Welcome To Longview. Things Are Going To Get Crazy Busy!

MONDAY - Well I decided since I had to get money out for laundry we would go joggin in the morning (like Elder Dahlberg always wanted to do but I didn't) and go to the bank he said "I know where the bank is" So we take off, 6 miles later, clear down town 40 minutes away from the apartment he turns around and says to me "actually I don't know for sure if its around here" .... great way to start of Pday right? I was angry, and annoyed, we ran back and stopped at 3 or 4 gas stations whose ATM machines weren't working... then finally the gas station had one. We were now an hour and a half behind schedule. All I can say is I'm ready to go to Longview. We did Laundry and studies and I did a little bit of packing and then we went to the Library to email, we went to he church to say goodbye to everyone and then went to CVS so I could print off a few more pics and some random guy payed for everything... haha, not a member but his wife is. So we headed back and I packed and packed for a while and still didn't finish by the time we had to go out and teach, had a short lesson with Izidra and then came back to pack, I did a good job this time, everything was good to go, we planned and hit the sack.

TUESDAY - Got in the car and headed to meandering way, were picked up by a member from Mckinney 2nd or 4th ward and went down there, Elder Witbeck and Dominguez and all them were there and we were there just running around and talking to everyone, Elder Dahlberg met his new companion and hugged him and left him. Weight off the shoulders. We got on the Van and headed out, Witbeck on my left and Dominguez on my right, talked the whole time about the transfer and stuff and before we knew it we were in Lindale, Elder Rouse was waiting and Bishop Bayles, he bought us lunch and we talked a bit and then headed to Longview. We got to the Apartment and planned and talked for an hour and we were out the door, Had dinner with the Hendersons and then had lessons at 6, 7 and 8 Bush family first, meeting them at the church with Steven Harris, didn't show so we went to her house and had a lesson. Reids next, less active family. Read a bit from DandC and then headed to the Sadlers, who all have Baptismal dates, AWESOME family, we reviewed the questions for the interview and that was good, that's how we ended our night.

 

WEDNESDAY - Studies and preparing for the meeting, went to the church and standing in front of 30 other missionaries was pretty crazy! we talked about goals and it was so good, we have the best zone in the mission! So many awesome missionaries, love them all. We trained a bit on prayer and everyone was on the same page so it was good, after we had a lesson with the Bush family and all of them came!!! We played some basketball to start out cause their kids love it (good taste ;)) We played some and I got a slamma jamma in my church clothes and then we had a lesson/church tour. Was so awesome! Joe canceled, so did Bro Prince. The assistants came and dropped off Elder Hadfields companion and then we went and visited a less active and had the Albas come with us to give a blessing. The Alba family gave us dinner and we went to the church and ate, we were starving! We visited then, Bro Penal whose wife just passed away and she was a member, him no. He was pretty sad and stuff, we did our best just to talk to him, wanted nothing with the church. Had a lesson with Joe, way cool kid, read 3 Nephi and then we called Elder Dominguez and Jorgenson after planning to set up to drive there for an interview, we have to drive to Oklahoma and Dallas this month, crazy busy!! 

 

THURSDAY - Had a lesson in Kilgore with Josh Chub, and with Brother Mcdonald who came with us, we had studies at the park and then planned for the next week, made a billion phone calls and received just as much! We ran back to Longview grabbed stuff for exchange and then went back to Kilgore and tracted a bit, not a ton of luck but then we went to dinner with the Sellers, our ward mission leader. SUCH A BOSS! Went to the Jones after, nothing. Visited Josh Chubs parents and talked to his dad for a bit and to his Grandparents, so sad how some people live, THE GOSPEL IS AWESOME! :) I also held a baby bunny for the first time... didn't see that coming haha. We then exchanged and I headed into Henderson with Elder Brown and we planned and hit the sack.

