My
weekly email has taken way too long to get out, so much so I'm covering two
weeks worth of stuff into one email. Hopefully, I can compact it all nice and
tight and it can all be understood.
We
had zone conference a couple weeks ago, which was pretty good. It was cut down
to only two hours since we have a Christmas conference coming up. I did
get the chance to share a message with everyone and get them hyped to baptize
nations this transfer so that was fun. Afterward, I went on exchanges with the
zone leaders and stayed in my area with Elder Knight. We had a solid member
meal and another solid member lesson that afternoon. Our zl said that they
rarely got to work with and interact with church members since Spanish-speaking
areas are quite different.
We
had a really good couple of member meals and member lessons a couple weeks ago,
one of note was going to Escalante's with Geoff. It's this really nice and
really tasty tex-mex restaurant that I wouldn't mind going to again.
We
had a couple service opportunities a while back as well, we got to clean the
church and help an older lady move out of her place in a living center.
A
couple of Sundays ago, we went to the Morton's home, who are in our YSA bishopric, and have a huge feast for Steven, who is going on his mission shortly.
There was steak, sausage, duck, and a whole bunch of other things along with a
ton of different and amazing desserts.
That
P-day, we went to the stake center as the 30+ Elders in the zone to play a bunch
of basketball. In the evening, we got the opportunity to go to FHE a bit before
helping the Skidmore's set up their home for their thanksgiving dinner
party.
For
Thanksgiving, we gathered as a district in the morning for a quick meeting then
had a breakfast together. In the evening, we went to the Skidmore's party and
dinner and spent time with a lot of different members. At dinner, there was
African and Mexican food as well as the traditional thanksgiving items, so
that was an interesting change for sure.
The
next day, we were biking to a lesson 45 mins away, and about halfway there, my
pedal fell completely off. We have bus passes, so our plan was to walk back to
a nearby stop and ride it back to our apartment so we could get in our car and
leave. That would've taken a bit of time and thankfully, a nonmember saw us and
offered to take us back in his truck. We got to know him and invited him to
church and thanked him when he left. That was pretty cool.
Saturday
we had dinner with thanksgiving leftovers and lots of dessert for a ward
missionary that is in the Maplewood ward that is moving. At the end, the
sisters in our ward got a call from the STLs, and they asked them to ask us to
come change their car tire for them. I've been praying for an opportunity like
this, being able to change someone else tire haha. That was way more fun than
it should have been showing up to help them out.
Sunday,
Steven's family had another going away party for him, and a bunch of YSA and
missionaries showed up to congratulate him and share testimonies of missionary
work. There was also some really different and really good Chinese-cooked
thanksgiving food.
Monday,
we went to the giving machine in downtown Houston to quickly take photos, and
then we spent the rest of the day at the Houston Zoo. That was a blast.
I
guess this email isn't quite as long as I anticipated. Hopefully, no one worried
about me when I didn't send one out. I'll make sure to stay better on top of
them in the future.
-Elder Thompson
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