WEEK 2 in McKinney:
MONDAY - Today was eventful, we went all the way to the dentist which was like 3 hours there and 2 hours back, didn't have time to do anything else. And we got all the way to the dentist and he wasn't feeling good so he asked if we could come back another day. So we had to reschedule. It was horrible. We got back and the other Elders picked us up and took us back and we finished our night, I wasn't too happy, just wanted it to be over with.
TUESDAY - I was not feeling good at all today, my stomach was
just killing me, not really throwing up sick but just really really
sharp pains in my stomach, the Zone Leaders came over and gave me
a blessing and then we continued to work. Resting I guess wasn't an
option, we went and bought food and then came back and got picked up and
headed to Allen to be dropped off for 8 hours... yeah two doors in and I
couldn't even stand up and then my companion decided to suggest that we
go back, so we had the Zone Leaders in Allen come and get us and take us
back, way cool Elders! Elder Hart and Park. I slept the rest of the day
and we had our bikes brought back at night by Hno Runco. After Hna
Arreola brought me some meds for my stomach. Such an awesome Branch!
WEDNESDAY - I had a hard time getting up because of my stomach
pains, but I got up about 7 and continued on, we did not go out to tract
but we did, after Hna Arreola brought us subs, go to our night
appointments with Hno Wayne Berr, way awesome member, always wants to
help. We visited Jose Lopez and taught about the sacrament and the
importance of it. We then talked with a girl named Emily for a while to
end our night. Feeling a little bit better. Feel bad for my companion
cause he has to deal with a grumpy Elder Jackson.
THURSDAY - Studies and a hair cut to start off my day Planning
was the usual, nothing exciting really cause we don't have many people to
teach, Nathan Perry who lives in our complex wasn't there, Eduardo and
Candi canceled as well. We had dinner dropped off and ate spaghetti with
the zone leaders at our apartment. Really good! Angeles canceled,
Margarita was someone we contacted, really sweet girl, we have an
appointment with her in the future. Gustavo and their family, WAY COOL!
He is 14 and looks like he is 18, plays QB and loves football and the
church as well. He said Allen is the second best football team in the US
and we drove by their stadium and... its like a college stadium. That's
how it is out here in Texas. Paco canceled, I got Midweek numbers to end
the night.
FRIDAY - ....1 YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm half way can you believe it? I
wonder how many blog readers I have lost by now? hahahaha, Today was
awesome, we had a zone council today and learned a TON, I got letters
from Josh and Shawn as well so that made my day even better! Thanks
guys! My package hasn't come yet though :( That's okay, we had dinner and
finished studies after the meeting. Such a good day, way way good half
way mark.
SATURDAY - We studied and then headed to Eduardos for a lesson
and he fed us and talked and talked and talked about how Mexicans are so so much smarter than Americans. HA. I love them but not when they
are prideful like that, Juana and Samuel canceled, we tracked a ton
and ran into the friend of a member and he did the same as Eduardo, said
something very bad "If you ain't white, you ain't right, if you ain't
black, your a wetback" SO bad, he went on and on so we just left, ran
into some crazy lady who told us there is no way we can be elders and
not be married... ok? love the mission. I almost crashed into my
companion like 8 times cause he is slow and has no idea where he is
going and slams on the breaks at EVERY stop sign even if we were out in
the jungle of Africa with not a car within a billion miles. Patience is
really good. Dinner and then we headed to Hermana Caballeros ended up
talking to her neighbor and setting up a time to come back.
SUNDAY - We had a meeting today and went and talked about our
investigators that we don't have. Eduardo came to church! we asked him to
ask his boss for Sundays off and before he could even do it they
changed it! Can anyone say blessing??? YES! He loved it, the zone
leaders taught the class in second hour and he brought up Jehovah being
God the Father and we all destroyed it in a loving way, using the bible
:) It was awesome. We had lunch when we got back and then at the last
second they said we had dinner in like 5 minutes, so I was stuffed after
getting done with the Ortegas, My companion for some reason was crying
after, stressed from the work, he really is a great missionary and I
love him, we are working out the kinks, We got back and I gave him a
blessing and he felt much better and insisted in writing it in his
journal right then. Then we finished studies and planned.
WEEK 3 in McKinney:
MONDAY - Laundry in the morning, some what of a normal P-Day again.
Not. We went to CVS after to print pictures, I printed over 100 and it
cost me a lot but love the memories. Thanks for the package FAM, yeah I
got it today! Well probably Saturday. Love the pics and songs, already
have listened to Josh's song like 90 times, so good! We went to email
and my companion decided to set an appointment in the middle of
Preparation day when she said any day would be good. I don't understand,
so I had 20 minutes to email, it wasn't cool cause she ended up not even
being there. We visited Hna Caballero and she made us some papusas which
were really good, we then went and played some ball at the church for a
bit, then we were in a hurry and went to the store and my companion
decided to talk to someone when we aren't supposed to do in stores, and
he was not interested and he kept trying, I'm happy he is trying but we
were in a hurry. So again the patience had to come in. Hno Sanchez came
and got us and we went out and finally for the first time in 2 weeks we
taught a full lesson, I shared the first vision and felt much better!!!
