M.P.S. Posted June 6, 2004 Report Posted June 6, 2004 Hey kids! So, I leave for the California San Bernardino mission in 2.5 weeks (which encompasses San Bernardino County... basically). Anyone here from the area? If so, what is the Church like there? What are the non-members like? Any other missionary advice would be awesome. THANKS! (P.S.- Any refference to previous posts I made that weren't so missionary-ish aren't appreciated... just FYI.) Quote
Guest Starsky Posted June 6, 2004 Report Posted June 6, 2004 Congratulations...and good choice... Now...make sure you keep yourself disaplined....healthy....filled with the Spirit....and don't use this time to investigate anti-mormon crap.. Remember missionaries are first on Satan's 'to-do' list....it will be more spiritually challenging in every catagory of your life.... it will be harder to get up... harder to study scriptures... harder to get along with companions....or people around you... harder to pray.... harder to be patient.... harder to keep a civil tongue in your head.... harder to resist tempatation.... just plain harder...... The key to success....keep your eye single to the glory of God....even when someone compliments you on your work....talents.....looks....whatever.... Quote
Guest wendylady Posted June 6, 2004 Report Posted June 6, 2004 I used to live in Victorville, which is in San Bernardino county. That's where I joined the church myself. Personally I found the church very strong in that area. :) Expect it to get very hot this time of year though, if you're not used to a hot climate it may take some time to get used to it. A lot of the area is desert. Quote
Lindy Posted June 6, 2004 Report Posted June 6, 2004 Havent' lived in California in many years.....but remember San Bernardino as HOT during the summer. I am an LDS convert.....the second set of missionaries I had were the best I could ever have hoped for....I was/am very big on "Show me in the BIBLE" and they DID! It took me 5 years from the time I first heard LDS missionaries to really sit down and think about what I had heard. I always had a relationship going with God and His Son, but to increase that relationship and strengthen my testimony of the truths I had been missing, and looking for....made me complete. Understand the concerns of those you meet in regards to the church, a good missionary will have an answer to counter all concerns raised...or offer to find an answer that will help open the heart to see the truth in what is placed before them. Don't get discouraged if people aren't falling at your feet wanting to learn or have the willingness to believe in what you are saying. A seed will be planted in the hearts of 100's of people that may take a while to take root.Sometimes the truth of the gospel is hard to take, and people don't want to be bothered with the responsibilities it entails. But all it would take would be ONE soul to accept the truths you offer...and you will feel soooo good, bringing someone to know the gospel as well as you do. Congratulations on wanting to serve a mission for the Lord! Quote
DisRuptive1 Posted June 7, 2004 Report Posted June 7, 2004 All I know about San Bernadino is that it is basically hot. And during the hot months it's, well, hotter. It gets hot in the summer too. Come to think of it it's hot there in the winter also. So therefore it's hot all round. Also San Bernadino is the largest county in the WORLD!!! The county itself comprises of a lot of desert. Hopefully everyone is packed in one neat little area and there isn't an investigator on the other side of all the sand dunes. Well happy tracking! Quote
Guest lt Posted June 7, 2004 Report Posted June 7, 2004 Just moved from there...you'll love it...In South Pasadena & Arcadia missions strong, Pasadena pretty good Santa clarity good, but depends on which ward. Castiac depends on the day of the week. I wish you best....you'll love it....... Whats your name..I'll tell my hubby to look for ya ! and if he finds ya to feed ya!!!! Quote
