This week was a pretty slow week :( We had a lot more scheduled appointments cancel. But luckily we got a lot of new investigators, so we'll be able to teach a lot more this next week. This week was also pretty slow because a good part of it was scheduled with meetings and setting up for Halloween parties for our stake and things like that.
I didn't do any pranks this week, but I came way close to dumping flour on one of the other Elders in our apartment complex while he was in the shower.
We also had a lesson with this one lady we've been teaching for a while. We taught her the word of wisdom last week, and this week when we met with her again, she had completely stopped smoking. That was really cool. That is a big problem down here, because pretty much
everyone smokes.
We also had a really crazy experience this week. This guy named Pastor Jordan took us to an Islamic mosque. When we went in, we had to take our shoes off, and most everyone was kneeling on this rug, but we were just sitting on a chair. Whenever people would walk up to their spot on the mat, they'd say something in Arabic and kneel down. Then an Islamic pastor got up and gave a sermon. It was weird because he used some stories from the Quran that we'd never heard before. Then after that this random guy stood up and started yelling "Allahu Akbar" and everyone stood up. He then started singing in Arabic, and when he'd say "Allahu Akbar" everyone would kneel and kiss the ground, and he'd say it again, and everyone would stand up. It was really, really different, but the people were really nice, and it's really admirable how devout they are.
We also had a stake Halloween trunk or treat. We went to set that up and that was fun. We also got to be the judges of this chili cook off, which was fun. We went over with the Elders in our complex, because they have a car, and we picked up some other Elders that are in the Spanish branch. We also bought some candy so we were able to be a part of the trunk or treat. It was really fun.
Also, Wednesday we drove to Kingwood for new missionary training. I got my iPad, and on the way back we stopped at this place called Buck-ees. Also, yesterday I found this cat. There's a lot of stray cats in Beaumont, but this one had a collar so I assumed it was safe. The cat just ran over and jumped on me and started purring, so that was cool.
I didn't do any pranks this week, but I came way close to dumping flour on one of the other Elders in our apartment complex while he was in the shower.
We also had a lesson with this one lady we've been teaching for a while. We taught her the word of wisdom last week, and this week when we met with her again, she had completely stopped smoking. That was really cool. That is a big problem down here, because pretty much
everyone smokes.
We also had a really crazy experience this week. This guy named Pastor Jordan took us to an Islamic mosque. When we went in, we had to take our shoes off, and most everyone was kneeling on this rug, but we were just sitting on a chair. Whenever people would walk up to their spot on the mat, they'd say something in Arabic and kneel down. Then an Islamic pastor got up and gave a sermon. It was weird because he used some stories from the Quran that we'd never heard before. Then after that this random guy stood up and started yelling "Allahu Akbar" and everyone stood up. He then started singing in Arabic, and when he'd say "Allahu Akbar" everyone would kneel and kiss the ground, and he'd say it again, and everyone would stand up. It was really, really different, but the people were really nice, and it's really admirable how devout they are.
We also had a stake Halloween trunk or treat. We went to set that up and that was fun. We also got to be the judges of this chili cook off, which was fun. We went over with the Elders in our complex, because they have a car, and we picked up some other Elders that are in the Spanish branch. We also bought some candy so we were able to be a part of the trunk or treat. It was really fun.
Also, Wednesday we drove to Kingwood for new missionary training. I got my iPad, and on the way back we stopped at this place called Buck-ees. Also, yesterday I found this cat. There's a lot of stray cats in Beaumont, but this one had a collar so I assumed it was safe. The cat just ran over and jumped on me and started purring, so that was cool.
I'm really loving my mission. The work is hard but I've already seen what impact the Gospel can have on someone's life.
Love,
Elder Jones
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