It's All About Ties

Hola, otra ves,

Another week, come and gone like dust in a summer wind.

I should write songs.

This week we did some classic missionary stuff like knocking doors and teaching. Probably the funniest part of the week was all the unique people. This guy flagged us down as we were biking and seemed really cool at first. He asked some questions and we talked for a bit then he announced he was the prophet we have been searching for and he was going to destroy all our temples. Another guy, after a pretty good lesson, told us about how Pope Benedict designed and created Wonder Woman's outfit for the new movie. 

It's stories like these that make a homecoming talk great. 

Some missionaries somehow find time for hobbies. Some knit blankets, others make music and songs. Personally, I skinny ties. 

First, I take a nice tie that's just a bit too fat. Then I open it up, cut it to the size I want and sew it back up. Sometimes other missionaries pay me with ties to alter their ties. It's a whole underground economy among missionaries. 

I know, I'm boring. But I don't have many options.

This next week is the last of the transfer! The whole office is coming up for a Zone Conference, which should be lots of fun. It always it.

Hasta later,

Elder Gray

Easter 2017

Happy Belated Easter!

Cascarones

So there's an Easter tradition practiced in some parts of Mexico called Cascarones. It involves smacking an egg full of confetti on another person's head. Everyone thought it was hilarious to show the white kid how it's done. The confetti gets everywhere and repeated head smacking causes a headache but yeah it's great. 

Yer dang right it's reserved for clergy.

We've been running around Corpus staying busy. Lot's of people have been asking for Bibles online so we've had lots of opportunities to find new people. Everything has been pretty good lately, though we got caught in a storm on a bike day. It was still fun though. 

Love ya'll,

Elder Gray

Surprises

Hello!

This week we had surprise interviews! It was a good thing though, we got some additional training from the AP's, and during the interview, we talked about how we can build up the ward where I am. I feel like I got some new ideas from him. Lately, instead of knocking doors like crazy people we've been going to the members and inactive members and asking for people to teach. It's going pretty well, and I think people like helping us out. 

My Patronus: The Chihuahua

Another surprise was this Sunday when a lady we had never seen walked through the door. She was investigating the Church, and we showed her around and sat with her in Church. We set up a time to go teach her later this week. Usually, they don't come to us! A nice surprise though. 

Did you know I've officially been out over 6 months? It's true. 

Elder Gray

Meetings

Bueno,

This week I went to my first leadership training! We drove down to McAllen and heard from President Torres and the office. It was really good, President talked about how good last month went and how we can make April better. January was a pretty bad month in terms of baptisms so President trained everyone on how to fully give your heart to the Lord. We did this and last month the mission baptized triple what we had the previous month. It was super cool. I hope it keeps going! Our Zone was selected to play a musical number so we made one and practiced it on the drive down. We had 5 of us singing a Spanish mashup of two hymns accompanied by three ukuleles. It was rad. I'm sorry that I didn't get any pictures or video, maybe we'll do it again.

Last weekend was Conference, which most the missionaries watched at the Stake Center. It was really good of course. I learned a lot and I took notes for once. A family brought food and fed us between sessions on Sunday, which is always appreciated. 

My companion and I decided that knocking doors and basically trying to do the work by ourselves isn't working. There hadn't been any results, so we had to change something. We are going to be working with the Ward a lot more, and quit trying to do missionary work by ourselves. I'm excited, we're going to talk to the Bishop today about how we can help.

I forgot to take pictures of us, but I found a really cool dog. Enjoy.

Hasta luego, ya'll

Elder Gray