I've been companions with Elder Johnson for the past 3 weeks who if I didn't mention served 17 months in the Philippines and then 3 at home. He's awesome and him and I make quite the team in basketball so that's also magnificent.
Let me tell you, This ward is amazing. This past week we had a member dinner every night and have one planned every night for this week as well. The members even ask us what we want. So part of me is like "a delicious bass" (Napoleon Dynamite reference) and the other part of me just doesn't care and will eat whatever. Moral of the story is that I truly don't know what's growing more rapidly: my testimony or my gut.
Earlier this morning we went on a sick hike with our Zone Leaders. We went at the early hour of 8 so the weather was actually beautiful, I kid you not, felt like 70 degrees. Elder Johnson and one of the Zone Leaders went to high school together so we are always hanging with them. We lived with them for our first week in the area too, but eventually they had to move out b/c our mission is just booming with new missionaries coming in. We now live with Elder Aston and Elder Bybee who aren't even in our district or zone so that's kinda weird! They're awesome though!
Taking a load off!
Not sure what else to say but here's some of the music I've been missing:
LANY, journey, ac/dc, guns'n'roses, one direction, justin bieber, high school musical, jeremy zucker, michael jackson, a star is born; maybe some others I can't remember at the moment.
I wanna leave y'all w my testimony of God's love for each of y'all. past few weeks have been ruff partly b/c I have such high standards and expectations. Just yesterday during our mission zoom sacrament meeting, not 1 but 2 elders gave talks on that exact struggle I had been going through. Thru those 2 elders talks, God let me know that He loves me and is aware of my feelings and He also let me know that maybe I do need to lower my standards and expectations a little bit. This truly was a tender mercy to me and I know that each of us can have similar experiences as we pray and let God know of our problems.
quick shoutouts/people I want to hear from:
Josh and Kal Woods serving the Lord!!, My cousin Sammy (somebody update me on him, I miss that kid), Eli and Ezra Garcia who apparently can't wait to hang with me when I get home (love that so much), T-pug (need an update on him as well), Payjo (need an update on him), Daxton Owens an absolute unit serving in the San Jose Cali mission bless his heart, & many more that I also cannot think of at the moment.
Will likely include pics of my gut, Elder Johnson, and our hike. Thanks for reading! Peace out!
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