TUESDAY - We got up showered and headed to Meandering way to get
our new companions. It was, as it always is, amazing to see all the
familiar faces from past times. Elder Drake, Rodriguez, Scott, Falk,
Willman, Beatty (New assistant) and many more. We waited quite some time
before the member came to pick up Elder Virrueta, Jorgensen, Henze and I
to head back to Irving. We got back and spent almost the rest of the
day unpacking and getting the area explained to me. We had dinner with
la familia Barraza. It was good! We then headed to visit a few more
people but didn't have a whole lot of luck with that. Not a lot today. I
also gave my companion a blessing tonight. Love the Priesthood.
WEDNESDAY - Today we had district meeting, I got to see Elder
Dominguez again! Yeah I'm so stoked he is in the same ward as me! 6 of us
in one ward! We had a good meeting and went back and my companion was
really sick. We had to wait for everyone to get their commissary orders which took forever!!!! We waited till about 4 to do it and then had
to go fax them! By the time we got done we headed out to dinner. Dinner
was good, seems really tex mexy here though! We had BBQ chicken with
rice and beans haha. It was good! Afterwards we went to the church for a
baptism and I met the wonderful family that was just referred to us by a
member the day after transfer calls... this is where my testimony of
revelation comes in and that we really are called to our missions and
the areas in our missions for specific reasons. So President Durrant has
a saying. "If something is good, I'm not going to change it. UNLESS the
Spirit tells me" So Elder Chappell and I were in the highest baptizing
zone in the entire mission. A zone that used to be despised and no one
wanted to go out there! We changed it around and baptized in the incredibly difficult East Texas area. So why would President "change
something that's good" well, because the Spirit told him. So transfer
calls were on Saturday and on Sunday Elder Crosby and Virrueta received
this referral of this family and I met them this night and I saw the
wife and I swear to you I have seen her somewhere. It was the strangest
thing! I feel like I have talked to her somewhere. My solution is that
it was before this life and that I was preordained and chosen to teach
her and her family the gospel of Jesus Christ. The church is true, I
know without a doubt and I love this work! Anyways the baptism was
great! I got to meet the 300 members and their names that I now have to
remember and memorize and know their likes and dislikes and how they can
best help us, gotta love the mission! The first week in a new area is
always a brain blower. I always have a head ache trying to remember
everything that's been said to me. But I'm excited, this is my 6th time
doing it so I should be good :)
THURSDAY - Today was yet ANOTHER day spent inside as we planned
and talked more about the investigators we have and again by the time we
finished we were heading to dinner. We had dinner with the... uh oh I'm
already forgetting names! We had ribs with beans and rice hahahaha, TEX
MEX! We ate and then went to our lesson with the Villatoro family (the
awesome referral we got) and we had an amazing lesson with them. They
are so prepared and we talked about the Restoration and had to rush out
the door to head to Oak Cliff. It was crazy to see the bright lights of
downtown Dallas again! We went and did an interview for a young boy
named Erik being taught by the one and only Elder Rodriguez! Its going
to be great to be around him again! Love that kid! We did the interview
and headed to drop them off. We stayed and talked for a bit and headed
home getting home at exactly 10:30. Z Z Z Z Z Z Z
FRIDAY - 4 days in a row of having to do something till dinner
and we finally got out and worked today!!!......jk we had to do stake
presidents report! Inside all day again! But we had some time before
dinner to knock some doors! It was good! There are some... haha very
ghetto apartments here. We went to dinner and had enchiladas. SO SO SO
GOOD!!! I love Mexican food! I want a Mexican wife! hahaha. We then went
and visited a less active member and he was leaving so we visited
Orlando and only got in for a bit but it was good to meet him. He will
probably be baptized when I'm here. We ended our night talking to Hector,
a big cowboys fan, and if your wondering anyone out there the only
think that really hasn't changed in me is the burning passion of hatred I
have for the stinking cowboys :) So don't get your hopes up Davis family
;) We talked a lot about Jordan and the Mavs and sports just so I could
easily get on common grounds with him. Elder Virrueta over here didn't
even know who Michael Jordan was... But after we got into church and had
a very good talk with him about his future and things like that and
then we headed home, not a lot happening haha we also gave a blessing to
somebody in his family that was deathly ill, Jasmine.
SATURDAY - Today was our first day to really get out and work. We
quickly emailed the SPR off and went to work. We had a lesson with Raul
and talked about the Book of Mormon and the importance of it. There are
a lot of great investigators here! We headed to some Laundry mats and
left some pamphlets and did some knocking before going to dinner. One of
the first doors we knock was so funny, I love being part of the true
church because no matter what they doubt there is a scripture to back it
up! Its so funny how we love the Book of Mormon and we share it, not
because we put it above the Bible, but because it is what makes us
different and yet we follow the bible more than ANY other religion yet
they all claim they do haha, the world is full of pride and greedy
people that think religion is a business. I guess pastors need some kind
of income to pay for their BMW's and mansions huh? Why not the tithing
of all the poor people that THINK its going for a good cause. Okay I
went a little too far there :/ There are so many great religions out
there I just wish they could see the truth! We talked to a guy that at
first was arguing with us and I backed up every doubt with a
scripture... In the Bible. By the end of the contact he accepted a Book
of Mormon cause he realized that his beliefs were nothing but a big
circle of contradicting confusion and apostasy that formed after the
death of the Son of God himself. It was really good. That's why I love
this work! I don't mean to offend anyone by all means. I love everyone I
meet! So many amazing people out here and they all have just such great
faith in Jesus Christ, all we want to do is add to that, so please don't
take it that way. We headed to dinner and had some amazing pasta with
the Errazo family and had a lesson with the Villanueva and Villatoro
families. They both canceled though so we had a boss lesson with a young
man named Santiago. We taught the word of wisdom and Law of Chastity.
We ended our night and my companion is still sick!
SUNDAY - CHURCH ALREADY! can you believe its already been a week!
I'm stoked for church, we went to the meetings before hand and got to
know everyone, I'm super excited to be here. All Spanish baby! We sat
down in Sacrament and had all our progressing investigators (7) at
church! The place was packed with pure Hispanics and I just was soaking
it up with a big smile on my face! Time flied and before you knew it we
were heading out to dinner after church. Dinner was good, we had Chicken
and rice and green beans and yum yum yum! We ate and had a lesson with
Vannessa and Kimberly and set dates with them. We drove to do numbers
and ended our week. Thanks for following, my new address should be up if
you want to write me! Thanks,
love,
Elder Aaron Jackson
(")> Penguins rule!
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