Puppies and Genealogy

Our courageous DL

Hello everyone!

Earlier this week, our District Leader went down to McAllen for 3 days so we were in a trio for that time. It took me way back to my trio days in February. It rained pretty hard this week as well and we we damaged the car when we drove through some standing water. This metal covering on the underside of our car split in half, so we took it to a Jeep dealer and they fixed it for free.

We were also asked to give a presentation at the city's local Genealogical Society. We talked about FamilySearch and how to use the tools to digitize your family tree. They liked it so much that they asked us to come back next month. They gave us a fancy certificate and a mug. They also took some pictures, so I'll have to include them in my next blog post.

Just ignore that forehead vein and focus on the puppy. 

This coming week I think we have a Zone Conference and interviews. Should be fun.

Love ya'll!

Elder Gray

Hi everyone!

Chillin on Firth Avenue

This week was pretty normal I guess. We had a surprise meeting with some people from Church Education Services. The Church wants to test out a new education program in Laredo. The idea is that the youth would come to the Church twice a week after school and get help with homework and additional topics. The local Ward would call someone to help run the program in that unit. The missionaries' job was to contact all the youth in the branches and invite them to try it out. They CES seemed really excited about it.

Another sunset 

This Sunday we took a little field trip up to the Priesthood meeting in Laredo to get 3 members of our Branch sustained for the Priesthood. Two of them are recent converts. That's going to help out a lot in our little branch. 

President Torres came up for the Priesthood meeting since he technically presides over the District. He played soccer with the missionaries this morning. He plays hard; nailed a missionary right in the gut with a ball. I didn't play though. I'm usually on the bench with a straw hat and a ukulele on account of my ankle. I sprained it on my very first P-Day and the thing still hasn't healed yet. 

It was a pretty good week. Talk to ya'll next week!

Elder Gray

Another Comp

Bueno.

That's a fat tie.

On Wednesday of last week, we got a surprise call from the assistants that I would be receiving a new companion the next day. His name is Elder Monnett (mo-NAY) and he's pretty cool. He plays a lot of instruments; it's nice to have someone playing the piano at Church. Because all last week I was in a trio, we only worked in my area half the time. It's nice to be working in my area full time again, but we've had to catch up a lot. It's fun work though.

This week we visited a member who was staying at the Hospital. We got to wear masks and gowns and we also got to read him a few scriptures. He took this awesome photo of us.

On our way back to Zapata we got hit with a tropical storm. It got so bad our President told everyone to go home early. We did, but we live an hour away. It was pretty hard to see the entire way back, but the constant lightning helped out.

Hasta next week,

Elder Gray

Roping and Chiropractic Health

Earning my Texas State Citizenship

Hello everyone. Beautiful week, no?

One of the District Presidency owns a chiropractic practice, and offers free back adjustments to the missionaries. We all got our backs adjusted then laid on a water-bed massage. I feel like a new man, especially since by back has been hurting lately. I highly recommend it. 

I guess the big news is I stayed in Zapata, just like we thought. After Elder Anderson went home we figured they would bring in a new missionary. But guess what? They didn't. They moved me into the other Elders' companionship. So now there are three missionaries for the entire county. Being in a trio is pretty fun, only downside is that I'm the designated driver. Because our areas merged our pool of people, we are teaching virtually double, and we have been busy driving all around town. It's good work though. 

We also had the opportunity to baptize in Falcon Lake. He was baptized next to some ducks.

Love you all!

Elder Gray