Jacob finishes his first week in Fresno

Im going to tell you a little about my Mission President and my new companion Elder FisiHoi.
President Gelwix:
he said the fresno california is the highest baptism mission in north america, last year they had around 900 baptisms and he said that this year our goal is 1,200. so that means each companion has to baptise at least 1 person per month.
he use to be a famous Rugby coach and there was a movie written about him called "Forever Strong" you should watch it if you can and then send it to me so i can watch it.
our motto is " no regrets" and our theme is "we baptize"
Elder FisiHio
he is from New Zealand
he played Rugby in highschool and so he is a pretty big guy
he has 8 other siblings
he likes to play guitar and has the voice of an angel
we got along very very very well
so the church as just started this 12 week program that makes a greenie into a trainer in 12 weeks. so im in the program and by the end of it im probably going to start to train a brand new missionary that just came out of the MTC.

My first day I had to start knocking on doors and talk to random people about the gospel. The first couple minutes werI hard and then i got use to it. I live in a house with just me and my companion...we have our own, washer/dryer, dishwasher, 2 bathrooms, 2 bedrooms and a good sized study area. Everyday im learning something new and the members here treat missionaries like kings, I am in the Peachwood ward and everynight a family has us over for dinner and the members are always asking if we need help with anything. There are about 400 members in the Peachwood ward. I got my bike the day I came out here and it works perfectly fine and I use it everyday. Don't worry I will write to Daniel.

Today I went to walmart and printed out 40 pictures from my camera and I'm going to mail them to you. On top of the debit card you gave me the church gave me another debit card and it gets $130.00 each month for food,hygiene and clothes. Any money that i dont use on that month gets transferd to the next month.

love,
Elder Jacob DeMarco