This
week went well, we had lots of opportunities to serve as well as lessons and
meals with members.
We
got to go to the elementary school again with all the Elders near us to help
set up more classrooms. Tuesday we also taught Matti one time before she head
out for South Carolina and also taught our member friend Christian. I guess
that lesson went well enough he decided to buy us food for the first time ever.
We also got to teach our friend Christopher for the first time and invited him to
church.
Wednesday
after district council and lunch, we helped Matt and Bremmen move Bremmen out
of his apartment on Galveston into a temporary storage unit. That took pretty
much the whole afternoon, so they decided to take us out to Olive Garden for
dinner. That was I'm pretty sure my first time ever going there, and as much as
I was grateful for the food, I don't think it's ever worth going there
again.
We
helped our member friend Lily learn more about missionary work Thursday
afternoon, then President and Sister Larson had us over for dinner. We also got
to go to and help out at institute that evening.
Friday
evening we did a lot of contacting and tracting in Friendswood, but we were
invited to dinner by our member Jacob Gabbitas. He took us to an
all-you-can-eat sushi place near us, which was the first time I've ever had sushi.
That was a mistake because now I like sushi a lot and am going to want to fork
over the ridiculous amount of money to buy more. Thankfully as a missionary
that can't happen. That night we went over to the Valentine's whose son Jacob
is in our branch and got to teach all of them.
Saturday
we went to a park to play basketball since there was an event going on we
didn't know about. It was pretty fun, except for one point when i started to
feel just a little sick from all the food I'd had the night before and had to
sit out a second before anything wild happened. We taught our member friend
Elder Vergaray, who is currently a service missionary in the branch and helps
our social media and data team. That night, we had a game night where members
invited nonmember friends which went super well and we had a good
turnout.
At
church, we invited Russell to be baptized, but he said he wasn't feeling
prepared enough, so Mike invited him to the branch temple trip to tour the
grounds a bit and he said he would go. That evening we learned about a new
program in the mission called Better Life Houston, where stakes will put on a
variety of classes geared toward helping members and nonmembers in all parts of
their lives. It sounds like not much is required of us as missionaries, but it
was also pretty vague when we discussed what our responsibilities would
be.
I
did get a haircut on Pday, and although it didn't turn out the way I hoped, the
lady who cut my hair had met with missionaries before and wanted them back, so
I referred her to the Sisters in her area. As a district, we played mini golf
on Galveston, and then we went with the Elders to the nearby batting cages for a
bit. It was all a lot of fun, and at FHE that night there were some members we
didn't know, and got to introduce ourselves.
It
was an overall fun and productive week and I hope to keep the spiritual ball
rolling this next one.
-Elder
Thompson
