Elder Bryce Thompson: 1/21/2025 Week 54- a year without woodworking

Pretty crazy week. It was definitely a harder week, it was pretty rough up until Sunday. All but 2 of our lessons were canceled/rescheduled. But Sunday is when it got so much better!! Ok and also, I just hit a year, so that's crazy. Looking forward to all the opportunities in the next year!!!

For pday we didn't do much, we did get to play pickleball in the morning which was super fun!! And then we drove around to a couple thrift stores but didn't find much. I did find a couple cool ties and one of them explains my mood a lot, you'll have to guess which one :)

Tuesday we had Zone conference which was super awesome!! Talked about finding joy in daily repentance and how we can become master inviters. Zone Conference is always super fun!! That night we got to have dinner with the senior missionaries who oversee the temple construction!!!

Wednesday was zone council, so many meetings. And then I started off an exchange with Elder Summerhays. He's from Lincoln California which isn't too far from me so that was pretty cool. Turns out he went to some of the same parks I went to as a kid! But he's such a cool missionary. That night we had the opportunity to play mechanic. Basically we saw a couple people working on their car and me being me I offered to help. Of course I didn't know what I was doing but it sparked a conversation. We had a member go by the next day to help out. And they came to church on Sunday!!!

Thursday, not much happened, just a bunch of contacts and canceled lessons :(

Friday we went down to Grandview to help a member with some painting and repairing a gate/fence. And let's just say I enjoyed it so much. I knew I loved woodworking but it's not until you don't do it for a year that you really miss it. But it was a fun challenge for me!!

Saturday got to go back down to Grandview and help more with painting and the gate. And then more lessons that fell through :(

And then Sunday is when everything turned around. We had 5 friends come to church which is way more than we were expecting!! The Sabbath is always the best day of the week!

Yall are literally the best.

Love all yall 3000 🩵