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Hi people, this was a super great week!!

Monday I attempted to go and said goodbye to everyone in Plano 10 but nobody was home cause everyone was at a concert haha--so we just went to Five Guys with Brother Yanelli. It was really fun, I also called a bunch of people to say bye. 

Tuesday morning was a Tornado warning but we proceeded with transfers as usual, and when we got to the Stacy building all the tornado and disaster alarms were going off and it was raining giant buckets of water. Probably the most rain I've seen ever. We ran inside the Church and got soaked in 10 seconds. Everyone was huddled up in the gym so we just hung out there and talked with other missionaries. It was super fun!! Eventually the storms passed, but I know several tornados touched down in the Allen/Plano and Heath Zones. Some people also got baseball sized hail haha

When everything cleared up I said goodbye to everyone from my district, I will miss them all! Then I met my new companion Elder Sauer and we started the drive to Rockwall. 

We got to Rockwall and this is a great place!! Heath is super nice too, supposedly one of the richest areas in the whole mission! Our apartment is super nice too, we have a garage, and a gigantic super nice gym. I would totally move to Rockwall or Heath sometime in the future haha

In the evening we went out with Alex (the YSA EQP) and stopped by some people and then taught Tony. I love Alex he's hilarious, it's super fun working with people my age! Tony is super cool too, he's one of the most elect 20-year-olds I've ever met. Also we ate Inn-n-out twice within 5 hours which was super fun.

Wednesday we had District council, and it felt really weird not to be leading it for once, but also relaxing. Our District seems cool. 

In the afternoon we called some companionships to introduce ourselves, and also met with the STLs to discuss some Zone planning. Our STLs are super cool too! 

In the evening we went out with Brother Boyes and stopped by some people in Heath. Every single house is gigantic haha--and with the lake and everything this is a very pretty place to live! Every house looks like a model home. 

After our stopbys we had an SPR meeting, and our Stake President seems very gung-ho about missionary work so I'm excited to work with him!

On Thursday we went to Helping Hands Thrift store to do service which was fun. Apparently we go there twice a week to text electronics! It's fun to text blenders and TVs and all sorts or random electronic things people drop off. In the afternoon we did weekly planning and planned our exchanges. We should have about 7-8 happening in the next 5 weeks, so I'm super excited!!

We went to Inn-n-out again for dinner, and then we went and taught Jack! Jack is super funny, the only problem is he doesn't like to talk about his feelings so he makes everything into a joke. But he's super fun to teach! It feels like we are real friends already, I guess that's the perk of working with a YSA. After Jack we taught Tony again, and had an awesome Plan of Salvation lesson. 

Friday we woke up and it was super cold. We ate choosing to not turn on our heat in our apartment cause it forces us to snuggle in blankets all the time which is super fun! So our apartment stayed anywhere from 50-60⁰ all week haha

We had a bunch of meetings in the afternoon, and did some language study at the library which was fun! Then we went and had dinner at the Hobb's house, which is gigantic and super cool. They have one of those TVs that just looks like a giant painting too. In the evening we went out with Kyle and that was super fun too. Hes really funny.

Saturday we did some service at Helping Hands again, and when we brought our entire rack full of tested electronics out the people flocked to it and our rack was empty within 1 minute! The people were like giant human vultures, I think even actual vultures would be impressed. For lunch we went to Inn-n-out for the 4th time this week and a member payed for it so we then used that money that we would have used there at Freebirds Burritos for dinner :))

In the evening we went out with Richie, and then we taught Tony and put him on date! So thats super exciting, and I guess meeting 3 times with someone in the same week pays off!

Sunday was awesome, we made our Zone Plan, and then planned our Zone Conference Trainings. After that we went to the Heath Sacrament meeting and then the YSA Branch Sacrament Meeting. After church we had a meet and greet with Hot Cocoa and chips and Salsa. All of the YSA is awesome, I'm so glad to be here. 

After church and everything we went and taught Jack the Gospel of Jesus Christ and put him on date to be baptized!!

Love yall

-Elder Nielson