Giddy Up

Howdy ya'll northerners. I uh. Well I'm leaving Denham springs. A sad fact indeed. But I'm going somewhere very neat. Let's go.

Oak Grove where I'm headed

Monday: I already told ya'll about what happened but we had this gumbo with potato salad on top and holy guacamole that was good. Super weird but like way good. Also banana pudding is super good Haha. 

Tuesday: we went on exchanges with some members. I got to go out with bro corkern. He is so dope. He has the coolest testimony and hes freakin funny Haha. I might have already talked about him. But we went out and talked to a few punks. It was fun. And miss Chapman a lady a member introduced to us got put on date. Freakin wild. The second lesson! But uh yeah crazy cool. We went and talked to coach green afterwards And had a good lesson with him too.

Wednesday: we had exchanges with the 2nd ward elders so I went out with elder williams and we had district council. We went to canes after and it was delicious as usual. After that we helped the senior couples move a bed. Heavy but it was fun. All of our appointments fell through. But we met 3 new people instead. So I helped out the 2nd ward. Then we went and talked with a member at their house. And finally we went to the 2nd wards ward correlation. So it was a good day I'd say. 

Thursday: we went over to the fontenots and helped them move a bar table. It was so heavy. We almost gave up trying to get it out the door but I was like nah turn it around and we'll get it. And we did. So that was dope. We did a bunch of planning and then went to a members house and had etufe. I think that's how you spell it but I'm not sure. Then we had our bible study which was good. More people came. And after that I had 2nd dinner with the beardshalls. They are a new senior couple. So that was fun.

Bunch a big ol watermelons

Friday: oh boy. We had exchanges with Zachary elders. So I got to go out with elder ketchum. Yeehaa. He has the straight up goofiest laugh you'll ever hear. We went tracting and met a dude named big Joe. He was this way intimidating lookin guy who walked right up to us. He put down all his stuff and was like "alright pray for me." And we were like uhhh what. But we did and he was super dope. Just got out of prison and said he was a warrior for Jesus. And if anyone messed with us to let him know hahah. What a guy. Then we went and helped the Kirk's with some service. And then we did more finding. Then we went to a wack members house and taught their cousin. That was just so awkward. Like. I don't even know. These dang southerners just talk about whatever they flippin want. Anyways. After we got out of there we went and found a cool guy named darron. He was super nice and just talked to us about his beliefs and stuff. So that was cool. 

Saturday: I felt pretty sick today so I just kind of died for half the day. When we went out we tracked a ton and found a few punks. We ended up finding a dude named bill. He is agnostic but after teaching him he seemed really interested. He eventually got pretty drunk and was way funny Haha. We went across the street to knock on a door and he was just yelling at us the whole time. We walked away and had to walk back past his house. When he saw us his jaw dropped and he was like "Dang how did you guys do that?! You were just over here!" It was so funny hahah. Ended up a good day.

Sunday: church day. It was pretty good. I said the prayer and it was scary. We talked to miss Chapman after church and holy moly she is golden. Like she is for sure getting baptized. Well shes on date. But she is like legit. She has a way cool testimony already and she doesn't even know everything. She just knows that she needs to join the church. Cool stuff. After that we went to bishops house and had shrimp, hotdogs, burgers, and other stuff it was awesome. Afterwards we went out teaching with bishop and the guy was asking when and where church was. It was pretty cool. Then we went to the romitos and ate and talked about the restoration. After that we went to the malletts with bro Bradford. It was cool. We talked about the temple and stuff. Then we went to bro Bradford's and had cookies and milk. I almost died from eating too much. 

Monday: it was proselytizing Monday. We uh. Went back to the fontenots and helped them move stuff around. Pretty sweet Haha. After that we got a big ol watermelon. Home grown and stuff. Pretty awesome. I didn't write in my journal so I cant really remember. But we went to the millitellos and had gumbo. Super awesome. I told them I like golf and they had a putting green in their backyard. So I putted for a bit. Super cool. We got transfer news which I will end with hehehe. But uhh. We went to the okerekes again and taught some more commandments for baptism. Super awesome. I'm gonna miss them

A big ol cicada er sumthin

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Tuesday: pday. We went to Walmart and got some goodies. I didn't get much cuz I'm leaving sadly. We had a zone pday though. We all went to the church and had pizza and soda and stuff. We played California ball and basketball. Then volleyball which was super fun. I'm pretty good at basketball turns out. Jk I'm awful. But I'm kinda good at defense which is fun. But yeah after that I went with bro corkern over to Ray's house. I bore so much testimony that I probably singed his eyebrows a bit. He is super stuck in his faith and they cant deny your testimony so i just destroyed him with it hahah. He is super nice though. After that i went to the McDonald's with elder glade and had dinner. A good last day. But I'm sad to go.

Well yep. I'll miss Denham a ton. It was awesome. And humid and hot. But awesome. I'm going to oak grove Mississippi. So that'll be sweet. Its supposed to be an awesome area so I'm excited. But uhh yeah. Gotta blast. 

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