21 Years Later and I'm Still Alive

So I had a birthday, and everyone wanted in on it.

I went to the Church where the sisters in my district surprised me with my first party of the day. They made me a shirt, a comic and gave me a cake! Elder Grannis smashed my face into the cake but we all ate it anyway. There was a Church clean up happening at the same time and some dope members took ALL of us to a Chinese buffet.

A cool girl with the same birthday as me got baptized!

It was probably one of the best birthdays ever, thanks to everyone who remembered! My family sent me a bunch of cards and presents as well. if you're reading, thank ya'll! It was a really good way to end the year. Holy cats I go home next year.

Elder Gray

The Last Christmas

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from Grannis and Gray

This past week we had a Christmas conference. It was really good to see all my old companion friends. We watched a recap of videos and pictures the mission had taken that year and opened a couple presents. Since it was also his anniversary, Presidente gave a training about how great his wife is and how amazing marriage is. Basically what I took away from it was that I need to get married as soon as possible.

All the sisters that have ever been in my district!

After being a district leader over sisters for 7 dang transfers quite a few have passed through my district, including three who have already finished their missions. Seeing all of them in one place brought back like a year and a half of memories. 

Papa Anderson and I, one year ago.

Speaking of memories, this is what I was going a year ago. Zapata seems so far away. So much has happened since then that the person is that picture is different from the person I am today. 

Today I'm going to call my family!

Love you all,

Elder Gray

Christmas Eve

We asked him for people that would listen to us.

This week we had our ward Christmas party! So much posole, menudo, tamales, and tostadas were eaten. Santa Clause came and gave all the little kids presents and then posed for some pictures. I've always wanted to meet the guy but he's pretty busy this time of year.

Just chillin

This past week my companion and I did a switch, with him becoming the senior companion and making the final decision, starting lessons etc. It was pretty fun and went pretty well. He's going to stay in charge until I leave in January. 

Cant' wait to call my family.

Love you all,

Elder Gray

Signs of the Times and Apostles

Last Monday the weather was really nice, so as a Zone we played volleyball at a Sonic. A few days later it snowed.

South Texan Blasphemy

I guess the East Coast was hit by a snowstorm, so we were lucky to get a little bit. Man, the people down here were freaking out, taking selfies and making little snowmen. For a lot of them, it was the first time ever seeing snow in their life. The last time it snowed down here was 2004 I think. I've been in South Texas the past three winters and I kinda missed snow... 

Proselyting in sleet

Elder Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles came to our mission accompanied by Elder Uceda of the Presidency of the Seventy. Their talks were literally perfect. They mostly talked about missionary work and gave us tips. My favorite part by far was when Elder Cook testified of Christ. We were all spiritually numb immediately after the talks, and I barely spoke for a few hours. It was awesome.

Love ya'll.

Elder Gray