Howdy Y'all!
Texas is going great! We are all staying busy with what we can do around here. Elder Yates has been transferred and we have a new companion in the trio! His name is Elder Turley and he's great. He's such a positive guy and already is super tight with us. I'm really pumped to be teaching with him. Anyway, onto my week.
Tuesday- Not much happened on Tuesday, but we met a lady near our apartment named C and she stopped us and asked if we would teach her kids about the gospel. Her mom was a member but passed away some time ago. We haven't been able to find a good time to visit with her and her family, but I'm sure we'll get the chance soon.
Wednesday- We got to go to the church and talk to the 9-year olds about missionary work, so that was lots of fun. We had dinner with the Cawleys and they were super cool and fun to talk to.
Thursday- We got to teach H the gospel of Jesus Christ in depth and she really understood it. She's making a ton of progress and her boys were participating a lot in that lesson which was super encouraging.
Friday- Crazy story... We were starting our district training over zoom and Elder Memmott noticed a woman outside trying to hold down her dog. We called out and asked if she needed help and she said she really needed us to come help her. We ran down and she asked for a leash so I ran up and grabbed some paracord for her. She told me to just toss it to her since the dog was really aggressive and would attack me. She got the dog under control and it turned and we saw that it was covered in blood. It apparently had just bitten someone really badly. We still don't know what happened, but it was a ton of blood.
On Friday, we also taught H and our ward mission leader came along. She's been struggling with a few things and we wanted to help her out. We got her set on a date for baptism which is super exciting. She is planning on getting baptized on December 12th, and hopefully we can help her boys get there too. She's a great woman and is really trying her hardest to get her life back in shape.
Saturday- We couldn't do a ton since it was Halloween, and we had to be locked in after 6:30 pm. But we got some pizza delivered by Dontrale. He's a wacky guy that just loves hanging out with missionaries. And we played a couple games of Bang dressed in our cowboy outfits, but I lost every time to Elder Memmott. It was lots of fun though.
Sunday- We got to sleep in because of daylight savings, which felt great. We went to church and unfortunately Hilda had to work and missed it, but it was still a good fast Sunday.
Monday- Semi-transfer day!! (Transfers were postponed because some elders were exposed to COVID and had to quarantine for 2 weeks.) We went to Cavenders in the morning and I got a new belt buckle to complete my cowboy setup. I luckily didn’t get transferred, but Elder Yates did, and we got Elder Turley. Like I said, he's super cool and I'm psyched to work with him and Elder Memmott for at least the next four weeks. He's the district leader so we will have a few extra things to do, but that will be great. We went shopping, chatted with family, and just got back from the Bishop’s house. The bishop's family is super cool and they're kids are crazy smart (they guessed our message based on the scripture we mentioned).
It’s been a great week. One thing I learned this week that really hit me hard spiritually was the true importance of member missionaries. They do so much to help the full-time missionary effort, and especially in times like these it is great to have member support. It has been a powerful lesson to me of how to do your part in a ward calling because it really has an impact on the difficult task of gathering Israel.
Hope everyone is doing alright out there. Love you all!
-Elder James
1- Excellent sunset the other day.
2- Our Halloween candy outside the apartment.
3- Us playing bang for Halloween.
4- Last picture with Elder Yates before transfers.
Don't have a picture with Elder Turley yet, but we'll get one for next week.
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