The Jack-o-lantern

Hi other people, 

This week was amazing, had a ton of fun!!

On Monday we went to Shenanigans which was great, we got to go to the VIP lounge for bowling and played the usual Laser Tag, Pool, and Arcade games as well. We learned that as a VIP guest you can get your arcade money card filled up an unlimited amount of times AND they still let you get prizes haha--good thing some members own this place :)

We went out with Brother Hobbs in the evening and got to teach this cool guy named Theodore! He was intrigued in our church, and the Book of Mormon, and Brother Hobbs gave the best explanation of the Book of Mormon I have ever heard.

Tuesday was crazy, we had interviews with President and District Council, and then went out with Jack from 4-9:30 pm haha-- it was so fun! We ate at Panda Express, and then drove up to Fate. We stopped by some people, and then Jack told us to knock some random doors so we did and found a potentially interested family! We also drove by someone who had a vintage Mustang and Jack said, "that's worth turning around" and turned around! So we went and talked to the guy working on it, and got to see the inside and the engine :)

We also ran into some girls from his school who he attempted to have us teach. Unfortunately they weren't interested but at least we tried. We also visited some people in Royse City, and taught a PMF which was really cool. They asked Jack to say the prayer, and it was one of the best he's given! He was also able to relate to the people we taught cause their family was resistant to the church and so was his family. The whole night we talked with Jack about a variety of subjects, and it felt like I was hanging out with friends at home because it was so much fun. After all of our visits Jack came out with us to Rowlett where we did a Baptismal interview for Miguel. So he also got to talk with Elder Dawe and Elder Jones. Probably one of the most fun nights I've had on my mission, and he's coming out with us again next week on Thursday from 2 pm until 9 pm :)

Wednesday we went on Exchanges with the Forney Elders, and I went down to Forney with Elder Nani. We did some service pulling books on a list at the Forney Terrell Library, which you would think would be fun, and it would be if it was normal books but instead each one was "County Public Records 1988-1989" or "Historcal Accounting Records" or "City Names Volume LII" or some such garbage haha--now I know just how dumb the (161.452234, 161.452235, etc.) numbering system is though! 

We ate some amazing tacos at a members house after, and ate some super good brownies too! We spent the night by having a few member lessons and visits which was cool to see! Last time I went to Forney it was just a bunch of inspired knocking which is one of the least effective things to do :)

Thursday we went to Terrell again and did some Janitorial Work at First Assembly of God church! It was super fun, we got to vacuum this giant auditorium, and go up in there attic to put stuff away as well! We exchanged back and in the evening went out with President Fisher which was great as usual. We had an awesome lesson with Tony, and President Fisher was able to answer all of Tony's concerns better than we could have. 

On Friday we exchanged with the Elders in Rowlett 3. Elder Dawe came with me to Heath, and we had a super fun time going out with Brother Bevan in his Hellcat! Elder Dawe is also super fun to talk to, there's never a dull moment with him. We had a surprise lesson with a "dry-member" (as he calls himself) and Brother Bevan and him are basically neighbors so they are going to meet up sometime for some golf or something! After that we went to In-n-out and talked with Jack. He was not doing too well (girl problems) so we talked to him and were able to cheer him up! It was a lot of fun, and we talked him into going out to Shreveport to see Elder Sauer, which he did! Apparently he went to church with them and went out with them which was super cool! (Elder Sauer please respond with how it went)

Saturday we did service, and then Elder Dawe and I ate some super good hot dogs and pizza. We also ran into Justin and Melissa from the YSA and she had a new addition to her finger which looked suspiciously like a ring...our fears were later confirmed when we went to dinner with them, he proposed on Wednesday and now we are losing our Executive Secretary and Relief Society President haha

We went out with Eric in the evening, and taught Angel which was fun. He tried to cancel on us last minute, but we ignored him and showed up anyway. He was smoking, so it was apparent why he hadn't wanted us to come :)

Sunday was super cool, I got to ordain Tony to the Aaronic Priesthood! Tony also brought his brother Robert with him to church, so we will start teaching him!

-Elder Nielson