Spanish Book of Mormon with me and gave him a Restoration Pamphlet. I hate not being able to speak Spanish.  I feel like I can't help him because it is hard to communicate. I wish you could help out dad and Tony because he is so ready for this and just needs to hear it in his own language.

 

I'm sorry that my e-mails aren't the novels that Tony writes but whatever.  I just go blank when I get here and have to read and see all of the email.  I love you all very much and can't wait to talk with ya.

 

About Died! True Story!

Ok so Bloomington is awesome and all joy but there's this place down the road called Peoria. It is a city where our Zone Leaders live and all that joy so there was this training thing going on and we did an exchange there. So there is this place in the south part of Peoria and it's straight ghetto I'm talking the government projects. So I was there with Elder Davis (idaho falls) going to a potentials house that wanted us to come by. So we get there and like not 3 minutes after we sit down with a lady named Joyce the door gets kicked down and 2 giant brothas come in with guns up and black masks on wanting to know where Josh and Tenisha or something like that is and we're like yelling I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW WE'RE MISSIONARIES!!!! and they talked for like 10 secs and then go kick the door down next to us and there's yelling and then 5-6 shots go off and they run out and we're like freaking out and we get out of there and run for awhile cuz we were way scared. I'm not lying it happened and I have never been more scared in my life I now know what it's like to have a gun right in your face with it loaded. I was protected no douby we had to go to macdonalds and get some food cuz we were all shook up from that. I guess after talking with Elder Davis there have been like 4 shootings in that area in the past month or so.

 

That was crazy and the rest of the week was great we have William getting baptized at the end of the month and we're going to be having a open house for the Messiah presentation next Sunday at the church so hopefully we will be able to have some investigators come to that.

 

The weather is getting cold and I so still need to get some boots so I'll see if I can get some today because the feet do get cold.

 

Jared how was Cali?? I want to know but I won't be able to email till next Wednesday. hope that fat cat is not giving you too much trouble.

 

Well mom you enjoy those primary kids and learn alot from them cuz we have to teach the kids one of these week in primary.\\

 

                      I love you all and hope you enjoyed the Christmas Devotional

                                         Elder Gonzalez   Bloomington Illinois