Army of Two

 We aren't usually in drainage canals, but... 

Hello, everybody!

We have received a new companion. Elder Harris is from Utah, (surprise) and happens to be in the National Guard as well, hence the title of the blog post. He works hard and teaches harder. I'm super excited for this transfer together. We'll probably be together for the next three months, so I'm glad he's cool.

The  Zone Leader is asleep, there are no more rules!

Presidente announces that we have permission to travel up to the Temple in San Antonio, but only if we go with people who were baptized under a year ago. We are super excited, many of us haven't even seen a Temple in years. And we can go with the people we baptized!

Another announcement General Authorities made was in order to combat the Zika virus, which is found in our mission, all the sister missionaries in our mission are now required to wear pants while proselyting. Ours is the only mission in the entire United States to do this, but it's probably a good thing since there is conformed Zika in the valley. The sisters in Corpus kind of freaked out. They have to change their whole wardrobe!

We're on going to the Naval base today, which should be fun!

Goodbye, everybody!
Elder Gray

One and Done

Transfers! I'm going to be staying in Corpus for another 6 weeks, but Elder Meza is leaving tomorrow! Love this vato. He's going to Laredo, where all his extended family lives (crazy right?). 

We were only together for one transfer, but I definitely enjoyed our time together and learned a lot. Change is hard guys, but it's fun. Don't know who my new companion will be, but we'll find out!

Or maybe they won't give me a new companion and will just move me in a trio. Like Zapata. 

Took this on the first day it broke 100 degrees.

Corpus is still great! It's slowly getting hotter. The South Texas Summer is slowing creeping in. We went downtown for the first time and it's actually a pretty good town. There's a long road called Ocean Drive which goes right along the coast. Tons of palm trees and a view of the ocean make it one of my favorite places so far on my mission. 

We're about to go play Zone vs. Zone volleyball. Until next time,

Elder Gray.

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