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Adieu! Bonjour, la oso 

I thought I'd try my hand at a little language to start this email off! Not sure what language or if it's where it belongs, but these questions weren't meant to be answered. This week was pretty good, many things happened and I will try to recount but a hundredth part.

Monday we perused a local pawnshop, and some other stores, but spent most of the day relaxing and talking. In the evening we biked around (which was a mistake I suppose since we had so many miles that we couldn't even fathom using them all) but we taught some cool lessons! We taught Doneshia, Charlien (I have learned the correct spelling now), and The David, and to our astonishment when we arrived Tyre emerged from their house too! It was very weird to see some of our teaching pool mix into a larger conglomerate. We also taught Neena, and then Miss Marshall! We were able to give her a Book of Mormon, and she was super excited to read it! 

On Tuesday we ended up using many of our miles, doing as many visits to far-off inactive members as my heart desired! We also did service at the Thrift store and sorted many more cords. In the afternoon we drove to Stamps and Lewisville, and were able to talk to some people that don't see missionaries very often. One of the ladies we talked to is named Dolly, and she collects crosses so we got to see more than our fill of them. We also got Shakes at a small burger joint in Lewisville. They were good cause it was 109⁰ but I think that's the main reason. In the evening we drove to Waldo and not a soul wanted to talk to us. We did give some cookies to the workers at Burger king though! (Elder Davis made them ((from store-bought dough)) during dinner). 

On Wednesday we drove down for district council in the morning, and the ZLs came up for it too! So that was a good time, and I gave a training on the Book of Mormon. After district council we drove up to Springhill and ate at Sam's Southern Eatery, and went out with Sammy and visited people in the area. Talked to Tawanna again, and we are hoping to help her get her Patriarchal blessing!

In the evening we taught Charlien and Doneshia, and Doneshia told us all about how she opened up to Omni (of all places) and it was just what she needed! She also said it's the church for her. We had Sister Bahr join us virtually for the lesson and she shared a great testimony and read some really good verses in 3 Nephi that help her! They really connected well. We also taught Miss Marshall again, cause she actually called us when we left a card on her door! Which never happens.

Thursday morning we got a call from a very frantic The David asking if we could come give a blessing to his Grandmother who was at the hospital ASAP. So we ran over there, and gave her a blessing, which went well. We also learned The David diet:

1. breakfast: coffee and cigarettes 

2. lunch: None

3. dinner: a litre of Mountain Dew and pizza

4. midnight snack: 10 PB & J sandwiches

We walked the dogs, and did some weekly planning, and then for dinner we ate with the Marchans. It went pretty well, they had pretty good enchiladas, and super good guac as usual. In the evening we drove out to the middle of nowhere to visit some media referrals, and one of them was a lady named Linda. The mosquitos were so numerous that they were like a fog, so we only talked for a second, but she pointed to my Book of Mormon and said, "is that mine?" And I had no choice but to fork it over. Then she tried to hug us but didn't seem in her right mind so we left haha

Also I love driving through the forests on these country roads at night! Super fun

On Friday we went to Lewisville again, and everyone we had appointments with flaked out...tsk tsk why can't anyone be relied on even the littlest bit! In the evening we taught Doneshia, while Charlien and David were apparently staying at some hotel haha--but Doneshia is the important one! We put her on date for the 15th! Which is super exciting. We warned her that Satan would combine against her and to stay strong. She told us that it couldn't get any worse than it was now which was a mistake...stay tuned...

Also taught Kathy who was awkward and didn't really seem that interested. Dont know why she is even on our teaching list haha

On Saturday we walked the dogs, this time some new ones who could only go in circles. So they walked in circles as we navigated these circle forward. Also we met a girl named Kindey who seems really interested in talking with us!

In the evening some members from the Plano 4th ward who are related to some members in our ward took us out to dinner at Flying Burger! It was quite good, very good Ranch, and the burger was excellent too. Not the best, but definitely in the competition. It was super nice to hang out with some members who were normal nice people! I like all the interesting people too, but sometimes it's good to have a break haha

In the evening we got a frantic call from The David saying that there was a shooting on their street, and the police had come and talked to everyone and that he and Charlien had gotten out of there to lay low in a hotel until things calmed down. We asked about Doneshia and they said they weren't sure where she had gone. He told us to stay away from that street for now, but to come talk to them at their hotel. This sounded fishy to us, so we ignored David's advice completely and drove straight to his straight. It looked was so dangerous and the shooting must have been super bad because their were some little kids playing a nice game of pig, some birds cheering, some old ladies on their lawns enjoying the sunset, and some jolly lights coming from in some of the run-down houses. We were shivering we were so scared of this mild and quiet street!!!! Just joking, there had obviously been no shooting. We found Doneshia sitting at her neighbor's house, and she told us that Diabolical David had been telling us tall tales. Apparently what really happened is he didn't pay the rent on their house, and then called the police and got Doneshia evicted. So they turned off the electricity, and then Diabolical David apparently got in trouble for how he was treating some of the people there (neglect) and so now he was on the run! 

Sunday Tyre came to church again, and in the evening we taught Diabolical David and Charlien. They seem to really believe their story so not sure if we've figured out all the pieces yet. But we also taught Tyre and put him on date for the 29th which is exciting!

-Abe