We then got back and planned till 5 minutes till bed time, so I didn't
have time to write in the journal, its all good I'm going to catch up.
TUESDAY - DENTIST! Gotta get this over with, went in and the
needles came and I got it over with, didn't feel a thing which is very
surprising for me, I usually get some kind of skin curling pain. But he
finished and I felt so much better, I was so hungry after but I was so
so so numb, could not even blink my right eye, I tried to eat McDonald's
and it was falling out of my mouth and I was like chewing with my lips
haha it was pretty funny, didn't even taste anything ever. We got back
and Chandler picked us up, a man who is going on his mission in
Paraguay, in 2 weeks. So we had some good conversations, We had Spanish
study and then tracked and I felt so much better! As we were planning
the phone rang and it was a familiar number... ELDER DOMINGUEZ, it was
good to hear the voice of my child, to tell me I had letters and he
needed my address to forward them, so it was good to hear from him, love
that elder, and elder Drake!
WEDNESDAY - District meeting, I trained on my famous obedience is
like a banana split haha, it was really good, we had lunch and Spanish
study afterwards and then went and talked to ilogio solis and he just
talked and talked, my companion fell asleep and I almost did it was so
bad. But he said he was coming to church so that's good. We tracked some
more and I ran into a nonmember... whose kid was wearing a BYU shirt??
haha, it was pretty funny, we went and saw Hna Caballero she was
watching 12 kids so we didn't bug her, she was running all over the
place, We talked to a member in the branch who was actually baptized by
my trainer, well we talked to his mom and explained 1 nephi 8 with her
and the kids, We had Taco Bell for dinner, the zone leaders were talking
about bed bugs and I was like laughing cause I never have even been bit
once by those things and they were talking about their last areas.
After we tried to set up a Family Home Evening which did not work so we
went and dropped off the book of Mormon to this guy, Pastor Derrick, way
way nice guy. As we were taking off he said "Where you guys heading
now, back to your stations?" HAHA, then he shook my hand and then held
it and grabbed my companions and then went right into prayer, haha,
ah... I'm used to that.
THURSDAY - Funny story... I woke up with several HUGE bites all
over terrible, karma I tell you. We planned today till about 5 o clock!!
As the zone leaders came to get us for dinner they were talking to
someone on the phone and as I got in the car Elder Willman was like
"Hold on I'm going to present you to your son" It was Elder Olsen!!! I
talked to him for a while which was really good, His Spanish is still
awesome, he told me he was asking for permission from his girls dad that
night too! Kids getting married! Then we got to dinner and Hno Diaz was
on the phone with someone and he just gives me a hug out of nowhere! He
was talking to Elder Olsen... Diaz family is so awesome!!! We had a testimony meeting and then headed back to get picked up by Hno Martinez
who said of course "I have a message for you Elder Jackson" I said,
"let me guess you talked with Elder Olsen" haha, yep. We then went to
Hna Cruzes house and taught... something? Her granddaughter was showing
me all her stuff and I was showing her pictures in the book I brought,
she was half Chinese and half Mexican, 2nd cutest girl in the world
(behind April). So I have no idea what they talked about haha, then we
came back and planned and went to bed.
FRIDAY - We tried to do some service today but didn't work out, we
tried to go to salvation army but they were closed for the holiday
weekend. Then we went and visited a members mom that was in the hospital
which was pretty good, kind of awkward because neither of us really
know the girl that well. But it was good. We had a lot of tracking and
visited some people but no real luck, had one lesson with an Hermano
Aleman, who we went in with one plan and taught something else purely by
the spirit then we sprinted back (on bikes haha) to the apartment to do
exchanges with the English Elders, I went and stayed the night with
Elder Macfarlane, SUCH an awesome elder, had a ton of fun.
SATURDAY - Exchanges went pretty well, Elder Macfarlane has
valley fever which can act up at any time, so we didn't do much
tracking, we went to Wal Mart to get some things for a project, Elder
Macfarlane was a writer for Gameinformer and worked for game stop and
showed me some awesome pics of his Halo armor he made, so we had a lot
in common. Way cool, we had a boss lesson with their investigator who
has a date, her name is Khali, we went to the Kimsleys and taught the
ten commandments and did an awesome object lesson. Way good. We had
dinner with the Udsteads, Brother Udstead was from England, had some
really good sandwiches and exchanged riddles at the table. Way fun, we
went back and stayed in so he could rest, he was coughing up blood. Then
we switched back.
SUNDAY - Way good sabbath day, ilogio and his wife both came to
church but no Eduardo. We taught about the scriptures in second hour and
by third hour I was so tired! We got back and ate some lunch and again
went to the Ortegas for a super early dinner, I was once again about to
blow. We came back and went out and contacted a ton and visited some
people, came back in time to plan. Really good sabbath, Sorry for the
delay on my blogs. Love you all so much!
Elder Aaron Jackson
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