What'd We Do Now Sheriff?

Howdy, mi gente. ¿Cómo fue la semana pasada?

Much to say, little time to say it. Así que pasa la vida a veces, especialmente la vida misional.

Email title quote is real simple: I got myself a western/Mexican cowboy hat today. I'm quite happy with my purchase.

The biggest thing from this week was working with our friend Christian, who's getting baptized this Saturday. It's been awesome to see his desire to meet, make changes in his life, and grow closer to our Father in Heaven. He came to basketball and then Book of Mormon study on Friday, and he loved it. He also loved Elder's Quorum on Sunday and is getting fellowshipped with the other guys there.

I also got to go to the temple this week with the zone and a couple of other zones. It was amazing to be able to go through the temple again, and especially to feel the peace that comes from being in the House of the Lord and remembering the covenants we've made.

I also had interviews with Presidente this week, which were edifying, uplifting, and fun as always. I also received a piece of good news that I'm sure some of you will find interesting (and maybe a bit surprising). A few weeks back, I requested a mission extension of another transfer (6 weeks), and Presidente told me that it had been approved by the missionary department! I'll now have 6 more weeks to serve as a missionary of the Lord Jesus Christ, and I couldn't be happier. Still don't for sure know why I felt to extend, but I do know that God has a plan for each of us, even when we don't see the whole picture.

Thanks, as always, for your constant prayers, encouragement, and support. ¡Les amo!

Onward and Upward!
-Elder Teeples

Last week's email: "What about level zero?"
Movie: Kung-Fu Panda - Po says this to Master Shifu after he's asked where he would like to begin. The Kung-Fu Panda ironically knew no kung-fu at that point in the movie.

Pics:

The hat I got
Sombrero I tried on at the ward fiesta
Leo's Taqueria mural
Tacos from said Taqueria
Three-legged cat
Tarantula outside our apartment
Another hard pic on the way to ZLC






Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

You're Not Invited To My Birthday Party!

Image
Had my birthday this week, oficialmente tengo 20 años. No puedo creerlo. Sorry, but seeing as you all weren't here and I was doing missionary work, I unfortunately couldn't invite you to my birthday party. It all went well, though, and overall it was a pretty good day. Shoutout to Ruby, one of the members, for getting me a cake. We were able to help our friend Noe come to church this week, as well as his family, who are members and are coming back to church again! It's so cool to see how Noe's desire to be baptized is able to have that impact on his family and help them once again receive the blessings that come through Jesus Christ and His church. Things are going well with Noe, and he's getting baptized in two weeks! So hyped for him. Another cool thing is we were able to visit another part-member family and teach their daughter Emma. She remembers a lot and is super excited to get baptized as well! She eagerly asked her parents if she could become a member of Chr...
Read more

Did I Leave The Stove On?

Image
If you remember, toward the end of my email last week, I mentioned a tropical storm was coming through Corpus. What ended up happening is it rained super hard for two days straight, drizzled a bit the next day, and then stopped. I had to stay inside most of the first day but was able to work the second and third, which was nice. After the rain stopped, it's been SUPER humid, which has made it really hot; hence the title this week. Not a whole lot to report on this week, but it wasn't a bad week. I got an online referral for someone named Addisun. What's significant is that under the category "topic of interest," she said baptism! When we called her and introduced ourselves, she sounded excited to hear from us. She told us she's actually been wanting to get baptized for a while now, which is super awesome to hear. A slight issue is that she also said she wants to have her baby baptized too, but we'll read some Moroni 8 and help her see why that's not ne...
Read more

I Am Your Father

Image
That's right. The time has come. As of Saturday, I'm training and have a mission, son! His name is Elder Longson, and he's awesome. (He's even already got "son" in his name, how about that?) He's super awesome and already has such a strong and amazing testimony. He's seriously doing great sharing with everyone and promising blessings. It's really crazy to think a year ago I was in his shoes. It feels like I just came in. In case you're wondering, Elder Kuzmic didn't leave, and he's trio-ing it up with us! Definitely takes a load off of training in tech squad a bit since he's here to help out with tech stuff and be a good example to my greenie. This week, church went super great; we had 6 of our friends show up! Super hype. Our homie Mike came with his daughter Layla, and he even shared his testimony about the power of God during fast and testimony meeting. We talked with them a bit after, and they accepted baptismal dates for the 28...
Read more