Dear Family,
This week was a little rough in the scheme of working. We're actually
teaching only 1 investigator right now and 1 eternigator. I hope you
all pray for missionaries to find people to teach because I could use
that right now haha. Coburn and I have been trying to do less active
work a lot but we're not having a whole lot of success. Please keep
praying for us that will may find people who are ready.
Well...starting with last Monday, all we really did was visit a member
named Lesly. She's really cool but now she's getting sick because we
just found out she's expecting a baby. We've been teaching her how to
share the gospel with her friends and she likes it a lot!
Tuesday, we had to send our car to get an oil change so we were
waiting for that. I tried Starbucks hot chocolate for the first time
and guess what....it was not worth $3 haha it's not that good!, I
always heard so many people say how good it is...the hot cocoa at our
apartment is waaaaaaay better haha We visited Hermana Rios and gave
her son Edward a blessing of health. It was kinda awkward because
Angel wasn't there so we gave it to him with he chair in the doorway
and he came home in the middle of the blessing anyway haha. I pray
for that family, they are having their struggles. That nigh, we took
Roberto out. Now he's a youth member, only 17, but the first time I
saw him, I thought he was 25!!! He's huge. He went knocking with us
and he helped us find a less active to visit named Ana! Cool...I like
Roberto, all the youth in Bella Vista are really cool.
Wednesday, we thought the apartment was about to burst into flames
haha 🔥🔥🔥 but turns out....Coburn left the aluminum package of
flavoring for his noodle bowl in the microwave because it was lunch
time haha....that day was rough. Anxiety and anticipation get to you
as a missionary. If you're not working but you know you should be or
you can't for some reason, it's hard to deal with! But that day we
got a lesson in with Monica, our only investigator, with Jeff Jardine
who came with us! It was a great lesson!! Because....I asked her to
be baptized and....it was the most unsure"yes" but she's on date for
baptism!!! 😱😃😃 Awesome!!!! That made that day worth it.
Thursday, we had exchanges again. I went with Elder Biehn this time
and.....it was kinda boring 😕 But! He took me to The Broiler and it
was sooooo good!!! 😍😍 It's this sandwich place but the bread is
broiled so it's like a hamburger pretty much. I got the steak and
cheese and it was amazing!!!!!!! Later that night, we had a lesson
with Marina Estacuy, our eternigator, but it was kinda awkward because
she really likes Elder Coburn but it was just me and Biehn. It was
still really good though...
FRIDAY!!! Friday was a great day for me!!!, 😀😀 Wanna know why?!? So
we get a call from Elder Lowe, one of our seniors who's the vehicle
coordinator, and he had warned Elder Coburn to stop hitting the brakes
so hard once, but Coburn is in the red again 😮 But, he talked to me
and said that my Tiwi card is almost ready to send off but...the power
was down at the office, so he couldn't send off my finalization papers
to wherever so then, he gave me permission to unplug Tiwi!!!!!!
😱😱😱😮😮😵 Crazy! He wanted me to be the designated driver no
matter what, but they couldn't get my Tiwi card ready and I can't
drive on Coburn's account. So unplugging it made it so it wouldn't
yell at me to sign in a driver!!!!! 😀😀😀 FINALLLLLYYYYYYY IM DRIVING
AGAIN! 😃😃 ah, that made me so happy!
So, Tiwi is the device that EVERY mission vehicle has in the corner of
the windshield. It's basically our tracker and speed checker. I have
a pic here...there's those three lights. Green is on, blue means it's
got satellites, and the red light only comes in when you're doing a
violation, mostly for speeding (it goes off after 7 over) also for
hitting the brakes too hard obviously, rpm over like 5200 or something
like that, turning too sharp, not wearing seatbelt, driving past 11pm,
all those things. And it talks to us...it will say "Check...whatever"
or "Aggressive driving". So Elder Lowe can see where we've been and
how fast we've been going and what violations we got where and if we
left the mission which is bad....anyway yeah. Normally, unplugging
Tiwi will instantly forfeit your driving privileges for the rest of
your mission no questions asked. The moment you do, Elder Lowe gets a
notification from Salt Lake!!! So.....we "went dark" like they say
haha we've been under the radar for the past few days. We're going to
get my card tomorrow. I'm soooooo glad to be driving again!!!!
