Elder Bryce Thompson: 8/26/2024 Week 33- Recognizing the Hand of the Lord!!

This week is one of the best weeks I've had on my mission so far! It was absolutely filled with miracles and we saw the Hand of the Lord in everything we did!!

Before we get into the incredible miracles, Monday was a really fun day!! We went fishing first thing in the morning and I caught my first bass. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE!!! (See pictured attached) Then we went thrifting again which is always fun! Then we ended up playing baseball as a district!! Man, I absolutely love baseball, definitely missed it. Played poker after that and well it was my second time playing and as always I ended up winning 😁. Ended the night by playing chair soccer with the ysa and I won a round of that too :)

Tuesday was absolutely incredible too! Started the day off with a fantastic district council and then Elder Gibbs and I started an exchange!! We went straight onto TCC campus and let's just say I am so glad to be back on a college campus, I absolutely love being able to talk to people my age and they are usually more humble and willing to talk to us! Got to play volleyball that night and our friend Braylon was able to make it!!

Wednesday we started the day off with a lesson with Braylon!! He is so baller!! He skipped school to meet with us which is absolutely insane. The spirit was so strong during the lesson!! Sadly we weren't able to be on campus but we got to have Dinner with the Waldman's a returning family who are goated!! Brother Waldman is so awesome. Got to end the day off and Young Men's playing poison ball which is just another variation of dodgeball. And I won a few rounds ;) That was pretty rough though. I had so much on my mind and I was stressing so hard about all that going on in our area so I decided to ask for extra strength that night in prayer. And oh boy did Heavenly Father answer my prayer!! I know that prayer is an incredible tool that we can all use when going through hard times!!!

Thursday was absolutely insane!!! We decided that it'd be best if we spent all day on campus and thats when we started to see the hand of the Lord! We were on campus for about 4 hours total and about 3 of them was us walking around a talking to people. God had placed so many prepared people in our path and we were able to find 12 new people to teach in 3 hours?!?! The power that comes along with prayer is unmatched. God absolutely does hear our prayers and will bless us immensely if we reach out to him!

On Friday the miracles didn't slow down!! We texted Marren to set up a time to meet with him and he's like "can yall come right now" so of course we did! Some little background. He has a girlfriend who was very against the church and would never talk to us. Well when we pulled up to his house they were both outside waiting for us and smiling!! It turned into a fantastic lesson where we got to share with Louchrissa the restoration and she is so awesome!!! We never thought she'd be willing to meet with us but look at that God works with everyone!!!! He truly blesses each and every one of us! We ended Friday by playing Soccer with the YSA. I actually scored 2 goals which is crazy, I suck at soccer.

Saturday was quite hectic again! I swear this week has been so crazy. We got to have a lesson with Omar and also go to a baptism!! Ended the day by going on a miniature exchange with Elder Martin, he's a really fun missionary. Basically he's obsessed with trains which is really cool!!

Sunday was literally one of the most jam-packed days I've been a part of. Had ward council with 5th ward at 6 am then went to 5th Ward's 1st hour and then left for the ysa ward council and went to church there. Oh and I gave a talk in sacrament meeting, if you wanna read it here is the link:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/109q0UtDWXZesQxGHlB2FZ-o73-BBmQ9qri2F7untRw8/edit?usp=drivesdk

Then we had to drive up to Trophy Club and set up for the why I believe fireside. It was a crazy day it but is a day absolutely filled with the spirit!!!

I absolutely had a great week, I know that y'all can see blessings too if you continually pray and connect with God every day!!! Have a great week!