It
seems like we were traveling a billion miles an hour this week. There was so
much to do and it all went by super fast. Our car monitoring device was also
broken for most of the week so I may or may not have been driving faster than
usual as well.
On
Tuesday, I was on exchanges with Elder Johnson in the Missouri City area. It
was real weird going to a dinner appointment and trying to communicate with
them since they spoke Spanish, and since I know absolutely zero words and Elder
Johnson hasn't quite got a hold of the language either. They were kind enough
to use Google translate with us which helped immensely. Through the whole
experience though we could definitely feel the Spirit which was awesome because
I learned afterward one was an inactive member and the other was a nonmember,
so we got to share an awesome lesson with them.
Wednesday
is when our ward holds mutual for the youth, so we decided to join them this
week. We learned about indexing for a little bit, then were going to okay
volleyball with them but instead met up with our whole district who happened to
be at the church at the same time and planned Thanksgiving. We then spent some
time with the Missouri City ward after their activity then played basketball
with some of their youth. This is super helpful for us since our goal is to get
the youth involved in and excited about missionary work.
Elder
Zabel had some family friends in the area, so we got to go out to Big Horn
Barbeque with them on Saturday. I don't think I can ever get sick of the BBQ
here or Tex-Mex.
Sunday
I got to speak in sacrament meeting, and I mentioned playing volleyball in high
school. We went to the Johnstuns for dinner, and spent practically the whole
time talking volleyball and they all ended up playing volleyball at the church
with our whole district on pday. It was the last pday for Elder Mortenson and
Hermana Swapp, so we went to Tornado Burger and Elder Mortenson and I went on a
quick exchange to a super cool comic book store. Needless to say, the weekend
was super fun.
I
spoke on Bradley R. Wilcox's talk "Worthiness is not Flawlessness" I
love this talk for the inspiring words it gives to everyone who struggles
through repentance. We can all count on the Atonement of Jesus Christ and His
guidance and support through trying times, and none of us are too far gone to
receive of His mercy. During the Thanksgiving season I'm especially grateful
for Christ and His Atonement and the way He's provided for each and everyone of
us to return to live with Him again.
Happy
Thanksgiving everyone!
-Elder Thompson
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