😃😃😃😃 you have no idea! It's been 15 weeks. That's my news.
Friday night, we had s lesson with Fiorela Picardo again but we
couldn't find a man to come with us so we talked to her at the
door....then she was all bummed because she had made us food, and so
we date anyway!! Haha we setup the table in between the door and we
ate in the hallway! It was so great. We taught her about The Family:
A Proclamation to the World. It was great.
Saturday was fun!! We had our meetings like correlation which was
eh....but! We had the anniversary of Bella Vista!! It was our ward
party, and it was great! There was quite a bit of Peruvian dancing
and we were all surprised when Hermana Morriberon and Hermano Portugal
did a dance because they're these really older members haha it was a
great time. They did that for the talent show, and we missionaries
had to do something too. We were scrambling to think of something
but then we decided just to do Chubby Bunny 😃🐰🐰 It was the Hermanas
idea and then they didn't even do it with us 😒 anyway...we did it
with the big marshmallows!!! I'm terrible at that game I was the first
one out at 4!!!! Haha anyway...Elder Cottle won, but Coburn wasn't
chewing at all so I think he won haha. There was so much Ward unity
at the party and I loved that!!!
Well, yesterday was Father's Day...we went to church, had dinner with
Hermana Riley again and then did some finding. After that we visited
Rudy again, he's so funny. He fed us more food! He's so great. I'm
gonna send you guys a pic of him soon.
Well...today is today. We finished our shopping and usual stuff in
only 2 hours, maybe it's because I'm driving nehehe 😝 We're at the
stake center right now about to play some basketball and other Elders
are setting up tables to play with their cards...oh dang. I guess
it's getting real with the cards haha. Well...I don't know what we are
going to do today...hopefully just take it easy. Well, I want to
write to others now. I have others to write to. Well...hope everyone
has a good week and stay safe! Love you,
❤️ Elder Thompson
This week was a little rough in the scheme of working. We're actually
teaching only 1 investigator right now and 1 eternigator. I hope you
all pray for missionaries to find people to teach because I could use
that right now haha. Coburn and I have been trying to do less active
work a lot but we're not having a whole lot of success. Please keep
praying for us that will may find people who are ready.
Well...starting with last Monday, all we really did was visit a member
named Lesly. She's really cool but now she's getting sick because we
just found out she's expecting a baby. We've been teaching her how to
share the gospel with her friends and she likes it a lot!
Tuesday, we had to send our car to get an oil change so we were
waiting for that. I tried Starbucks hot chocolate for the first time
and guess what....it was not worth $3 haha it's not that good!, I
always heard so many people say how good it is...the hot cocoa at our
apartment is waaaaaaay better haha We visited Hermana Rios and gave
her son Edward a blessing of health. It was kinda awkward because
Angel wasn't there so we gave it to him with he chair in the doorway
and he came home in the middle of the blessing anyway haha. I pray
for that family, they are having their struggles. That nigh, we took
Roberto out. Now he's a youth member, only 17, but the first time I
saw him, I thought he was 25!!! He's huge. He went knocking with us
and he helped us find a less active to visit named Ana! Cool...I like
Roberto, all the youth in Bella Vista are really cool.
Wednesday, we thought the apartment was about to burst into flames
haha 🔥🔥🔥 but turns out....Coburn left the aluminum package of
flavoring for his noodle bowl in the microwave because it was lunch
time haha....that day was rough. Anxiety and anticipation get to you
as a missionary. If you're not working but you know you should be or
you can't for some reason, it's hard to deal with! But that day we
got a lesson in with Monica, our only investigator, with Jeff Jardine
who came with us! It was a great lesson!! Because....I asked her to
be baptized and....it was the most unsure"yes" but she's on date for
baptism!!! 😱😃😃 Awesome!!!! That made that day worth it.
