Crash and Burn 11/18/2019


Tuesday morning we had a meeting with our district. President McConkie came and talked about the
importance of sharing the Restoration which was awesome. After, we did service in this lady's backyard. We later had a lesson with L and some of his recent convert relatives where we talked about the restoration and the miracle that was the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. After that, there was a relief society event going on and we dropped in for a little bit. While we were getting hot chocolate, a lady came up to us and she told us that she worked in the missionary department and we had a good conversation with her about the recent changes and missionary work in Utah.

Wednesday I failed to write much in my journal so this is what I have. In the morning we went to the food bank. Another pair of Elders showed up that weren't supposed to be there so they got booted out by the boss there which was pretty funny. After that they had some steak that they couldn't give out so they gave it to us. We didn't get a chance to eat it though because it had gone bad before we had a chance to grill it.

Thursday I was on exchanges with Elder C! We discovered that his bike had 2 holes in it in the morning but couldn't patch it so we walked to our service and back. Then we went to the bike shop and Elder C got supplies he needed. For lunch We went to the G (senior couple) and had a birthday lunch for Elder W. After that we went back and patched Elder Cs tire. Later when we tested the tube we found that there was another hole we patched that one too before dinner. After dinner we went and biked up to some new apartments and knocked on doors there for a while. Later, we went by a couples house and had a short lesson about the importance of the Book of Mormon.

Friday for service we went and cleaned up a lady's front yard. I mowed the lawn and Elder W sucked
leaves up with a leaf vacuum. After the lady fed us Arby's. The new missionary handbook came out so we read a bunch of it to learn what the new rules are. All of our lessons cancelled so we went and contacted a bunch of people. We went by R's and talked to his mom for a while. She was being taught for a while but stopped suddenly.

Saturday we did a ton of service. We raked leaves at a huge house with a large yard. It took an hour and a half with 10 people working. Then we went and set up a trampoline with Elder G and C for a little girl that lives nearby us. Then we rushed over and went to a lesson with someone the sisters found for us. You've heard of Costa Vida but have you heard of Costa Grava? He is relatively new to Utah but has family that are members of the church. We talked about how families can be eternal with him. After dinner we had a lesson with R about the Law of Chastity. It went pretty well.


Sunday we only went to 2 sacrament meetings. Why might you ask? We stayed for Sunday School in the branch so we could give R the Priesthood! It was an awesome experience that I got to do and managed not to mess anything up too badly. The other ward we went to they got a new bishop because their old one got called to the stake presidency. We read more of the new handbook and went to contact a bunch of people and nobody was there (of course). We then went to an Elders Quorum President's house and got to know him better (to increase that all importance member trust @Elder K) and to talk about people in the ward.

Miracle of the Week: I didn't get hit by a train! We were biking to go contact a member and I was holding my phone in my hand for directions. When we were about to cross a railroad track, the light started and the arm started lowering to tell us that a train was coming. I was like "We're going" because we were already on the track almost. I heard Elder W say "No" and I freaked out because I thought I had misjudged where the train was so I slammed on my brake. The problem was that I only slammed my left brake because I was still holding my phone. I did a front flip over my bike and landed on my side and slid on the road for a couple feet.

Quote of the Week:"Sorry we were late, we were building a trampoline for a little girl"

This week's random sentence has to do with a restaurant and a TV show.

Pictures (hopefully in order):
1-3. Builing a trampoline
4. A thanksgiving tree
5. The biggest pizza I have ever seen
6. The best jack o jantern

By the way I am fine from my crash.

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