Elder Bryce Thompson: 10/21/2024 Week 41- ELDER Elder Thompson

Monday was a lot of fun!! Got to play more poker! Oh and we went antiquing! I found a record player and I'm like, well now I got to buy some records so I started looking and then this really nice lady showed us a box of about 40 records and said we could have them for free!! I mean most of them ended up being Spanish lessons but hey maybe I can learn Spanish finally. There were some gems however.

Tuesday we didn't really do much other than DC and making contacts.

Wednesday we got to visit a bunch of members and invite them to the trunk or treat we were having!! Also got to have a fire lesson with our friend Payton who just randomly showed up to church on Sunday. It was such an awesome day!!

Thursday was just more member visits that's about it!

Friday was by far the best day of the week!!! We had zone conference! We took a deep dive into what it meant to put the Armour of God on as a missionary (found in Ephesians 6: 10-18) we also spiritually "mined" the sacrament prayers and pulled out all the hidden meanings so that was super awesome!! We were there from 8:30-5:30 but I'm not complaining at all!!! Then we finished the day off by going to a high-school football game to support one of our members!!

Ok, so Saturday was super spectacular!!! In the morning we got to go to a cemetery in Mansfield and help clean it up. Apparently, it was a segregated cemetery as of 10-15 years ago?? And the one section was left unkept, you can guess which. Anyhow we did a lot of tree trimming and cutting down. I got to use a wooden hand saw for a while 😍. We weren't able to finish this time but we will be back to finish it!!! Afterwards we got to do a church tour with our friend Spencer! That was so cool!! After that we had the Ward trunk or treat! So as missionaries we aren't supposed to dress up so I did what I could, I dressed up like a Senior missionary hahaha (see the pictures) It was so fun, I did a little acting in order to convince the people. Should've won an Oscar 💯. We got to judge the costume contest for the kids and there was a kid wearing a Beetlejuice costume so we had to pick him!!

Sunday was really awesome as well. We had church and in the evening we got to go to a fireside put on by the stake but they had a Baptist preacher/mayor of Mansfield come and teach and it was so good!!!