Going home

1/14/09
well, not much news to talk about, just one or two matters. about two weeks ago elder kiestler told me he was going home soon, he had talked to president and they decided to send him home because he wasnt obeying mission rules and wasnt going to start. president said by last friday he was going to be gone, however, after talking to elder kiestlers parents, he moved the date to the 20th of january because his parents wanted him to come home near the 21st, which is when his older brother gets off his mission. that was the plan until the 12th when at 6.30 am president and the APs knocked on our door. i was awake and starting to do my excercises so i let them in while elder kiestler got out of bed and they told us that he was going home that day at 11.30. now i am on splits for a week with another elder whose companion is the new ap and is at the mission home being trained, so between the 2 of us we are covering both areas. its been pretty hectic the last couple of days going back and forth so much, but we have a car so its not as bad. the reason elder kiestler went home was, as i said, he wasnt keeping missoin rules, such as he wasnt going to bed on time or waking up, listening to music from home, playing his PSP and gameboy instead of studies, watching movies on his portable dvd player, etc. there was a lot more that was going on before he got transfered to me, and president still knew about it but didnt do anything until now. elder pico, our DL, called president to tell him that elder kiestler was sleeping in when one morning elder pico came by to drop off some papers at like 10.00 and elder kiestler was still sleeping so thats when pres made the decision to send him home. transfers isnt until wednesday so i will be with elder vaca-guzman until then covering the 2 areas, then i dont know if i will stay in downey or not. so thats what has happened this week. today, after the temple, we went down sunset blvd towards hollywood to hit up some music store, so that was the closest i have gotten to seeing the california that everyone knows about. i was really close to my old area in santa monica, its just 2 minutes from the temple, and then from from there we headed east a bit. almost got to repass the old stomping grounds. thats about it. it was great to hear from you all this week even tho you had 2 extra days... toodles