Happy Monday!
We had another super busy, successful week. We did member splits
every night of this past week. A few times we even had three members
with us so we could split up and go three different directions and get
much more done. I've never put so much thought
and effort into planning! Organizing to meet with so many members and
then coming up with plans for the night for three different companionships is not easy. Elder Patton doesn't know the area or the
members, so he can't help much. And Elder Packham is
just incredibly indecisive and doesn't like to make decisions, so he
just kind of floats. Sometimes I feel like my brain is going to
explode, but I like it. It feels good to have my brain busy and running
so much. All is going well!
We had five investigators at church yesterday, which was a huge
blessing. For the past month or so we have only had one, so that was
nice. We prayed extra hard for the Lord to bring investigators to
church! The chapel yesterday was the most full
I had ever seen it for the Spanish branch. Investigators, less
actives, and new families that the stake president has invited to attend
the Spanish branch. We are growing!
For the first time in my life I had to call 911 this week! I
was with a youth member and we were driving down the street on the
ghetto side of McKinney when we passed a woman kind of laying in/leaning
up against the curb (not a normal position). Her
head was severely bleeding. And I mean SEVERELY. I at first thought
she had been shot in the head! As we approached her, I could see that
she didn't have a bullet in her head, but she had the biggest gash above
her eye that I had ever seen in real life.
I'm talkin BIG and yucky! She claimed she was just walking to fast in
her boots and got dizzy and fell, but that was hard to buy. Things
were just not adding up. She wanted us to walk her to her aunts house
around the corner, and she did not want me to
call the police, but I did. Some professionals quickly showed up, and
we were pretty much heroes! Not really, but it was some excitement for
the week.
-Papusas are basically a thick, fried, stuffed tortilla, or a thin and flat roll, with meat and cheese in them. Super yummy!
-This pass Monday we played volleyball with a bunch of
missionaries, and it was super fun! Basketball we play probably every
three or four weeks, but I get tired quick. Volleyball is nice because
it is not so physically demanding. This Thursday the
branch is going to start a weekly soccer night, so if we get
investigators there, we will probably go play.
-I'm not even half way done with the journal I have right now, so I won't need another one for another two months at least.
-One pair of shoes is getting pretty beat up. I am thinking about
getting a new pair for Sunday/meeting shoes, and then using the
Sunday/meeting shoes that I have now for work shoes. But that is only
if I can some I like and for a real good deal. But
I'm surviving just fine with what I have now.
-The trio will most likely be just for this transfer, so three more weeks!
I'm sorry to hear about the flood. I can't imagine how big of a
hassle that is. It makes me frustrated just to hear about it! So I
understand your frustration. But I like your attitude and what you said
about perspective. President Taylor taught us
something neat about perspective. While Joseph Smith was in Liberty
Jail, he wrote Doctrine and Covenants sections 121, 122, and 123. If
you read the first three verses in 121, and then jump to the last verse
in 123, you can see an incredible change of perspective
in Joseph Smith. Check it out! President Taylor and leaders of the
Church have talked about the importance of having an eternal perspective
and the grand difference that that can make in our lives. It's all in
the perspective!
Thanks for the email and the update. Good to hear from everybody!
I hope y'all have a better week and enjoy life. I love and miss
everybody!
Elder Williams
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