The Temple 1/7/2020


I am emailing today (fun fact: today isn't monday) because we had our P-day changed just so we can
go to the temple today. We will go back to mondays next week.

Tuesday was New Years Eve and we went and helped a guy with his water mattress. It had popped and the water had drained out leaving it partially filled with some gel. That made it super hard to grab on to it easily. We went and took it to the dump and went out to lunch. For lunch I was able to taste some Unagi (eel) which was pretty good. In the evening we had a district activity because it was New Years eve so we went and played a bunch of games for a while.

Wednesday we had the morning off so I took a nap and played some monopoly with some other elders. From there it went downhill. We knocked on doors for a while with no success. It snowed, melted, then froze leaving the sidewalks and driveways like ice rinks so we were slipping and falling a bunch. In the evening we went to a member for a ride home and they gave us some homemade bread and we did a puzzle before going home.

Thursday was a blast. We had district council in the morning where we talked about answering concerns using the Book of Mormon. We also went to a senior center and played black jack. I won a lot of "money" but lost it all because I went all in because we had to go. Then we knocked on doors and met some fun people. One lady told us that Elder S and I could make a law firm out of our last names.

Friday we contacted a referral from Washington and was finally able to meet him. He is super nice and we gave him a book of mormon and told him we would come back. During lunch, Elder V and his companion came over and we set goals for the month. Then we went to the senior center and played more black jack. It was supposed to be Dominoes but they revolted and did black jack instead. Then we went and knocked doors on a street that the bishop told us to and we met some people. There was a guy that had just finished fixing up his house. Thanks to my mom watching lots of house flipping shows, I understood a lot of what he was talking about and was able to compliment his work. We also met a nice Lutheran lady and we talked about the restoration and gave her a book of mormon.

Saturday I didn't write in my journal (oops). We went to a senior center and Elder V played the piano and we sang for them. WE did some Queen, Billy Joel and some hymns. We also met this awesome guy named J and he accepted a book of mormon.

Sunday we only went to 2 churches. Before you say i'm going inactive on my mission, we had a correlation meeting with a missionary council. One highlight of church was an ex-baptist preacher bore his testimony and it was really awesome. We also went by this guy who used to be taught and talked about how he was doing.

Monday I went on exchanges with Elder S. He is hilarious and we found out we were similar in a bunch of ways. In the morning we went and did service at a senior center. Then we knocked some doors for a bit. I had Costa Vida for the first time and my verdict is that Cafe Rio is better. If you really want to know why, you can email and ask. After dinner, we had a lesson with D, D, and W and we talked about reading the scriptures. Then we went to Brother G and talked about Testimonies and how in the church, every contribution is needed for the church to function.

Miracle of the Week: C decided he wanted to be baptized!!! We had been praying for him to have that desire and finally after we went over and had a lesson with him and his family, his mom told us that he had something we wanted to tell us. He told us that he wanted to be baptized and we were super excited. His mom wanted to wait until he wanted to be baptized and now he does!

Quote of the Week: "The best part of Utah is having members everywhere. The worst part of Utah is having members everywhere"

Pictures (hopefully in order):
1. A fun ball
2-5. More dogs!




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