Pomp and Circumstance

Good greetings, 

Monday was Zone Pday, so we all met up at the church and played games, and got to talk to lots of other missionaries which I always enjoy! Brother Sammons brought a big BBQ feast for our Zone which was super nice. We also dealt with a situation where a missionary pulled a vanishing act on us haha

In the evening we went out with Brother Hobbs and Chase, and went all over the Heath ward in the Jeep! We taught some member lessons, and got to talk to some people who were out and about as well. It was really fun, so much so that Chase (a priest) asked Brother Hobbs and us to do it again next Monday!

On Tuesday we finally got to catch up on a lot of the stuff we've been behind on. We also got some planning done for some of our upcoming meetings. We went out with Richie and has a blast with him! We taught Josh, then Beruke, and also met a guy at a Sonic whos interested in our message! We also got to teach Jerry, and after the night Richie was on a spiritual high he said!

Wednesday we had District council, and got burritos with the Forney Elders. We also had interviews, and Unfortunately President got about 2 hours behind schedule haha--which was not good because we were supposed to exchange with the APs. Finally we were able to have our interviews, and it was really good! Probably the best interview I've had with President Seitz! I wish he wasn't leaving soon. After interviews we went out to Rowlett and exchanged with the APs, and I went back to Heath with Elder King (the older...elder?). We went out with Ruben, and taught Tre in the afternoon. Tre seems to not remember information very well, but we had a great lesson on the simple truths of the Gospel! And Ruben was perfect at relating to him and asking good questions--better than us!

After that we went and got Sushi at a restaurant in Forney called Tokyo Harbor. It was excellent Sushi, Spencer got it for us! I think Elder King was uncomfortable sitting at dinner with 2 other guys his own age, I guess he's just used to everything being more formal. He also just laughed uncomfortably at any of their jokes, I enjoyed it all though!! He just needs to relax a bit. After dinner we made some more stops in Forney, and then visited an inactive YSA named Chandler Smith! Ruben happened to be childhood friends with him, so God must have played a hand in getting Ruben out with us. :) We talked about cars for a long time with Chandler which I always like doing. He has a black Firebird which he's modified in many ways!

Thursday we exchanged back and then got In-n-out with Abe Smith (the lesser but still decent Abe). We went out with Jack and visited some people with beautiful lakeside houses, and then had a super good dinner with Sister Wallace! She made us this super good chicken pasta that I'd never had, but it was sooo good. In the evening we went out to Quinlan, and then up to Greenville with Jack. We met a couple less active girls who said they really want to get back into church! As the night was coming to a close, we parked in the middle of the country at a small abandoned graveyard, and had a phone lesson with Robert haha--we read Alma 32 with him, and then as we were about to close the lesson Jack said, "so what have you been feeling about baptism?" And then basically put Robert on date for June 3rd!! Jack was very pleased with himself for that, and it was a good thing we had him cause we've been afraid to rush him after the last date we had fell through.

On Friday we went to the Rowlett District Council, and then we exchanged and I went back to Heath with Elder Jones! We did some service for Ruth, and then helped our district move a nonmember flight attendant! She was super nice, definitely YSA age, and unfortunately had to move cause her pilot husband up and left!

That night we went out with Eric Arneson to Garland, and met a guy named Demetric and a girl named Noah. Both were intoxicated bit I'm sure their genuine interest won't  change when they are sober! ;) They both said they needed church though, which is true! So we will see.

Saturday morning we went to the Thrift store, and tested a lot of cool contraptions. Elder Jones even ended up getting a film camera! We exchanged back, and went out with Brother Thatcher. We talked to a lady named Connie for an hour because she was on the city council at one point and so Brother Thatcher and her became instant buddy's. Everyone we talk to is best friends with him. He also pointed out a fire truck that he remembered purchasing.

Sunday at the YSA we had some cool people come! Attendance was over 60 people, and then Cesar, Simon (a member referral), Troy (who we only met once and then he just decided to come), Gia (his girlfriend who he brought), and Scott all came! 

-Abe