Week #4 Arrival in Arcadia

Hey guys I made it through my first week! It was a good week. I flew in on Tuesday and went to the mission home and had dinner there. Then I went to a member's house for the night. Then the next day I found out my companion was Elder Groll from Kaysville Utah and we graduated the same year. Crazy! We are assigned to  Las Flores which is in Laverne and Pomona. It's a decent area - there are some nice areas and not so nice areas. This week we have been teaching James who is making good progress and is working towards baptism. He is fully committed to being baptized soon. It has been pretty hot here, about 96 to 107 degrees. We also have been teaching this lady named Pilar and she is a really nice lady. I got to see my first baptism yesterday with Pilar and she is just a great lady. Yesterday for the baptism I showed the video Baptism with little kids telling the story of Christ's baptism and they really liked it and then I showed Elder Holland's video of a special witness of Christ which talks about the atonement. Both were really neat videos. We were pretty busy getting the baptism set up most of the week. It is so nice that we get fed every single night from the ward members. They are super nice and feed us great! Today for p day we went golfing and that was fun but really hot. It was a nice golf course that was higher up near the mountains so it was pretty. My area is a biking area and it has been fun biking even though it's hot. Anyway I have got a good companion and this area is really doing well lately and we have a lot of great people learning about the church. I also met President and Sister Wells and they are so nice and really great people to be my mission president and wife. Hope everyone is doing good! I'm doing just fine! Have a great day everyone. 

Love,

Elder Toller 

This is James who we taught and Pilar's baptism.