 

FRIDAY - We had German Pancakes, yummmmmmy we headed to visit some members in the hospital and talked a bit, shared a scripture in Alma about the Atonement and then we went and bought a fresh watermelon for lunch, yummmmmy, we went to sonic after and talked to a less active and he asked where I was from and I said Utah, and he asked if I like the Jazz I said yeah and then he told me the Heat won it last night, CRAZY! Lebron has a title and I didn't even see it, crazy stuff. We then got some medicine for some old lady in the ward and then went clear out to Carthage and tried to visit some peeps down there, no luck. We did give a blessing to a young boy, consecrated oil in the kitchen and everything, I gave the blessing and it was a really great experience. We had dinner with the sweetest old couple and exchanged stories and enjoyed some awesome Mexican food! Then we headed back to Henderson, visited a boss member and headed back to change back, President was on the phone with Elder Rouse and I got to talk to him for a bit which was nice and then we drove home and filled out the exchange reports. alskd;fkljaskld;jfaj its nuts! never been so busy in my life, over 140 phone calls I tell ya! Interviews went well with the Sadlers, Sandy has to have one more on Sunday though, but they are good. Super solid.

 

SATURDAY - Josh Chubs again, no Chip though... Went to the Sellers and had a mini meeting with Bro Seller and helped him mount his slide for his pool, we had studies again in a park and then tracted a bit before going home and praying for 30 minutes just trying to receive revelation for what to do. We had dinner with the Alexander family and Elder Rouse told me they talk a lot, I didn't believe it, we were there from 6 to 9!! Had some pizza, my companion drank 5 Dr Peppers and me 3! cause we were fasting so we needed sugar fast, they are big 'The Office" fans so they freaked when I told them I love it too, we exchanged stories and he told us about his mission in the West Indies and how crazy it was over there. We finally got out of there!

 

SUNDAY - Studies and off to church, first time covering 2 wards, we went to the Spanish branch first and we had one investigator in church! WHOOT! Branch is super small, we meet in an office building haha, it was good though, went by super fast. We headed to the stake center an hour earlier before church started just to be there for Sandys second interview and she passed and we had 4 investigators there! WHOOT WHOOT! Sacrament was good, Bro Sellers taught Gospel Principles so that was of course awesome! We had a Coordination after church and talked a lot about our investigators and such, then we headed to dinner with the Rossow family, Brother Rossow is head over Suziki in 19 states, so his driveway had 7 of them in there haha, very awesome guy, so so so nice! we ate with their family and loved it, We took off to go visit a few people and then headed at 8:30 to do numbers... oh boy, it was nuts!! we didn't get home til about 11! NUTS! but the Zone has a ton of dates! :) I'm doing great though, love my new companion, love the new area and the zone, I'm doing good! Love you all as well!

 

Elder Aaron Jackson

Elder Aaron Jackson: Zone Leader!

MONDAY - We woke up and had everything done by 10:30 and were ready to go email, really good to hear from the fam every week, it really helps you throughout the week I tell ya, we went and shopped and we were doing really good on time so before going to basketball we hit up Genghis Grill, SO GOOD! We headed to the church and there was like 20 people there, we played kings court and we ended up winning again and again, some really close games that I put away with driving layups or fade away un blockable jumpers :) People asked about my high school and if I played, I explained why I did not play my senior year and they did what everyone else did. They didnt understand. It was really good though, love to get out and just play hard, give it your all cause its only once a week. We came back to a popped tire and we left our phone in the car so we went to Hno Beares house and he took us to Wal mart, we had the tires in our hand and walked out and found out Dahlberg bought the wrong one and so we went back in and as he was exchanging his I realized I bought the wrong one haha, so I exchanged mine, we came back and didnt have time to go out, planned and ended our night.
  
TUESDAY - We had studies in the morning and we went out tracking, trying to talk to at least 140 people this week, lot of white folks, we picked the wrong area to tract today, We had dinner so we headed back and ended up waiting a long time in the apartment for dinner and finally got out by 7, headed to some apartments to tract, found a girl that lived in Utah WOOT! haha, but other than that we didn't get much, we did have 27 contacts and 4 other lessons though, which wasn't bad, found a black guy who will be baptized for sure, only bad thing about being Spanish... find golden people that you have to give up.

WEDNESDAY - Studies were good, Alma is such a boss! We went and had a lesson with Hna Franco that was all over the place about the Atonement and then we went to Hno Berr Jimenezes house, wasnt there, of course. We came back to the Francos for dinner, Sopas... SO GOOD!!!! avacodo, tomatoe, cheese, salsa. Amazing. We went back to work and it started POURING, I was running around dancing and singing in it because I love the rain in Texas, so crazy. My companion wanted to head back, but I told him not untill we talked to 5 more people. So we did :) Came back and checked mail, letter from Tim and package from Dad, THANKS DAD!!! LOVE THE TIES!

