New mission car...Ford Fusion 2013!

We had a pretty good week but was really crazy!!! Tuesday was

transfers and that was by far the craziest transfer that has happened
in this mission since i have been here!! Elder Thompson and I are
staying together another transfer until he goes home but we were asked
to go to transfer meeting to pick up the elders coming in to cover a
ward we were covering.. Well we were asked to be there at 9 and so we
were but found out that the Elders covering one of our wards is brand
new and they always have a training during transfer day for new
missionaries. So this meeting wasn't going to be over until 3 in the
afternoon.. So we went to the mission office to hang out and talk to
the senior couples working in the office.. Elder Williams is the one
who is in charge of all the vehicles in the mission and I served in
his ward in my last area.. Well our car was at the end of its life and
needed to be sent back to Salt Lake.. So i pleaded and pleaded and
yanked some teeth to get a new car and the whole time Elder Williams
was hesitant.. But we were there the whole day helping him and finally
he said okay Elder.. lets get you a new car.. So i begged him for the
only 2013 Ford Fusion in the mission right now and this is how he
responded. "Elder.. do you know how many missionaries have asked me
for that car? They are all on bikes now!" So he said that i am lucky
and he gave me the Fusion.. I was leaping for joy!! So as we were
packing all of the Elders stuff in the new car a tire repair kit with
slime exploded everywhere!!! Of course it would only happen to me?!
But we got it cleaned up and all was well haha!! That day was a super
long and tiring day!!!
 
Wednesday we had district meeting which is kind of lame now since
there is only 3 companionship's in our district and one of them is a
senior couple.. After that we went to do service in the Melissa
Library for a couple hours. On Thursday Elder Thompson and I decided
to go see my convert Lacy Long in my last area and so we were there
all day and had a really good time with them.. Its not really
encouraged that you do that in the mission but Lacy really missed me
and it was either that or tract all day haha! On Saturday we helped
Perry Cox move all of his crap off this guys property where he was
sleeping.. Perry is no longer our investigator and we were the ones
there to help him.. His new missionaries were there for like 30
minutes and then bailed.. We were pretty pissed about that. When
Sunday rolled around I was super glad it was the end of the week
because I was tired.. and it was nice to only go to one ward instead
of 2 or 3 like i have done my entire mission!!! Our investigator Erin
Miller was interviewed for baptism last night and passed and will be
baptised this following weekend!!!
 

P-Day missionaries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ogDNHcrZhk

"TOURIST" missionaries and "TRUE" missionaries

I had a really good week this week.. we didn't have district meeting
this week because of a great meeting we had on Wednesday! A member
from the Quorum of the Seventy came to our mission to train us.. His
name is Elder Aidukaitis and he is from Brazil. He gave a really great
training on how we can get more people to teach from our baptismal
dates! It was crazy what he was saying... He also told us that there
is 2 types of missionaries.. Tourist missionaries and True
missionaries. Tourist Missionaries will spend there time taking
pictures of their area and fun pictures on Pday with other
missionaries, etc.. and True missionaries will take pics of their
baptisms and members who helped them find baptisms... That was a
little over the edge for me.. i guess that makes me a middle
missionary because i do both.. the mission is serious but you are
aloud to have fun when you are doing missionary work..

After the meeting we went to this amazing Burger place called Burguesa
Burger.. Burguesa is burger in spanish.. this place is so good.. they
make a mexican burger with a tostada and refried beans on it and it is
to die for!! they need one in Boise!!! or Meridian because its closer
haha.. On Saturday we were with Elder Kaufusi and Elder Petty and they
helped us with some service with this member family who we are
teaching their daughter Allison.. After service Elder Petty wanted to
run home since he had his running clothes on and his companion is
injured so they cant really do too much.. So we let Elder Petty run
all the way home from Melissa to Mckinney which is about 6.5 or so
miles.. He is a college runner and he ran the whole thing without
stopping.. after being on his mission for 16 months and not running
that much since before his mission. I was impressed!!!

Sunday we had a Stake Regional Conference with over 75 wards in the
Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico areas. it was something i haven't ever
seen.. Elder L. Tom Perry talked and Elder Richard G. Scott also
spoke.. This was a neat Conference.. It wasn't in person if that's
what you are thinking.. it was broad casted. Elder Thompson and I
didn't hear anything Saturday about transfer calls which was weird
because we know our area was going to get split.. So we called the
Assistants Sunday and found out that we are staying together for Elder
Thompson's last transfer.. We are so excited! We are only covering 1
of our 3 wards though.. we were a little sad that we weren't going to
be covering the Fairview ward but that's okay.. We have the Melissa
Ward which is the other ward we love! We had a lesson later Sunday
night with Bishop Haas' neighbor Randy and we taught him the
Restoration and he loved it.. He will be baptized no doubt very soon!
Elder Thompson's Birthday was also Sunday.... So Happy Birthday to my
Companero!!!:)

More teaching and missionary work

This week has been a really great week! We had District meeting on
Tuesday and then afterwards we went to Fuddruckers as a district. That
place is super good! If you like Hamburgers you will love Fuddruckers.
On Wednesday we taught our investigator Perry Cox.. I don't know what
we are going to do next with Perry. He has a lot of past issues that
he still holds on to and that's all he ever talks about and he always
talks about not being good enough to live on this world.. We tell him
that in order to change he needs to remain positive and it seems like
he is not wanting to do that. anyways.. that's the update on Perry.

We had a great lesson with our other investigator Erin Miller.. she
lives with members who are great fellowshippers!! We finished teaching
her all of the lessons that she needs before baptism which was the Law
of Chastity and Tithing.. That lesson was Crazy!!! The member and her
kept arguing back and forth but they were just messing around with
each other. We were able to set a baptism date with Erin for March
2nd! We were super excited for that. She goes back to Florida today
and comes back the Wednesday after this one. She said she is going to
soak up everything we have taught her and really pray and think about
what she has learned so she can know that she is doing this for
herself and not for somebody else! which is exactly what we want
too!!! Transfers happen next week and we hope we stay in this area..
We do know that our areas are getting split but i want to stay in the
Melissa and Fairview wards Badly!!

Sunday was a long and tiring day but very rewarding!! We had to be at
ward council at 7:30 in the morning and I am so not a fan of early
morning meetings.. after that ended we had an hour before the next
ward council started for another ward.. and that ward council lasted 2
hours!! Oh boy was that crazy!! it was really good though.. Cause the
whole meeting was about missionary work and I love when those meetings
are dedicated to that! In the Fairview ward sacrament meeting.. it was
a bit strange.. for the first speaker it was this 94 year old lady who
cant make it to church but she is all there.. So the bishop went and
recorded her in the rest home and then we watched her talk on the
projector in sacrament meeting!! That was a first haha.

Also.. There was a youth speaker that called and cancelled so Elder
Thompson and I were asked to stand up and bear brief testimonies on
how living gospel standards has blessed our life! Of course i had to
say something to make the ward laugh.. i always try to do that..
Bishop had announced that his daughter was called to the Boise Mission
and so i had to mention that she was going to the greatest place
ever!!! Everyone got a kick out of that. Later that night we went over
to Bishop Haas' home to teach his neighbor who he has been working on
for years and this was the first time Missionaries have sat down to
teach this man named Randy Smith.. Apparently Bishop and him had
breakfast this past week and they talked a lot about having a purpose
in life and Randy explained that he wants to be a spiritual leader in
his home.. So we taught the Plan of Salvation to Randy and he just
soaked everything up! We should be teaching him again this Wednesday
so hopefully things go good again!