8/5/2024

Getting super HOT

This week has been great besides the heat! I just want it to rain again now. 

Monday

We had to bike everywhere! We biked in the morning for shopping. HEB is about a mile and a half away from the apartment so the bike ride wasn't too bad. I had an HEB cooler bag I found in one of my apartments a few transfers ago so that helped out a lot. One of the Elders bought a blender and air fryer. Elder Cook decided to bike back carrying those. We biked all the way up to the Norman's in Midtown We played some games and then the time came to bike back. When we got to the bikes there were 2 flat tires. Not mine thankfully. They got those patched up and then while we were biking down the street, Elder Andersons tire exploded! It sounded like a gunshot. We walked half the way home while the other Elders went ahead to the bike shop to get an entirely new tube and tire. We got back to our apartment at like 5:45 just before we had to go out again. It was super unfortunate. We did have a good lesson with someone named Ruth. We read some of the Book of Mormon with her and invited her to read 3 Nephi 11. Then we ended off the night going to see Dennis. We are trying to help him get to the Temple. 

Tuesday

We had apartment Inspections on zoom which was strange. We went to check the air filter and it was SUPER Bad! We got that changed so now I can be breathing clean air. We tried to do some finding in Hermann Park but ended up talking to a guy for a super long time. Everything started out fine in our conversation. Talking about how we are children of God and agreeing on a lot of things. Then he started going far out saying that he has been in 2 space battles and a supreme being wiped out all the enemies. Things just weren't adding up. We eventually had to leave so ya. We made out way up to 4th ward for some evening knocking. There were some really good houses. A lot of people were answering but still many weren't interested. There was one person though who was super devoted to there church but expressed great interest in the Book of Mormon so that made our day. We will have to go back soon to see what she has read. 

Wednesday

After our District Council, Elder Anderson got his flight plans going. It's kinda crazy that he is this close to the end. We had 3 really decent lessons but about 30 minutes of travel between each of them. We had Stephanie up in 4th ward, Kaushik down in Hermann Park, and Dennis closer to Sunnyside. Literally made a big triangle through our area. We also got a call this night from the AP's. There was a miss count on the cars and they had an extra so we are getting a car back. 

Thursday

I was on exchange in Sunnyside with Elder Cook and Elder Sorenson. We were down closer to the bottom of Sunnyside and Elder Cooks tire went flat. We had a pump but no extra patched because he used them all on the tube already. We just walked the rest of the way to the lesson then took the rest of the night walking back to the Apartment. We took a small stop at Whataburger for dinner. 

Friday

We spent decent amount of time up in 3rd ward. It is a sketchy area but ya gotta find people everywhere you go. We met a guy who goes to Lakewood but we had a really good conversation and setup a return appointment. Then we met a really nice inactive member. He got us water which was very much needed. After that we traveled all the way down to the Med Center apartments to have a lesson with our friend Bob. He asks so many questions to learn it is amazing. I love meeting with Bob. We just started going over the Plan of Salvation with him. Then we ended the night celebrating Elder Andersons Birthday at Lorenzos. To our surprise 2 other Elders were there so it really was a party. It was really fun. 

Saturday

The sisters had a Baptism for one of their friends so we went to that. We took the car there and it wouldn't start after. Lucky for us we brought our bikes on the bike rack so we just started our day while the other Elders waited to get picked up to get a new car. Now we have a new Nissan Rogue. Anyway for our evening, we had one lesson go through our of 4. Yep 3 lessons got canceled. It was super sad but our lesson with Ruth went really well. At the end of the night our zone started doing something called Family Zone Evening which I think is just a basic zone call but just on a Saturday night. 

Sunday

We didn't have to ride our bikes to church which was Awesome! We had a few friends say they were coming but no one came. It was a sad day at church for us. In the evening we did some finding in a spot I don't think missionaries for this area have ever been. We did meet a Chinese Baptist who said he had talked with the Chinese missionaries before which was cool. We also met Kim who gave us water and was interested in the Book of Mormon. Hopefully she will feel the Spirit as she reads and has a desire to continue learning. 

Just wondering, how many of you have tried Tres Leches cake? If you haven't, you should. I just had some and it truly is divine. Also I am about to hit 11 months since I was set apart as a full time Missionary! Wow time has flown. I think back to my first area and it was so long ago but it feels like yesterday. 

Anyway I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. If any of you are visiting Florida right now I hope you are safe due to the Tropical storm or Hurricane Debby over there. ¡Adiós!