TUESDAY - HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARIC!! Big 12 man just think your next
bday I will be home! So crazy! When I left you were 10!!! We had an
exchange today with Gilmer because I had to do an interview for them so
we went out to their district meeting and ate lunch with them. We then
split up and I stayed there with Elder Kauphanger and we tracted way way
way out in the country. You know when your to far out in the country
when you knock on a door and the girl answers it and has 2 pet goats
just chillin in the house. I started the contact not noticing at first
"Hi mam we are missionaries from the church of Jes... are those goats?!"
She replied "Yeah these are my babies!" As she picked one up and kissed
it and the other was eating her plants in the background hahaha! We
visited a less active during the day that had been really ill and had
been thinking about a blessing the a few days prior to our visit and so I
had the privilege of giving him a blessing. We then went and had
Bodashious bbq for dinner back at the house which was good and then we
headed to the church to do the interview. Way good interview! I love
seeing these wonderful people that are accepting the Gospel in their
lives! We went out with a reactivated young man who is preparing to
serve a mission and we didn't have much luck, we headed home and hit the
sack. I had one of those sleeps that you feel as soon as you hit the
pillow its time to wake up... I've never been so tired in my life. But I
have also never been so happy :D
WEDNESDAY - We knocked on some doors before heading back to Longview
to exchange back, We started to work on the Stake presidents report and
so that took forever! We left at 3 and had a lesson with Jose and
Chaura which went well. Then we met up with the Halls at pizza hut to
eat before heading to meet Hno Florez at the church and when we did that
we headed to a lesson with Marlene and set a date with her! 8 dates
now! We are doing so well and its all thanks to the hand of the Lord in
the work. My companion bless his heart dropped my GPS on accident and it
now has 2 cracks down the screen. But it still works and isn't that bad
so no worries :) forgive and forget. We visited Candi and only talked to
Maribel unfortunately.
THURSDAY - SLOW SLOW BORING DAY! We had planning and the Stake
presidents report so we did not leave till about 5 and we went to have
the best food on the planet at the Johnstons. Peruvian food is the bomb!
We met at the church to do splits with the members and I went with
Brother Johansen and Elder Chappell with Brother Sellers. We visited 6
people and only 2 were there. We then got caught in a huge storm with
the power out everywhere, no stop lights no nothing! CRAZY!
FRIDAY - Studies and then we got a call about service and so we
went tracting at 11:00 at these one apartments and a huge tree blew over
thats how bad the storm was... like the roots ripped right out of the
ground! HUGE TREE! I got some awesome pics of that. We tracted and then
went and did service and stayed down in Marshall and tracted with Elder
Witbeck and Judd. I went with Elder Judd and my body did not like what I
was doing. Not enough sleep. Not enough food. So we stopped on the way
back to Longview at Sonic and grabbed food and headed to our lesson at 6
with these two girls and had an awesome Restoration lesson and set 2
more dates. So we have 7 now because we found out that 3 of the previous
were just barely outside of our area so we had to give them to the
other elders... but thats okay. We will not stop inviting! We are
working super hard. We stopped to get some glue for my shoes before
heading home for the night.
SATURDAY - A good Saturday is when you come out and find your
car mirror broken and on the ground.... NOT COOL! We have no idea what
happened. We drove to Hallsvile and ate lunch and exchanged back and
went to work tired as can be. I feel like im 2 weeks behind on sleep but I just keep going. We taught the Plan of Salvation to Jose and it was
just so bland... sounded like the plan of UNhappiness we were so pooped
and had no excitment in teaching. We knocked some and then visited
Marlene and got some water and made sure she was coming to church. We
had a lesson with a guy named Thomas and ate some dinner before starting
a fast. We had a lesson with a spanish guy and we invited him to be
baptized but he didnt understand the concept of authority so he would
not accept but thats okay. We are here to find the elect that want all
the blessings imaginable in their lives. Patience is key. We knocked
into this Denisha girl who we had an awesome lesson with and invited her
to church and she said she would come so we are excited for that. Not a
bad day. BED TIME!
SUNDAY - Church from 10 to 5 is the best! We had 2 Investigators
in Spanish but none in English! :( Church was way good though and a way
good meeting after and some killer tacos to cap off a fast with the
Cadenas familiy. We had some time to knock before heading to do numbers
which of course took till 10:30 to finish... Much needed Preparation day
tomorrow. 41 Dates for the zone and we are having contests every week
and we won this weeks with 8 First visions shared! Yay! Love you all
thanks so much for reading and the church is true. Hasta ver!
Elder Aaron Jackson
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