This week went by so fast! We were really busy, which is really good. Last P Day, we had a zone activity at the stake center. It was a blast. Elder Atkin made a whole bunch of hamburgers, so we ate a fun lunch as a zone, and then we played kickball, wiffleball, and ultimate frisbee from 1 pm until 5 pm. I also set up my hammock under the pavilion at the stake center. It was a blast. It was so fun just to run around and just play games for a day. The entire zone had a good time. Everybody was super sore the next day. When I woke up on Tuesday, my legs were dead.
On Tuesday, we had district council. It was probably the best one yet. We talked about the importance of still finding people to teach and how we
can do that, correlation meeting with the ward mission leader, and prayers of faith. It went really well. For the prayers of faith part, I gave each companionship a set of scriptures and asked them to read and then share with us. It was really good. We used 2 Nephi 4, Enos, and Alma 31.
On Wednesday, we had interviews with President for the first time since quarantine started. It was awesome. He came down to our stake center and did the interviews outside the building. The Lakota Creek elders were first, so we gave them a ride to the building and then took them back home. We did that from about 8 until 10, so afterwards, we came home and did personal study and daily planning. We had our interviews scheduled for 12, but President ran late and we ended up going at like 2 in the afternoon. It was fine, though. It is always good to have interviews and just get a chance to talk with President. I really like President Beardall.
On Thursday, we did an exchange with the Lakota Creek Elders. I went to Lakota Creek with Elder Richards, and Elder Baptista went to Redondo with Elder Atkin. It was my first day on a bike as a missionary! It was super fun. I really liked it because we were able to talk to so many more people. Elder Baptista's bike was terrible, though. The brakes did not work at all, and it was only a 7 speed. it was not good for going down or up hills, and there are plenty of hills. It was fine, though. We had a good exchange. We talked to a lot of people, gave out a Book of Mormon, and got out some return appointments.
While Elder Atkin was with Elder Baptista, they set a baptismal date for Velma! She is going to get baptized on August 15!
On Saturday, we did some service in the morning. At 8, we helped a sister in our ward move all of the stuff in her house to a storage unit. We got there, and the only other people helping move her stuff were 5 80+ year old brothers from our ward. It was definitely good that we were there to help. We got that done, and at 9:30, we started an exchange with the Assistants (because Elder Atkin is Zone Leader). Elder Atkin went with Elder Morgan to Newport, and Elder Anderson stayed with me in Redondo. It was super cool to be with Elder Anderson for a day. I really like him. He is a good missionary. We basically spent the whole day at our zone free car wash. It was pretty fun, and we got about 35 people to come through.We had a family history and service booth set up as well. It was good. I did get super sunburned because Elder Anderson and I flipped signs on the street to advertise the car wash for three straight hours. My neck is usually protected by my collar, but it is glowing red now because I was in normal clothes.
Scripture of the week: 2 Corinthians 4:17
I love representing the Savior in Brasil, I love my companion, I love the Gospel and Atonement of Christ, I love my family, and I love my Redeemer. I am ready and excited to work harder, learn more, and love better this week!
Love,
Elder Warren Matthew Dudley
Photo 1 - Summer!!
Photo 2 - Out Working!!
Photos 3-4 - The Puget Sound!!
Photo 5 - My Sunburn!!!
Photo 6 - Some awesome food that some Mexican Members gave to the Hermanas, who then gave the extra to us