Thursday, we had exchanges again. I went with Elder Biehn this time
and.....it was kinda boring 😕 But! He took me to The Broiler and it
was sooooo good!!! 😍😍 It's this sandwich place but the bread is
broiled so it's like a hamburger pretty much. I got the steak and
cheese and it was amazing!!!!!!! Later that night, we had a lesson
with Marina Estacuy, our eternigator, but it was kinda awkward because
she really likes Elder Coburn but it was just me and Biehn. It was
still really good though...
FRIDAY!!! Friday was a great day for me!!!, 😀😀 Wanna know why?!? So
we get a call from Elder Lowe, one of our seniors who's the vehicle
coordinator, and he had warned Elder Coburn to stop hitting the brakes
so hard once, but Coburn is in the red again 😮 But, he talked to me
and said that my Tiwi card is almost ready to send off but...the power
was down at the office, so he couldn't send off my finalization papers
to wherever so then, he gave me permission to unplug Tiwi!!!!!!
😱😱😱😮😮😵 Crazy! He wanted me to be the designated driver no
matter what, but they couldn't get my Tiwi card ready and I can't
drive on Coburn's account. So unplugging it made it so it wouldn't
yell at me to sign in a driver!!!!! 😀😀😀 FINALLLLLYYYYYYY IM DRIVING
AGAIN! 😃😃 ah, that made me so happy!
So, Tiwi is the device that EVERY mission vehicle has in the corner of
the windshield. It's basically our tracker and speed checker. I have
a pic here...there's those three lights. Green is on, blue means it's
got satellites, and the red light only comes in when you're doing a
violation, mostly for speeding (it goes off after 7 over) also for
hitting the brakes too hard obviously, rpm over like 5200 or something
like that, turning too sharp, not wearing seatbelt, driving past 11pm,
all those things. And it talks to us...it will say "Check...whatever"
or "Aggressive driving". So Elder Lowe can see where we've been and
how fast we've been going and what violations we got where and if we
left the mission which is bad....anyway yeah. Normally, unplugging
Tiwi will instantly forfeit your driving privileges for the rest of
your mission no questions asked. The moment you do, Elder Lowe gets a
notification from Salt Lake!!! So.....we "went dark" like they say
haha we've been under the radar for the past few days. We're going to
get my card tomorrow. I'm soooooo glad to be driving again!!!!
😃😃😃😃 you have no idea! It's been 15 weeks. That's my news.
Friday night, we had s lesson with Fiorela Picardo again but we
couldn't find a man to come with us so we talked to her at the
door....then she was all bummed because she had made us food, and so
we date anyway!! Haha we setup the table in between the door and we
ate in the hallway! It was so great. We taught her about The Family:
A Proclamation to the World. It was great.
Saturday was fun!! We had our meetings like correlation which was
eh....but! We had the anniversary of Bella Vista!! It was our ward
party, and it was great! There was quite a bit of Peruvian dancing
and we were all surprised when Hermana Morriberon and Hermano Portugal
did a dance because they're these really older members haha it was a
great time. They did that for the talent show, and we missionaries
had to do something too. We were scrambling to think of something
but then we decided just to do Chubby Bunny 😃🐰🐰 It was the Hermanas
idea and then they didn't even do it with us 😒 anyway...we did it
with the big marshmallows!!! I'm terrible at that game I was the first
one out at 4!!!! Haha anyway...Elder Cottle won, but Coburn wasn't
chewing at all so I think he won haha. There was so much Ward unity
at the party and I loved that!!!
Well, yesterday was Father's Day...we went to church, had dinner with
Hermana Riley again and then did some finding. After that we visited
Rudy again, he's so funny. He fed us more food! He's so great. I'm
gonna send you guys a pic of him soon.
Well...today is today. We finished our shopping and usual stuff in
only 2 hours, maybe it's because I'm driving nehehe 😝 We're at the
stake center right now about to play some basketball and other Elders
are setting up tables to play with their cards...oh dang. I guess
it's getting real with the cards haha. Well...I don't know what we are
going to do today...hopefully just take it easy. Well, I want to
write to others now. I have others to write to. Well...hope everyone
has a good week and stay safe! Love you,
❤️ Elder Thompson
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