 

THURSDAY - Alarm needs new bateries... woke up late and it threw everything off! We planned and then went and tracted a trailor park that has a rent pay of 95 dolars a week.... so if you can picture that. Discusting and very sad! We had dinner with the Zone Leaders, Pizza from Dominos, it was good, talked a little about the meeting tomorrow and then went back to tract till we headed home. Made pancakes :)

 

FRIDAY - Specialized training!!!! So good, heard the testimonies of many good missionaries that are leaving us, Elder Feild... My favorite Zone Leader... besides Elder Willman, both are haha. We did some really cool activities and I was so happy to see Elder Dominguez, that kid is awesome, he is going to move to Utah after the mission and become a foo! It was way good to see Elder Drake too, I miss that kid! We did some great stuff, we had 4 groups and 4 activites, we first wrote (because its in between fathers and mothers day) a talk about how our parents have made us who we are today, we only had like, 20 minutes. I could have written all day! Second we taught president Durrant, third we learned about health from Sister Durrant, and how soda is like drugs (Dad already told me that, he is on the ball) and last we shared a 3 minute talk about prayer, I shared mine, mind you this was all in spanish too, spanish is getting better each day. Felt really smooth. We then all met in the chapel and President said he was going to call on some missionaries to share their talk about their parents and I KNEW I would be called on so I got it out and sure enough "Elder Jackson would you like to come talk about your parents?" I got up there and said "Escribi en ingles porque mis padres no hablen espanol"  haha, or I wrote in english cause my parents dont speak spanish. Then I told them I would try not to sob like a little baby. I muggled through the talk fighting back tears and just feeling so much love and gratitude(So when you get it mom and dad know that I read that in front of everyone, and the president, FEEL SPECIAL :) cause ya are) Then the meeting ended and we stuck around and talked for a bit and headed back, appointment with the garcias? cancel. My companion decided it would be smart to be dropped off an hour befor nine in the middle of nowhere with out our bikes... We waisted a ton of time and ended up walking back. I was not happy. On the way back we saw a Racoon just chilling outside the apartment, sure thats normal around here but in Utah no! haha. I was looking at my camara before bed and my companion kept bugging me about it and I finally snapped at him again. Not cool.

 

SATURDAY - Studies, not very happy all through them, 3 hours of trying to be happy and talk to people at their doors and finally we stopped and I just told him everything, we talked and I felt a little bit better but not all the way. I told him it was people like him that made me not want to go to church as a kid, people that go to point out every flaw as if its breaking every commandment and rule when really its not bad at all! We then went and taught the very next person we talked to, then headed to dinner. Went to a taco place owned by a less active, SO GOOD! Authentic. It rained for 13 seconds, no joke haha and then we got on our bikes and were looking for a referral when the phone buzzed away in my pocket, missionaries all know saturday calls are the most intense thing, any time that phone rings it gets ya, I pulled it out and sure enough, Presidents name showed on the screen, I answered in spanish, saying I was Elder Jackson, he replied "the same elder jackson that played for Hillcrest High, the Huskies right?" I replied yes. "well elder Jackson I have a new assignment for ya, I want you to be a Zone Leader out in Longview." My heart sunk that I didnt even hear what he said after that haha, "I got to go, say high to your companion" I couldnt focus the rest of the night, and was just mind blown. Planning that night I knew Drake or Dominguez would call, they have been teasing me forever, telling me I would be zone leader. They called and Elder Dominguez is going out east too!!! WHOOT!! Crazy stuff.

 

SUNDAY - HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!! I hope all of you love your dad as much as I love mine, I couldnt ask for a better one ever! He is the best in the world! Thanks for everything you do dad! Church was weird because everyone was saying how much they would miss Elder Willman cause he is awesome and he has been here for a while, but I didnt say much because I still dont know much about the branch! haha, and I'm gone too. We came back ate real fast and went out and tracted for hours, about 5 or 6, Helped some guy well... tried to help some guy fix his car and then on our way back had some people call us over who were having a party and we found a golden family, so ready! They gave us food and said they respected so much what we do and everything, it was crazy. Companion irritated me during planning again... so hard for me, trying to fight it but I did grow a lot and didnt freak out like I would have a year ago thats for sure, well thats it. 6 Weeks just like that gone, off to Longview on Tuesday, blogs wont be as detailed cause I'm going to be super busy, in and out of exchanges and meetings all the time, trying to help all the missionaries of east Texas. Love you all, thanks for following.

