Hihi,
I'm going to hop right in:
Monday night was super fun. I went on exchanges in Texarkana with our DL Elder Nelson in the evening. We decided to go to the dangerous part of town just to spice things up a bit. We knocked on a few people's doors, but mostly we just walked around and talked to anyone who was outside in the apartment complex and neighborhood. Everyone we talked to we shared the new Easter video with. It was awesome because nobody can turn down a 2 minute video if they are already outside, they would have to think of a really good excuse. And even then we would offer to help and render their excuse null and void hehehe
It was so fun to walk around with Elder Nelson and talk to everyone. We were able to find 5-6 new people to teach just because of that video and we gave out 4 copies of the Book of Mormon too, all in an hour and a half haha
On Tuesday after district council we did some service at the food bank, and then Elder Rainey (our DL's comp) and I drove back to New Boston on exchanges. Because we were going back to my area I finally got to lead the area. So I drove for the first time on the mission, and was given the sim card. It was really fun to be the only one who knew the area, so I got to lead on everything. The only thing I was sad about is that back in Texarkana there had been a tornado so I sadly missed that. According to Elder Clark and Elder Nelson they didn't see it but they heard it. It sounds like a freight train (which is my favorite sound so now you see why I am sad)
Wednesday we exchanged back but Elder Clark is having me keep the sim card so that I get some practice with it. We had a lesson with someone we're teaching at 3, so Elder Clark and I drove to his apartment, and just before we got out it suddenly starting pouring and pouring. The sky's were literally just dumping water and it had suddenly gotten super dark. We were in a super thick storm so we just stayed in our car. Then the lightning and thunder started to get really bad and Elder Clark felt like we should go back to our apartment, much to my dismay. I have always loved being out in storms but I guess this was prime tornado weather so it was probably good we headed back. It was really hard to see as we drove because it was raining so hard, but we got back safely. Sadly the storm only lasted a couple hours and them it suddenly got sunny and nice again as if there hadn't been a storm for weeks tsk tsk
On Thursday we did a lot of member calls and planning. We did 16 other intriguing things on Thursday but I shall not mention them because where would be the fun in that?
Friday was a great day! We went out and did stopbys with our ward missionaries. It was an overcast day and it was extremely beautiful. It was also the perfect temperature, not too hot and just the right amount of humidity. Everything is getting so green here and I love it! We stopped by lots of formers, and some members too. We were able to share the Easter video with a new person and they are now interested in being taught! Another guy we stopped by talked to us for about 40 minutes about how the government is trying to take his family's land and the sad state of this world. Just my kind of person :)
On Friday we also had dinner with some members and they made us their version of Cafe Rio. It was really good, especially the pork.
Saturday it was really humid and foggy and misty and cloudy. And the perfect temperature. So basically my favorite kind of weather besides straight downpour. I don't think my companion shares my love for weather like this but it's okay because I like it enough for the both of us. 😎 We did a ton of calls on Saturday (at least 40). About a quarter of the people we called picked up which is pretty good honestly. We got a few good lessons set up. Someone came in the Wendy's we were at while we were making calls and said something like "you can't save souls sitting around, get out there!" Or something like that. We just ignored the rude comment and continued to call but I think he realized that we actually WERE working because after about a minute he came back up to us and offered to buy us lunch haha
Easter Sunday was fun, church was really good. Elder Clark and I also studied and did a lot of Facebook finding at parks under pavilions while it was pouring, so that was really fun! We had Easter dinner with a member in our ward and I think Elder Clark and I ate more then their whole family combined so we were pretty proud of ourselves.
Other than that (and the duck incident) that was my week.
-Elder Nielson
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