We woke up this morning to 30 degrees and snow on our car! I got to
throw my first snow ball in over 2 years! How sad! This week has been
pretty crazy with being doubled in to a new area with my new
companion! His name is Elder Thompson and he is from Victor, Idaho and
he has been out for 20 months so he has 3 transfers left! It is weird
to think that i am only 3 months behind him! Anyways.. this area is
great and we are feeling so welcomed from the wards here. Our first
night we had dinner at the James Family's house and they are super
rich.. along with everyone else in this area! Brother James questioned
us about why we were out serving a mission and it kind of felt like i
was being interrogated!
For most of the week we were just trying to get a feel for the area
since we are both new and have no idea whats going on. We had dinner
with a returning part member family on Thursday and that was great!
The father was baptized at 8 and his family went inactive almost right
after but he started coming back to church this year and his wife got
bapitzed and also his son but his 15 year old daughter Allison
Crawford is still holding on. We had dinner with them and then we
shared a brief lesson with them about the importance of the book of
mormon and then we had to leave to make it to our next appointment. We
drove to Sister Shantelle Smith's house and when we got there i
recognized her and she recognized me. She actually used to live in
Tyler Texas and i went to her house a few times when i was in the
Bullard and Whitehouse wards. Well they have a neighbor who we are
teaching and his name is Taj and we are also teaching his little
sister. Well we met with Taj and had a great lesson. He told us that
he wants to be baptized but his mom wants him to wait and check out
more churches before he makes his decision.
We attended the Melissa Ward Christmas party and that helped us get to
know some of the members a lot more! Yesterday at church was the best
though. We finally got to meet all 3 wards that we cover and everyone
was so nice! Thats Texas for you! Unless you are in South Dallas (My
last Area). The Bishop of the Melissa and Fairview wards are so pumped
for missionary work and we sat down with both of them and got tons of
part-member names and families that we need to start getting
acquainted with! Yesterday was probably the best day this week for us
because it helped us figure out this area so much more than when we
first got there! My new address for this area is:
1600 Heritage Dr. # 612
Mckinney, TX 75069
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