 

Elder Aaron Jackson

Brown Suprise! Tarantulas! Two Very Different Things.

MONDAY - We got up a little earlier so we could have all 3 hours of study done and laundry by 10:30, i prepared my training for tomorrow during studies and then we headed to the library to do email. Another crazy wild email that got me thinking a lot and praying a lot as well. I was very on edge and thats not good when you have a companion that is very different and easily frustrates you. I was fine though, we went and did shopping and we got it done fairly quick and then headed to the house to drop off the food and head to play ball, i was so excited, it had been a crazy week and i needed to get out on that court and just fly! Just go as hard as i could because it relieves stress more than anything else in the world. We were heading there and Elder Davis forgot his phone and he said "Its fine i dont need it" My companion insisted that we got back and my patience thinned, we finally calmed him down. As we arrived there was another person waiting to get in the church and we all filed in but my companion waited outside thinking that we should wait for someone else to come before going in... i lost it and raised my voice at his nonlogical thinking and was very angry. He sat and waited for me, i couldnt play and i was 10 feet from the court! He would not come in, he insisted that we find someone else to wait with him and i said "Fine!" I came in and changed and told him that i would not leave the court as soon as i stepped on it so if no one wanted to come with him? He would have to stay even if it was against his thinking. He talked with Elder Willman for a while as we started, We had a ton of people there, played cut throat with 3 teams of 4. Very first play ball is passed to me at the 3 line, i fire. Splash. We get the ball again at the elbow i get a pass. Splash. We won within minutes as i just released everything, i felt so much better after the first game. More people showed up and we kept playing, Out of 8 or 9 games my team lost once and thats cause i walked in late to join. :) I love bball, its the best and i was just so happy to get out and play. We got back and finished our Pday and headed out to work, first thing we do is move a big screen for some lady, another smile maker SERVICE! I LOVE IT! We then ended up making calls for an hour and planning, i also caught a stupid fly while planning :) Happy Pday!

TUESDAY - AWESOME MEETING! We had a combined district meeting with the whole zone and i gave the first training and finding the right members to come teach with you, then Elder Davis gave one and then the ZL's gave theirs and focused a lot on prayer and how we sometimes say what we like to say a "grocery list" prayer, we find our selves saying and asking for the same things when we should be really speaking with our Father in Heaven. We all split up and went into different rooms and said prayers outloud and it was so spirtually edifying i loved it! We finished the meeting on a high note after testimonies of prayer by me, Elder Simmons and Elder Derrick. Then we headed back with Elder Derrick and Roberts to our apartment to fix my companions bike and do exchanges, we took an hour for lunch and studied the language (well i did) Then headed to a lesson with Elton and his friend Chad, Started in the Restoration and first princple (God is our loving Heavenly Father) his friend Chad goes into how we believe in multiple gods and it ended up being a crazy, borderline bashing lesson, we of course proved everything that we believe (because the Church is true obviously) and he was quiet by the end of the lesson and we left a Book of Mormon with both of them. We came back and realized we left our phone at their place and went back and gave another Book of Mormon away to them for another guy, it was great. Then we headed to dinner with the ZL's and Elder Davis to the Martinez family and had the most amazing Flautas ever!!! Salsa was great! We came back and headed to an investigator that my trainer, Elder Olsen found. Ezmerelda and again it was a border line bash lesson, i was the only one who could understand her, Elder Roberts is an english missionary and the member we brought served a spanish mission 27 years ago so i was talking the most and she has read the BOM 2 times (so she says) and says she feels it is not the word of god, doesnt believe in prophets or tithing, TONS of doubts, but is a really nice person! Very loving! we ended our night like that.

WEDNESDAY - We switched back and went to Subway for lunch oh i made pancakes this morning too :) made my day. As soon as i got back with my companion i felt stressed and just mad and angry and sad because these emotions were like that. I really feel i just am completely different from my companion and he just drives me insane and always will. So i read out of my study journal about past expierences, helped a ton. Looked outside and it was pouring!!! SO RANDOM HERE! We went to the office cause our air filter needed to be replaced, thats something important in june in texas! The ZL's brought dinner over, potatoes and meat SO good, then Brother Porter came and got us and we went out to try and contact some people, no luck though...We got back and still had some time and so we walked to a less active and watched The Restoration movie it was way good!

