MONDAY - Good pday today, we got everything done and then went to Walmart to get a few things and then I took my bike for a spin and the crank within seconds was lose. Going to be about 200 to repair so Witbeck just let me use his bike instead. Much easier. I got pictures with everyone and then they all took off and we tried to catch a few members and get pictures and had no luck. Hno Villatoro didn't get that I was leaving. We went to the norths apartment to get my helmet and ended up just staying and talking about the white wonder and how crazy it was that we are all so old!! Good last Pday.
TUESDAY - We got to meandering way and then got our new
companions. Im super glad I'm with Elder Trover, I may just end the
mission with no Utah companions. He is from Atlanta Georgia and is way
sweet! We all went to Panda and then we dropped off all our stuff and
went shopping with Elder Scott and Falk and they showed us our area on
their map. Then we spent the rest of the day unpacking and went to one
lesson with a part member family, with Alberto and Juan. Thats all we
have right now.
WEDNESDAY - We had district meeting and its weird to be a
district leader again. I did interviews with everyone and just got their
goals for this transfer and what they want to accomplish and the things I can do to help. After we went out to eat again. I didnt buy anything
because I'm sick of it haha, We are starting a weight loss competion so
everyone wanted to eat a lot for the weigh-in. My companion bought me
food and of course, I weighed... 165 the same I always have hahaha. We
got back and tried to visit some less actives and ate dinner at the
Serranos. Good family haha, very funny. Good food too. We went and had
another lesson with Juan and Alberto, they have a lot of questions.
Elder Trover is a newer missionary but he has way good spanish so I'm
happy about that, he was able to tackle a lot of the questions without
my help.
THURSDAY - Well seeing how we got torn apart by a 70 about
planning, we took 7 or 8 hours and planned out everything! We did not
leave til about 8 to go to English classes and of course a group of
youth come out and first thing they say to me "I heard you can dunk!!!"
hahaha, I just denied it and went to the class. We learned some Dentist
stuff. Then we headed back.
FRIDAY - Full day of work, we knocked a ton! No success
whatsoever. One return appointment, but that is it. We had an
interesting dinner hahaha... the sister said she invited 2 more people
to eat with us and it was their daughter and her friend and it was like
all fancy and seemed like a date. I don't even know what to talk to girls
about anymore... not that I knew before... "So... how about that book
of mormon?" I forgot what you even say haha, the family wants me to come
back because the dad's bday is on the 11th as well so they want to have a
party. After leaving elder Trover and I joked about how we were going
to marry them haha. We had another lesson with Juan and Alberto, the
questions continue to flow and be answered just as smooth as they were
asked. Not sure if they are REALLY interested. Dominguez and Latham
stayed the night for bball in the morning.
SATURDAY - Bball!! Elder Falk and I were on a team and I came out
red hot, I hit my first 2 threes like nothing, hand in my face? it don't
matter. We won the first game but the second? 0 for 18 from three point
land 
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cold.... I could not make a layup either. We went down 7 to 13 to 14.
Then we made a solid comback to tie at 14 only to be downed by my main
man Elder Chappells deadly shot from the arc to end it, I played solid
defense though! Probably had a triple double with blocks, steals and
rebounds. We went to breakfast after and I said no again but again
someone offered to pay for me. It was real cheap and good. Falk and I
and the rest of the gang were just chattering it up about going home. It
just blows my mind how much time we have. We got back and I could
hardly move!!! I was so sore!!!! I slept for a while and then we had
coorelation at the church with the ward mission leader. We tried some
more peeps and no luck, dinner was sketchy. We had tomales but from
Guatamala, instead of a corn husk it was some big jungle leaf. My
stomache did not like it. We visited some members to end our saturday
night.
SUNDAY - Interesting Sunday, Elder Trover left to go to a baptism
in Oak Cliff and I stayed with the other elders and went to church with
them. Elder Wirth and Hardy. Elder Hardy, Trover and I were all
supposed to be talking but since Elder Trover left we had extra time. I
felt bad because Elder Hardy has been out 20 months, 6 weeks less than
me and he got up and spoke for 9 minutes and I spoke for 20+ and after
everyone told me I had really good spanish and asked him if he was new.
I'm very blessed to know the language as well as I know it. I still have a
lot to learn obviously but I'm very blessed. Church was good, we went
back and changed and headed to dinner. Then after we went to a Less
active member and they had a 19 year old daughter and again!!! Trying to
hook her up with us!!! We were just cracking jokes and we set up a
dinner with them and I told them no menudo we were joking around a lot,
the mission is so great. We went back and I got numbers and we hit the
sack!!!
Elder Jackson
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