week 73: all the turkey

 

Elder Coates

Hey Everyone,

    This week was a busy one. We have been working on getting the Spanish group out here going. We had to start a Come Follow Me, and we only had 3 members show up. Not bad considering the group has done nothing since Covid started. We're working on getting some other stuff started so hopefully that all goes well. We also had a mission tour with Elder Villanueva. It was Awesome! We had 4 different zoom meetings with him, and each one was about an hour long. Elder Villanueva and his wife were so cool. Elder Villanueva was so giddy when he was talking about his mission and the apostles. It was really cool to learn from them.

     This week we also had a very special opportunity to listen to our prophet. It was awesome! It is something so special. I loved his focus on gratitude. I invite all of you to watch it if you haven't already.

Hope you all have a marvelous thanksgiving.

--Elder Thompson

bits and pieces from family phone calls:

My mom gave me all kinds of cooking advice/tips to cook a turkey breast...and then this awesome member heard we were doing our own missionary Thanksgiving, so she dropped by after her Costco trip... a ham, pizza hot pockets, snacks, pumkpin pie, whipped cream, and a 24 POUND TURKEY! So my mom gave me new tips/advice on how to cook a giant turkey! She also sent a package with all the spices and stuff I'd need to make the turkey taste good! At some point, we'll have to figure out how to cook up a ham, but this week, it's all turkey.

We are so excited to get things going with our Spanish group here. We're hoping within a week or two, we can start up a zoom sacrament meeting since there hasn't been anything like that for the Spanish members since March. 

I've been here in Bakersfield for 6 months this week...crazy how time goes so fast. 

district leader training

mission wide conference with Elder Villanueva...

side note: I got a good chuckle from all the mispronunciations of Villanueva this week!