THURSDAY - We mixed up planning a bit and started more early, had a correlation type meeting with the ZL's for lunch and kept planning, took forever, we didnt get out till 6 or so and then went to Allen with Hno Gomez, the Araiza family bailed on us but we contacted a way good referral, not a whole lot to report on today though.

FRIDAY - We were looking for service all morning and no one had service, you would think in a world like this SOMEONE would need some help, as we left thats what we decided to do is ask for service opportunities. First guy we contacted was from london, heavy accent still and his name? haha... Michael Jordan!!! So funny, Got a letter from timmy boy and then we headed back to have dinner at our place then tracted the rest of the night, talked to 30 plus people, it was wonderful!

SATURDAY - We woke up and went to the church to do service and then got home and biked to Debbies, someone we talked to yesterday and helped with their garage sale, it was way good, moving stuff, setting stuff out. She was trying to get money for college at UT!!! So cool! We were going to go to a kids house, Juan and help mow his lawn but he canceled, we came back and had personal study and then exchanged with the zone leaders, i was with Elder Willman and it was fantastic! Love the kid, we finished studies and then went out to work, tracted and had one lesson and then came back for chicken dinner! Some random cop (nonmember) stopped us and was just way nice, just talking to us and stuff. we visited the Hna Caballero and saw a HUGE Tarantula! HUGE! Then we went tracting and knocked on some guys door, blinds up... 72 inch plasma playing game 7 of the ECF... So hard to focus! haha, NBA.. good stuff. We headed back and changed back.

SUNDAY - Way good sabbath day, headed to church early to do P.E.C and to do our feed back on Exchanges. Church was good, i was starving though! We got done and ate lunch and i was so sleepy after, then we had comp study and headed to dinner which was... BROWN SURPRISE!!! like the same stuff, they call it glop though hahaha, good reminder of home. Wasnt as good as my dads brown surprise though ;) we came back went out for like 20 minutes and came back in and planned and i made calls for numbers, English elders said all the young men in the ward are going to take me down in bball tomorrow. im not buying it ;)
Elder Aaron Jackson

Texas Storms. Summer Heat and Humidity Are Comin'

LUNES - We did studies and laundry and got all of that done before noon, then we headed to a barber shop (Mexican of course :)) and the other 3 elders got their hair cut, I didn't, instead I wrote letters to Shawn and others for that time, we did some quick shopping and then went to Hno Beare's to do emailing cause all the library's were closed. It was really nice of him to let us come over, while my companion was emailing I wrote down the steps for a Priesthood blessing, Because Bro Beare wanted to know them, made me way thankful for the Priesthood and to be a holder of it. We came back to the apartment and did not go to the church, instead I finished some more letters, wrote a lot, took a little nap and then we headed out to visit the Torres Family and talked to their Mom and ended up teaching her about The Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, we invited her to be baptized and she declined but we were happy we actually invited her, that's our goal this week to invite invite INVITE! We had an appointment in a trailer park with Magarita Garcia, she was not there so we went and taught Hermano Arreola, listened to El Libro de Mormon on disc, 3 Nephi chapter 5. Went really well! love verse 13. We ended our night there.

MARTES - Crazy storm this morning! The lightning seriously scared me so bad and woke me up, and I'm a pretty deep sleeper, it was nuts, we had district meeting and as we walked outside it was as if nothing even happened, ground wasn't wet, no clouds, just the sticky heat and humidity :) SUMMERS A COMIN. District meeting was good, we got back and talked in English, still trying to work out our differences and its going just fine. We left to work and contacted the first guy we saw, he was a member who served a mission in Honduras, said he baptized 255 people! but a huge chunk of them are not active to this day and have no testimony of the Book of Mormon. SO CRUCIAL!!! The book is amazing, why wouldn't you want to read it :) We went and tried for the Torres family again and their daughter answered and we talked to her for a bit but couldn't get in. We went to Ilogio Solises for a lesson and again it was so hard to stay awake cause he likes to just talk and talk and talk about his health problems haha, so not a whole lot of progression there, we got out of there asap. Got a letter from Tim, wish I had the time to write you back, maybe in a few weeks. Then we went to the Garcia family's house and taught them for 20 minutes about prayer, it was really nice, smooth, and spiritual. Good day. Tired.

