Josh's Journey

Tuesday was Christmas Eve. In the morning we went to a senior center and visited some people there. Later, in the afternoon, we went back and played blackjack for a while (not for money of course). Then we visited W and her mom for a while. Later, we went a member's house and wrapped our presents and ding dong ditched people with them which was a blast before coming back and stuffing ourselves with homemade taquitos which were delicious. Later we played pictionary, throw the ring on the reindeer, and hot potato where the consequence for losing was getting an accessory to wear. I got second in that. Christmas!! We opened presents! Thanks to everyone who sent me a card or anything else! After we played monopoly with another set of elders before going to a members (the same one as yesterday) and having some amazing homemade tamales. Then we went to another members and played games with them till we had a district activity where we played "Bang" for a couple hours. ...

Tuesday morning we went to a senior center and helped the people there do some exercises. Then we had a meeting with the senior couple over lunch. We taught them the restoration so they can have an idea of how to do it. After that, we went and shared the Christmas message with people. Then we had a lesson with D where we talked about commandments. After, we went and played volleyball. Wednesday we went to a different senior center and made puzzles and played go fish. We shared the Christmas message with the B family and contacted a bunch of people. My nose started bleeding right before we had a meeting with one of our bishops. In the evening we were freezing and needed to go to the bathroom so we went to a grocery store and went to the bathroom before buying ice cream. Thursday we ran into the 2 cutest dogs I've ever seen and it was funny because they were behind a fence that was so short that when they stood up on their hind legs, they were a foot over it but they were...

Tuesday morning we went to the senior center again and set up more Christmas decorations. There was glitter everywhere which was awful (glitter is of the devil). Afterwards, a senior couple picked us up and we had a correlation meeting with them over lunch. I realized that the guy that told the cheese-it story last week looks a lot like Woody from Psych. They look very similar and they are both hilarious. We then had a lesson with D about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. After that, we went and played volleyball which was a blast. On Wednesday we went to the mission office and rehearsed our musical presentation for zone conference. That took up most of the day. That evening we had another Christmas Party and I sat on Santa's lap. Zone Conference! We were at the mission office for zone conference from 8am to 4pm. It was intense. Elder Funk of the 70 and his wife were there. President Call said something that stuck out to me. He said that the consequence of serving God is rece...