Monday, July 9, 2012

Like A Kid In A Candy Store!

MONDAY - We had to get money so we got up and headed to the bank and withdrew money and went and got Mcdonalds breakfast. YUMMYY! We came back and did laundry and I also would like to congratulate Brendon Foster for his mission call. He is going to be such a great asset to that mission and I am just so proud of his decisions and what he has done to prepare to go. I love you BFOS! Captains for life! We went and got some matching ties and the Berlington Coat Factory and then we headed down to Kilgore with excitement to go the Oil Musuem there. Closed! So bummed, we ate some dinner at a BBQ place that had absolutely no flavor at all. Then we went to our lesson with Jorge Huerta and it was incredible, family of 5 who just let us in and we had a lesson about prayer and then played some huckle buckle beanstock with the family and they loved it and everyone was involved and we left just high in the clouds and pumped for the week, 5 new investigators for the day! We went and taught Josh Chubb and talked about fasting and the power of it. Way good lesson. We headed back and hit the sack with our heads high.

TUESDAY - District meeting, its so good to see Elder Witbeck again. We had a great meeting and after we headed down to Genghis Grill and ate with them. Heard some Linkin Park for the first time in a year, way crazy. We ate and then we decided because they just opened up Marshall we would drive down there with them and help them out, so I got to go tracting with my MTC companion, I love Elder Witbeck, he is the bomb! We taught one lesson and one door we knocked they didn't answer and there was a skateboard in the lawn and after what 3 years without stepping on a board or at least 2, I landed a kick-flip first try hahaha, I don't think Elder Witbeck expected it. We ended before five and met up and headed back so we could go to dinner with the Whitmans. Way good dinner, love the Whitmans. She is a great cook and person. Then we hit the trailers and did some knocking and got in the first door we knocked and had some Sopes which are really good flower things with beans and salsa and stuff, taught a lesson to this family and then headed home. Got a letter from BFOS, with the map of his mission, man I was just freaking out. I'm so happy for the guy.
 
WEDNESDAY - HAPPY 4TH OF JULY EVERYONE!!!!!!! :) hope you had a good one. We were working on the Stake presidents report and then we walked to Marlenes to have a lesson, about an hour and a half walk. We got there and she said she will not commit to baptism... it was heart breaking. Things were going so well with her and now it just fell off a cliff.
We started our journey back and the other elders drove by and gave us a ride. We ran to the Mexican market to get some stuff for salsa and then came back and made it for the Sadlers. We had dinner after that and we went to the Flores family and they gave us so much food, 6 tostadas and a HUGE bowl of ice cream, I was about to blow after. We went to the church and had a lesson with the Sadlers about the Holy Ghost and had them all take a turn being blind folded and had one person be the Holy Ghost and the rest be other voices and the person had to follow the right one. It was a lot of fun. After we went to the Hendersons and she gave us these little red peppers to try and they tore us up!! We were sweating and crying and my stomach hurt for the next 3 days from that little devil. Elder Rouse decides after to make a salsa with like 50 of them!!!! I haven't touched it. We got our car washed and then headed home cause we cant really do much. People are out drunk and crazy.
 
THURSDAY - Stake president report till 2 in the afternoon, gunclick bang!!! We wanted to get out and work but this thing takes forever! We got a call from Lois and she wants to be baptized so that's really good. We had dinner with the Johnstons and had food from Peru. Super good! We then went out with Brother Sellers for the night, visiting people and such. Not a whole lot of luck but yeah, not a lot today due to planning and to numbers at night.
 
 FRIDAY -  Today was looking good, we had 6 set appointments. We had one at 12 with Curtis who canceled. Then we went and knocked some really ghetto ghetto ghetto trailers. The first one we knocked? 9 dogs came out from the deck! It was crazy, we had an early dinner due to all the appointments. We had one appointment in that trailer park with a Latissia girl and she just did not get what we were explaining! Gotta love everyone though :) and we do! We then ran to another trailer park across the map to visit a Javier and his non member wife. Way good lesson. Keona canceled and we didn't have someone with us to go to the Sadlers so we had to cancel. We had Whataburger, my first time and it was pretty good! Then the rain and lightning came like crazy!!! Love it out here I'm like a little kid at a toy store, just Ooos and ahhhs coming from my mouth every second and a big smile on my face! We came back and hit the camas.
 
SATURDAY - Studies and off to the church to meet up with Lois who... didn't show up.... We had Andy Loy with us and we ended up taking him with us (19 year old preparing for a mission) to the trailer park with us to tract and we had two lessons but all in Spanish so we decided to leave so he could be a part of the lesson, We dropped him off before going to dinner with the Whitmans again. We had stuffed peppers which were really good and I shared my mission story and why I was out and what drove me and about my family and stuff. I love sharing that cause it helps me remember why I'm out here and who is supporting me. LOVE YOU FAMILY! :) We then went to the Huertas to stop by, remind them about church and then went to Josh Chubs to start a fast with him for fast Sunday and to help him. We headed back after that and we talked about something called Standards of Excellence and how we wanted to get it and we were close. Our bodies soon took over and said SLEEP!
 
SUNDAY - What a day... So nuts, we went to the Spanish branch and no one came and we need at least 3 in church for the standards of excellence and then we went to English ward and no one. We didn't get it. We worked so hard though and I'm super happy. We did have 3 confirmations though, I confirmed Sadie Sadler and Julien also got the Priestood. Way good day in church. Lois came for a little bit which was nice. We headed to dinner and had pasta! SO GOOD! home made ice cream on top of that. We came back and got Andy Loy and went to the Sadlers and talked about Temple work and the Priestood and then gave Sister Sadler a blessing. Nuts, 5 ordinances I participated in today. It was really good and I wouldn't trade it for anything else. We went and got numbers after that and went to bed quickly after getting home at 10:30. Well I just want to thank you all for following and reading up on my blog, I love you and I love this church. I know its true and that living by its precepts brings more blessings than anything else on this earth. Love your best buddie,
Elder Aaron Jackson

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