One Year In Texas!

MONDAY - We played some ball with some huge black boys today and it was a lot of fun. I still feel like I could play for 8 hours straight without rest and without letting up. Takes me 5 minutes to feel like I'm perfectly in shape again. We went to Mcdonalds and I ordered and they took 35 minutes to get me my stinking pie... I was not happy. But you gotta love the people, she was Hispanic so I wasn't as mad haha. We got some stuff and headed to the other elders and ate chile rienos which were really good. Stuffed jalapenos with cream cheese in the middle and bacon wrapped around them. YUMM! But way hot. The other elders played magic cards which brought some good memories back of playing on game nights with the family. We had a lesson with Jennifer she is still awesome as can be! We taught Tony as well. Overall it was a good night.    

TUESDAY - What a wonderful day today was! We ran to the store to get some stuff for the interviews for today and then headed to the church to have them. So good to see President again. We had 3 talks from elders and Elder Witbeck came changed into a orange suit! It was so funny! We did our training as well and it was awesome! Then we had interviews and President, like always, gave me some clues for the next transfer. "Elder Jackson you are right where I want you right now, your very gifted with the Spanish language, your a leader! Its time for you take over and step it up. Your healthy and I need you" It was a great interview and I just continued to think like I always do. Why me? I never saw me being a leader, but it fulfills my patriarchal blessing for sure. It was so good and after was a bit different.. almost all our appointments canceled. But we kept our heads high and kept going. We had dinner with the Hendersons and ate some good food and went and just prayed. Then we had exchanges with the members. I went with Hermano Plascencia to do Spanish work and Elder Rouse did English work for the night. They had some luck. Us? Not so much. THANKS FOR THE PACKAGE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN!    

WEDNESDAY - HAPPY 1 YEAR IN TEXAS YALL!!!!!! Yep that's right I done been here for a year in the land of the Texas! We took the car in to the ford dealership to get it checked out and then we went to Josh Chubb for a quick lesson. We just had a quick lesson with him and then ran back to the church to meet up with the assistants to do an exchange with them for the day and it was way good! We taught 11 total lessons. I taught 6 and Rouse 5. It was so good! We visited Candelario a Spanish investigator that has been investigating for 4 years and never accepted a date for baptism and I was kind of doubting cause President asked us to invite EVERYONE the first lesson or next lesson. So I was kind of doubting because the assistants are English so it was just me teaching the whole time. But I extended the invite and he said yes. I'm the first elder to do that apparently so it was a MIRACLE. We tracted and got into a lesson as well and set another date as well! We were on fire! We got back and went to bed with a smile on our faces. Crazy day! Lots of fun!    

THURSDAY - Yay planning day! for week 6!!! WHERE DID THE TIME GO?! We had a lunch that threw off our whole day. Some weird brother Elliot guy and he kept us in his gross home for 3 hours and we felt sick after eating that junk. We were there so long that we almost immediately went to dinner which was way good! We then went out and did exchanges again. I went with Brother Johansen and we went out to Kilgore to invite 4 families to a big Family home evening. We got back and headed home.    

FRIDAY - Really poopy day today. We both woke up not feeling well at all, head aches and stomach aches. People really don't realize what weed does to others. Its so bad! We got word though... that we are moving! So we started right away, we went and had dinner with the familia Alba and then came back and moved the rest of the night.    

SATURDAY - We got up and headed to the baptism that the other Longview elders had and Jennifer was there too. We taught the restoration during the waiting time and then after the service we had another lesson with her which was way good. She is way awesome! After we came back and cleaned and moved and chucked so much JUNK! We then went to Sellers to have a quick meeting with him and then went to dinner with the Sorensens. Way good! Then we went to Hermano Cadenazes house and took him out and 30 minutes before the end of the night all hell broke loose... Tony texted us and dropped. No more date with him or lessons. Lois Bush called and was griping at me for an hour! She is gone now. Not a good way to end the night. But we need to keep our heads high. Its after the trial of our faith!    

SUNDAY - Good sabbath day and really  the miracle that came was awesome! We went to tract this trailer park to find some Hispanic families and we were tracting by an investigator, Oscar and he pulled up while we were tracting so we ran over there and offered to help him with his food. We went in and he offered a bunch of food to us and we were both thinking that we should have left because we were wasting time and we needed to find. But we both stayed and didn't move and as we sat down for a short lesson a knock at the door came and a family of 6 walked in and we ended up having an awesome lesson with them and watched the Restoration video with them and it was way good. It was a miracle! Love this work and I am enjoying every moment. Love you all and thanks so much for the letters and support! Elder Aaron Jackson