He's in California and loving it!!

Jayden made it to California! He sounds really good! Here is a little bit from his first email from California- "So my first area is Chico. It's kind of a college town. It's super ghetto. EVERYONE smokes and does meth. A meth lab exploded not too far from our house a couple weeks back! it makes me so grateful to live where we do. Nice open places and clean houses. The apartments we visit are just trashed! It's kinda depressing to see. It's like Jesse Pinkman's house on breaking bad when he has all those party's and stuff. The ward is really cool though! Everyone in the ward are all either super old, or pretty young. All the young people have tattoos and stuff haha. There's a really cool guy named brother Beck who took us to outback and bought us an iron and board because our house didn't have one. He's so cool. We have taught a lot of people. It's weird here, we have iPads and we have this area book app, that finds potential investigators for us through the church. So like if someone visits the church website, the website knows and it gets their address and info and we go teach them! My trainer elder Ross has never been tracting before because of it. It's way more effective though. We have several investigators and we picked up two more this week! It's a lot of work and I'm exhausted, but I'm so grateful for the experience! It's super sad, we are teaching this mentally disabled lady, and she wants to get baptized but she is addicted to smoking and is super depressed and we gave her a blessing. I get kinda scared going to here house because she freaks out and crys because she doesn't understand the scriptures and can't quit smoking. We met this cool guy named Norm, he is a less active member and he is obsessed with Elvis Presley. He's really funny. He was born with a weird deformed leg and a little chicken wing arm, but he is always trying to arm wrestle people with his other arm haha. So at church, this non member weirdo came to church, and no one invited him. He is an older guy and he literally looks like gollum from lord of the rings. Hair, teeth and everything. Me and elder Ross were teaching gospel principles, and we were teaching how to keep the sabbath day holy, and this crazy guy starts rambling about the end of the world and Russia invading everyone and China ruling us. He got there from keeping the sabbath day holy... Like what the crap!? And in priesthood, he said marriage is evil and got into a big argument with the teacher! It's was so weird. And we were visiting a recent convert last night, and she has a lot of cats just wondering around their yard and house, and their drunk neighbor comes over and start cussing and throwing the F bomb everywhere and he was throwing cats into the house because he hates all the cats. He got into the recent convert's mom's face. I thought I was going to have to beat the crap out of him if he hit her. Luckily he didn't though. "So ya it's interesting here in Chico haha. I know I wanted to go foreign, but this is foreign enough! I'm having fun!" So he's already having lots of adventures!! I got some pictures from him too but for the life of me, I can't figure out how to post them on here! I'll try to figure it out and post them soon! Here is a little bit from some earlier emails- "Thanks for sending the pics! I know I already taked to you today but president Marsten said we should let you know how everything is. so yes im in Cali. Its pretty much just rice fields as far as the eye can see, and maybe two or three people haha. Its like smaller feel than Grand Junction, but I havent been to Roseville yet, the mission office is in Antelope. And i cant send my picture with Dante Exum on this computer so i will send it later. It was seriously the craziest thing. hes just chilling by himself in the gate just eating, and ran over to him and said DANTE EXUM! and shook his hand. He was eating and his mouth was full so it was awkward haha. i just said I was a huge fan and asked if I could get a picture and he said yes and then i asked where he was going and he said Europe and i just said awesome and good luck this season. he probably thought i was the weirdest person because i was like freaking out haha. i also met Elder Christensen, the blonde kid on the District. so that was cool too. So just letting you know im doing pretty good! love you!" And here's the only one we got from him at the MTC- "Hola! How are you? Did you get my letter i sent in the mail? and how is everything going? And tell Mase I will be home before he knows it! And tell Troy and Melody congrats and that i miss everyone. I will send pictures when i am in Cali, the computers at the MTC are lame and dont work. well i will tell you about everything! So my companion is Elder Call, He is from Mapleton Utah. He loves basketball which is awesome! we always play basketball which is awesome! (except he is a Cavs fan). haha. He is like literally the most popular person in the MTC. he knows everyone its crazy! oh and Sister carleton was here! I talked to her the day before she left to Brazil! will you ask Braedy what her first name is? i think its Ashley but im not sure. so that was really cool! And dad will be so proud of me! im good friends with a kid named Elder Fesalai, he is from Melbourne Australia! he has the coolest accent! and he is really good at basketball and he talks about spear fishing in the ocean and stuff so we click pretty well haha. Elder Fesalai is in our zone. speaking of, if you havent got my letter yet, me and Elder Call are zone leaders!!!! we got called the second day we were here so that was a little overwhelming haha. we have to go to tons of meetings and teach orientation class to the new missionaries and get reports and just tons of things. Its been such a good experience though! I have changed so much just from a week of being at the MTC! I love you so much mom! thanks for being such a great example to me!" So he has had some great experiences so far! I can't believe he's already been out three weeks!! Time is going by fast for me!! So grateful for my boy and his decision to serve the Lord!!