The rains came 10-7-19

zone conference

So a lot happened this week. So. Uh. Elder Jensen got a haircut too. So now we both thugs. Jk. I look like a marine though. Pretty cool. But on Tuesday we walked dogs and visited people and stuff. We had Panzit and lumpia at the yuviencos. They're Philippino so they made us some philippino food. Super good stuff. But uh yeah. Wednesday. We ran over a rattlesnake.....and then grabbed it. And then skinned it. Yep. But anyways we have exchanges with the APs so I went out with elder jones and elder jones. It was really good. We got to go eat with bro duff. He remembered my name which he Apparently never remembers any missionaries names so that's cool haha. And we got to teach Jaslyn and bro thomley. They both really needed visits it felt like so they were super good. We had dinner with a member and then had interviews afterward. I'm not too sure president likes my haircut hahaha. It'll grow back though. 

Diamond Back we ran over

After that we visited some more peeps. Then on Friday we had zone conference. It was kinda boring because it was directed to the sisters. And the temple open house and stuff. So both president and sister Varner expect me to say something each conference now. I guess because a few conferences ago I bore testimony. Also the conference after that. And now they expect me to do it every time so theres a lot of pressure. But I did this time too and flippin president Varner called me out in a good way haha. It was kind of embarrassing but in front of the whole zone he was like "elder Checketts always says something good near the end, and we would be super unhappy if we didn't get to hear it." Something like that. But uhh yeah. After zone conference we went and ate with the garvens and then we went to do concessions for the oak grove football game. It was against their rival so it was big. Southern football is huuuge. They have a big stadium just for the high school. But. It started raining finally. And it was a big ol thunderstorm. So the game got delayed too late so we had to go. Wild stuff. But uhh Saturday. We watched general conference at the church. There were some members there. They're awesome. A ton of good stuff. I got a lot of notes. After the morning session we visited diane for a while which was good. We kind of clarified the restoration because I'm not sure she fully got it. But she seems super legit. Just slowly getting there. Then we watched afternoon conference at the biglers. It was good as expected. Then we went and did service at a band competition. That's a thing here. Marching bands and stuff compete. It's actually kinda cool. But. Weird how popular it is. Anyways. That got rained out too. Another huge thunderstorm hit and it got cancelled. Pretty wild down here in the south. 

A big ol honkin dog

Then church day. Minus church. We watched the morning session at the church again. The sunday conferences had a ton of good loot. I had a lot of notes. I really like everyone who spoke. But I guess theres never a bad talk. We watched the afternoon session at the yuviencos. They've been feeding us too much recently hahaha. It's awesome. I love the phillipino food they make. After all that we did a bunch of planning. So yeah. And today. A pretty normal p day. I bought a golden chef knife....it was like 3 dollars so. Why not. But uhh yeah. Got some groceries and played some games and stuff. We went to the old trussells and ate with them. We talked to bro trussell about the ward roster and got a bunch of good info on less actives and part member families and all kinds of good loots. We shared a cool message about alma 60 and 61. About how pahoran could have been super rude back to Moroni but was really kind and loving. So we can be like that too-christlike when things might not go our way. It always feels better to be nice right? Yep. Alrighty then. Gotta blast.

A cool sunset

Elder Checketts

Ps scripture time: 2 nephi 11:4-7

4 Behold, my soul delighteth in proving unto my people the truth of the coming of Christ; for, for this end hath the law of Moses been given; and all things which have been given of God from the beginning of the world, unto man, are the typifying of him.

5 And also my soul delighteth in the covenants of the Lord which he hath made to our fathers; yea, my soul delighteth in his grace, and in his justice, and power, and mercy in the great and eternal plan of deliverance from death.

6 And my soul delighteth in proving unto my people that save Christ should come all men must perish.

7 For if there be no Christ there be no God; and if there be no God we are not, for there could have been no creation. But there is a God, and he is Christ, and he cometh in the fulness of his own time.

It kind of speaks for itself but it's really cool to think in a missionary perspective where your soul delights in proving that christ should come. Super awesome. 

Also the award for Emailers of the month of September: Chris and Ariel Checketts. Wooo congratulations. But yeah y'all are awesome I read y'alls emails every week. And everyone else's too but they've been on top of it. Alrighty then. Maybe there will be a prize for the emailer of the month. Hahaha. Idk. We'll see.