Monday, Feb. 10, 2020

Howdy y'all! Another week flew by so fast. This week was super busy and lots of fun.

I wanted to start out with a funny story. Just yesterday me and my companion Elder Waite were sitting on this persons porch talking about the Book of Mormon. It was getting a little darker but she had her porch light on. While we were reading in the book I noticed something on the ground next to my foot. It was a giant cockroach! It was picking up a potato chip that was on the ground and I started panicking in my head. This thing was huge like about 2 1/2 inches at least. I couldn't focus on the rest of the time. It's just crazy how big cockroaches can get haha. The rest of the night me and my companion felt like something was crawling around us haha.

This week we got to help out with a food bank distribution event at an apartment complex. Our district of about 6 missionaries were the only volunteers but it was super fun still. We got to meet so many new people and we ended up getting a less active member to want to come back to church. At the end of the food event we got to take some extra bacon home. On Thursday we were invited to Zone Leader Conference and so Elder Waite who is the district leader got to go to the meeting and I was able to go on exchanges with the Moving Elders. The Moving Elders get to drive all over the place in the mission and help move other missionaries into apartments and do anything that the mission office needs. It was super fun because I got to see a little more of the mission and got to meet some other missionaries. I helped move 2 different apartments which was a big job and after that we went to Raising Canes. Raising Canes is like the best chicken fast food ever. If you are ever in Texas you have to go to Canes. The rest of the day was really good. After we switched back to our companions we had tacos at a member’s house. 

On Friday we had dinner at another members house. They called it "Wangs n Thangs". They basically only do it 2 times a year or on special occasions so we were super lucky to have it. They basically buy a Ton of chicken wings and fry them up and make a lot of different flavors like BBQ, HOT SAUCE, BUFFALO, and others. It was super good and we all had a competition to see who could eat the most wings. The member ended up beating all 4 of us Elders by a long shot haha. They were super good. I’m super happy to serve others and bring them closer to Jesus Christ. My testimony is always growing as I help others.

I hope everyone is having a great week and I'll talk to y’all again next week. 

These are some pictures of us walking around outside, The 4 of us Elders at Wangs and Thangs, Me on my bike, and a picture of downtown San Antonio.