Guest TheProudDuck Posted June 7, 2004 Report Posted June 7, 2004 Hey MPS -- I may be moving out in that direction next year, so I've been looking around. My impressions are that San Bernardino County is less California than Kansas. East of the San Bernardino Mountains (our mini-Alps), Victorville and Hesperia are sort of like last-outpost bedroom communities of LA, with a sprinkling of the old free-spirited, hardscabble desert rat culture surviving. Expect to see a lot of bad teeth, as well as mushrooming subdivisions, big-box stores, and the other hallmarks of instant-suburb America. San Bernardino County is, I believe, the largest county in the lower 48 states, reaching all the way across the desert to the Nevada border. To the extent you ever draw duty out there in the outback, expect a higher ratio of hardscrabble, bad-toothed desert rats, with the population gentrifying a little bit again -- but not much -- as you reach the Colorado River. West of the San Bernardinos, the towns are kind of a modified Southern California suburban sprawl. I say "modified," because they're a lot more down to earth than the cities on the immediate coastal plain. There are a lot more pickup trucks, dirt bikes, and country music stations. As you get closer to Los Angeles, the towns take on a more LA-like feel; farther east, places like Redlands and Beaumont feel like separate towns. That's saying a lot in Southern California, because generally, all the cities have grown into one continuous mass, which can make you feel claustrophobic. Yucaipa, one of the dustier eastern towns, has a distinctly born-again feel, although I imagine some of the newer subdivisions in town are less so. On some of the streets, it seemed like every second yard had a hand-lettered sign with a scripture verse out front -- and not the touchy-feely life-affirming Methodist-style scriptures about lions lying down with their lunch; these are old-school "believe or be damned" verses. Prepare for some fireworks in Yucaipa. (Note: Whenever an evangelical Christian commands you, as a cultist, in the name of the Lord, to be silent, the classic response is to wait a beat, and then say, "Can you hear me now?" Although you may want to start running right afterwards.) Redlands is one of the nicest places I've ever seen, and is where I'll probably wind up living if I make my contemplated move. It's a university town, which tones down the born-againism, although you do have to put up with a lot of black-clad wannabe Sartres. The town recently had a Mormon mayor, and the temple was just finished. (It was announced at the same time as the temple in my native Newport Beach, which is just now being constructed; I don't know if that's a result of Redlands' general tolerance for Mormons as opposed to Newport's, or just that Newport is full of property-value-hoarding nouveau-riche McMansion-dwelling dorks. I tend to the latter opinion, seeing as how a local Presbyterian church is now getting the same treatment. Anyway, I digress: Redlands is a beautiful old turn of the century town that takes care to preserve its history. It's still surrounded by orange groves, and probably looks like most of SoCal did before it got overrun by congestion. The people seem really friendly. Couldn't tell you much about the Church presence there, but I imagine that, based on the temple being there and the kind of family-friendly place many of the towns seem to be, the Church is probably pretty strong. Good luck! Quote
DisRuptive1 Posted June 17, 2004 Report Posted June 17, 2004 Some other stuff. San Bernadino County has about 50 people per square mile. Seriously. You'll understand why when you figure out that San Bernadino County is about twice the size of Connecticut. Must mean it's big. Happy tracking! Quote
DisRuptive1 Posted June 17, 2004 Report Posted June 17, 2004 Poor guy. I just realized you'll miss Spiderman 2. Ha! Quote
Blackmarch Posted December 21, 2015 Report Posted December 21, 2015 (edited) deleted. Edited December 21, 2015 by Blackmarch Quote
Blackmarch Posted December 21, 2015 Report Posted December 21, 2015 dunno why my button click to ok me to the end of the list sorry for the necromancy. Quote
pam Posted December 22, 2015 Report Posted December 22, 2015 This person is probably married with 4 kids by now. Daybreak79 and Backroads 2 Quote
RipplecutBuddha Posted December 22, 2015 Report Posted December 22, 2015 I was only home from the San Diego mission five years when this was posted. I coulda given him some good info, too.... Quote
David13 Posted December 22, 2015 Report Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) I think San Bernardino was the first California mission in 1853. The first Mormon settlement.Over the last 5 years I was out there once a week. But no longer.dc How do they get these old posts to come up, anyway?By search topic?I only get a few of my old posts if I look for them. Edited December 22, 2015 by David13 Quote
zil Posted December 22, 2015 Report Posted December 22, 2015 I think San Bernardino was the first California mission in 1853. Wow. This thread is older than I thought. pam 1 Quote
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