 

MIERCOLES - ANOTHER CRAZY STORM! even louder this time! :( not much sleep because of it either. We had another awesome meeting again, went to meandering way, it was a leadership meeting and so I got to see Elder Rodriguez, I love that kid so much, such an amazing missionary, and Elder Chantry and also Elder Lee and Elder Feild, and and and, Elder Beatty, it was just awesome, I told Elder Rodriguez about my moms comments about having him write Amber and he said to send letter to the mission office with his name on it, but you have to put his whole name: Elder Roman Rodriguez, FAMILIES CAN BE TOGETHER FOREVER! ;) The meeting was great, When we broke for lunch it was pouring as if Noah was still around but when we got out it was like 90 degrees with no clouds... gotta love Texas :) its the BEST! We left home and picked up some pizza from a member for dinner and then I talked a little with my companion about the meeting and what I learned, Then we went out to work with the last few hours of the day still at hand. Went to the park to bug people :) We stopped to talk to a pastor who was preaching with his church out on the grass and he was really nice, a ton of there members were saying "You mormons kick butt!" "If our members were as dedicated as you guys, we would have a ton of success" Haha, such great people. After he asked what our REAL names were, I said "Aaron Jackson" He repeated it in a deep voice and says "I like that, sounds like the name of an athlete" I replied "I am an athlete, love the game of Basketball" he said "Thats cool can you dunk it?" me: "...yep" haha, it was way cool, we continued contacting and talked to Jose Garcia, it was such a good contact and set up an appointment with him, way good day.

 

JUEVES - Studies and planning, we planned for a while then went to Eduardos to teach, guy just doesn't get the true doctrine. Still thinks Jehovah is God the Father and not Jesus Christ even though we have explained it a thousand times hahaha, gotta love the mission. We invited him and his friend to be baptized, it was good even though they both said no, we were bold and testified. We planned a lot after too until Hno Beare took us to a lesson with a family in Allen, the Araiza family, we taught and testified, Hno Tecualt came as well with his daughter, we committed them to baptism and they accepted, it was so powerful!!! I felt so good after, best feeling in the world.

 

VIERNES - Took meds last night because my back was hurting, so I was out till 9 this morning and we were going to go do service but I couldn't stand up straight haha, so I napped for another 3 hours and still was loopy. So we didn't even get out today. But I was feeling so much better, back pain gone.

 

SABADO - We decided to have an extra hour of companionship study because there was just no unity going on! we ended up not doing anything productive anyway and I was just not happy, so we talked some more, some things I wanted changed, and my companion as well, We went and taught Hermana Caballero and the kids are out for the summer WHOOP! you know what that means!?!?..... nothing for us we just keep working in the blistering sun and sweat till we are withered as a dry weed :) Gotta love the mission, it was great watching her kids swim while we... well in a way we were swimming too, we were drenched in our sweat. We taught the ten commandments and then headed to contact some people, elder Dahlbergs tire went flat and dinner called and he just said no we are not going to have it... didn't even talk to me about it. I told him because tomorrow is fast sunday we need to eat so we have the energy cause I was dying, so we started heading back and he was walking his bike... not going in the right direction. I was getting very irritated, then he turns around and suggests that I fast starting then... I think (in my opinion) that is a personal thing. I told him I dont like fasting that way and so we finally headed back and I sat in silence, trying to calm down. Thank goodness for all the wonderful pics of my beautiful family and friends on my ipod, helped me a lot. After we went walking to talk to a less active, ended up talking to a really nice black girl, Lacy and also Alma. It ended much better than it started.

 

DOMINGO - Fast and testimony sundays are the best! I shared my testimony today and heard a lot of wonderful ones from the branch. Second hour we learned about the life of Christ and third hour about having the desire to share the Gospel. We got a ride home from Presidente and headed out to work! Taught Jose and Maria on their Porch, one of the worst lessons I have been a part of, bouncing from topic to topic with no purpose. I could have talked a bit more too, my companion was kind of going on about different things with no purpose. He is young though, lot to learn. Me as well! Taught Luis as he pulled up and then talked to his neighbors and then headed home so I could get numbers and make calls. Good week I would say, still trying to gain a relationship with my companion, its like he is a robot, I don't want to be like that. But hey I love him. He is great! I'm learning a ton from him!!! He is teaching me a ton, and it will get better. I love this work and know its the work of the Lord. There is no other church on the face of the planet that teaches 100 percent correct doctrine, only The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints!

Elder Aaron Jackson