These past couple weeks have been unsurprisingly loaded with things to do. Just another testament of the great work the Lord has in store for us. The weather here is also getting warm sooner than usual, it feels like June already.
We
got around quite a bit on Tuesday knocking doors and visiting referrals. We
also got to visit Manny in the afternoon, who we caught sleeping in the
driveway and could hear snoring about 100 yards away. We also got to teach
Daniel and the Morris's in the evening after having dinner with them.
Nothing
too eventful happened outside of district council on Wednesday happened. We did
get to meet with the Pattersons for dinner. We also found someone to refer to
the Sisters, which rarely happens.
We
got to go to the Flakes again for service and finish up cleaning out their barn
as well as do yard work and fix their road. In the evening, we went with Bro.
Roofner and had an awesome lesson with Andres, who is looking like he's finally
making some spiritual progress
Friday
morning the Voss's had us over to give a couple blessings. In the afternoon we
finally got to some weekly planning done and cleaned the apartment for
inspections. In the evening we got to go again to ward FHE.
We
helped Bro. Arnold Saturday morning move a bunch of stuff back into his shed.
They fed us some fantastic homemade cinnamon rolls afterward. We taught our
friend DeAndre outside his apartment after, and then he got his friends all
together so we could play some football with them. We had a mission devotional
with President Lund which we got to watch over zoom at the church. The Voss's
then took us to Chili's for dinner.
After
church and meetings on Sunday, we set up our building for a fireside. In the
evening, we held a Why I Believe fireside for all the investigators and members
in the stake. Recent converts shared their experiences and members played
musical pieces. It went really well.
Monday
we went to the Nike Outlet in Texas City, then went as a district to Joe's BBQ.
We then played chair soccer and volleyball at the church. I went in the evening
on exchanges with the ZL quad in Friendswood.
I
spent some time watching the companionship clean their apartment in the morning
and went grocery shopping with them. Elder Unga and I knocked a bunch of
trailers and apartments in the afternoon. We had dinner in the evening with a
fun member family. Elder Marriott, who is a first-transfer greenie,
accidentally shared the wrong scripture which I think upset the family.
Afterward, Elder Marriott and I spent more time tracting some trailers.
We
had another uneventful Wednesday, outside of our last district council and
interviews with President Richards. Elder Mafi was also super sick, so we were
advised to stay inside the rest of the day.
Thursday
morning we did go to the food truck service at Grace church for a while. Elder
Mafi was still sick so after that we didn't really get to do much else. We did
exchange that evening with the other Elders and Elder Peterson came to my
area.
We
exercised in the morning by playing basketball with the other Elders at the
church. In the afternoon, we met with the Saldanas, and then we went as a
district to clean out and move stuff out of a nasty trailer that some friends
of the Sisters were living in. We then went to Bro. Owens to give him a
blessing, then went to FHE in the evening.
Elder
Mafi found out he was getting transferred, so he spent most of Saturday packing.
We also spent a lot of time trying to contact our investigators to get them to
come to church.
Sunday
we went to church and missionary meetings. Elder Mafi said a lot of goodbyes to
a lot of people. We spent the evening at Jordan Morgan's home for dinner.
Monday
morning we went as a district to Chick-fil-a for breakfast. We then went to the
mission office for transfers and spent a lot of time talking to other
missionaries. Some of them old companions and friends I won't get to see for a
long while. I met up with my new companion Elder Biggs and we headed back to
our area so he could unpack.
I'm
looking forward to my final transfer and all the ways I can help others come
unto Christ in my final month here.
-Elder
Thompson
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