Monday
We had p-day! We started by working out, and doing some shopping, then from there we went and did some emailing. After a long time emailing, we went to the 51st building and played some basketball and trash ball for a little bit. We had a good time with the zone. After, we went home and got changed to start seeing people during the night. We went to go see Jovan, an investigator, but he wasn't there. So we went to Target to pick up Elder Milner's medication. After, we went and had dinner. From there we then had a lesson with Sholon. She had just gotten surgery on her mouth, so she wasn't able to speak that well. So we did all the talking. We taught the 10 commandments. After, we went down to Sholtes and exchanged with them. I went there with Elder Call. After we exchanged, we ended the night.
Tuesday
We had to walk for the first part of the day because Elder Hatch had the keys in Lakewood and forgot to leave them behind. So to wait for him to bring them to us, we went and saw the ward missionary in their area, but he wasn't there so we just waited for Elder Hatch to get there with the keys. That was a long morning. After, we had lunch, then comp study, and then we hopped on our bikes to go to the library. We had mormon.org time there. Then we went to the food bank and did some service for them. After, we went to subway and had dinner. From there, we went and saw some people, and then came home and did 12 weeks together. That ended the night.
Wednesday
We exchanged back before we had to go to transfers. Then we went down to transfers. Elder Hunter and I then went and met all the new missionaries. We introduced ourselves and they did as well. Then we went over some training, had lunch, and then President assigned us to our new missionaries, and I am pleased to tell you that my Son is Elder Graff. He's a trial missionary, meaning he'll only be here for 2 transfers. He's from Lacey, Washington. He's really cool. After we got assigned, we then went home to have a lesson with a girl named Kayla Duff, but she wasn't home, so we went and saw some people around her. We later got a text from her to reschedule for the next day. Then we went to the Villas and had a lesson with Nikie Decker, a less active handicap woman. We read where she was at in the scriptures. After, we then had dinner. Then we went and saw more people before we went to bishop's to have a meeting with him. That ended the night.
Thursday
Thursday was a mess. We had to exchange with Stillaguamish because Elders Lelo and Hunter had to go to MLC together. So me, Elder Graff, and Elder Presess all were together going to see people. However, I wasn't sure when we were exchanging back, and I thought district meeting was at 1:30, miscommunication from elder Hunter. The actual plan was to meet them at the 51st building by 12:30 and exchange back, but that didn't happen because I didn't know about it. While we were out seeing people, we found out there was a nail in the car's passenger tire. So we had to take it into Les Schwab and wait for Elder Hunter to get back. Once he was back, we went to Les Schwab and waited for at least 3 hours for them to fix our tire. Elder Hunter moved district meeting to 7:30 the next evening. Because we had to wait we were late to our lesson, which made us late to our dinner. So we went to both of those things. After, we went home and had comp study and twelve weeks, and that ended the night.
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| Changing the flat tire |
Friday
We went and helped at the food bank for a little bit. Then we went home and had lunch, did some comp study, and then went to go see some people. We had our lesson with Kayla Duff, which went pretty well. We taught the restoration, and she liked it, although she was kinda quiet. We told her about the YSA ward, and we will probably be passing her off to the zone leaders. After our lesson with her, we had a lesson with Orion and Gabriela later that night. We talked about the 10 commandments but only got through 4 of them because of the amount of comments that were said, and Orion had to get to work. After the lesson, we went home and did some weekly planning. Then we went to dinner at the High Priest group Christmas party. After, we drove down to the 51st building to have district meeting. After, we went home and ended the night.
Saturday
We started the day with doing service for the same lady we helped paint before. Today, we painted the other wall in her garage. After, we went home, got changed and had lunch. Then we went into comp study, and 12 weeks. From there, we went to go see a potential named Kelly, but he wasn't home, so we went and saw some other people around him instead. Then we came home, got changed into our suits, and went to the nativity festival the church put on in our stake. I'm so glad I got to see it again! They had the missionaries help out at a video room. It was pretty fun though to see the whole festival. After, we then went and had dinner and had a lesson with Patrick, or at least tried to. He wasn't there again, so we went to Brother Allen's and had our meeting with him. That ended the night.
Sunday
We had ward council in the morning. After, we had church. We only had one hour of church because the rest of the building was being used for the nativity, so we couldn't have our other classes. That was fine with me. Elder Hunter and I both talked in sacrament meeting though. I talked about Luke 4: 18-19 and how we as members of the church do the 20% of missionary work that help the missionaries do the 80%. Some of the tools I used were the scriptures and Light the World to help everyone understand how they can start. Even though I felt like I was throwing down on a ward of members that are already so great at being member missionaries, I felt the message applied to them in another way. I hope it did. After church, we then went home and planned out the rest of the day. Then we went to have lunch with the Hammonds in the ward, and it turns out we are related to them. But not through my dad's side, but my mom's side. Brother Travis Hammond and I are 10th cousins twice removed, and we found this out through relative finder. The Footes on my mom's side of the family are the parents of the kids who are ancestors to us. You can find that out on Relative Finder if you're a Hammond, and see how that works. If you go, you can look up the group Hammond fam and join the group. The password is the last name. See if you're related to me! After lunch, we then went and saw some people before we went back to the church to watch some of the concerts at the nativity festival. Then we went home, did some weekly planning, and then went back for the rest of the night. We had Melissa show up to the festival, and she said she really liked it. After, we then went home and did 12 weeks for the rest of the night before accounting.
Well, that's my week for you fam! I hope you all had a great one, and I'll see you soon!
Elder Hammond
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| At the Nativity Festival |
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