First of all, the Maverick gas station like 2 seconds from our apartment has been under construction ever since I got here, and there was just a sign on the front door that said "Open on 5/21" so we've been counting down the days. That glorious day finally came this week, and it's been great having a quick stop there every little bit. Their small, medium, and large sodas are all $1! It's like McDonald's! And they have my favorite flavor of Mtn Dew there, which is Goji Citrus Strawberry. If you haven't ever had that flavor, well then you know where to go.
But like I've said, you learn and change a lot on the mission. Like before the mission, I used to hate all Mtn Dew, and now I LOVE it.
It was our first week of getting to have meals with members! We're allowed to eat outside with people now, and with this one family we had Japanese BBQ. It was this cool hot plate they had on the table and we just cooked everything right there. Chicken, beef, grilled pineapple, zucchini, shrimp, onions, with soy sauce and rice and it was delicious. Another family we ate with lived on the golf course, and then offered to take us golfing on a pday!
A really cool thing that happened this week was our lesson with David. He's been on date for the last couple months for July 17th, and for some reason he's just felt really set on that date. In our lesson we assured him that he really was more ready than he thought, and we went over the baptismal interview questions with him to show him that. It was really cool because he actually got to see exactly what he might still be unsure about, which wasn't a lot, and he realized that he really was more prepared for baptism than he thought! We're gonna follow-up with him about moving the date up this week, but he's so ready to go!
There was one night Elder Thomas and I were deciding what to do with our last couple minutes of the day before we headed home, and this guy pulls over to us in a Tesla Model X and says "Elders, you ever ridden in a Model X before?" I can now answer that question with, "Yeeee."
Also one of our ward mission leaders, Brother Galamb, is such a baller. He manages an office supplies company by day, but has read every book available about any topic relating to the gospel ever. He's very knowledgeable with ancient scripture, but the coolest thing about him in my opinion is that he's also a DJ. We went to his house to ask him about some stuff in his ward, and he showed us his some of his award-winning remixes and songs. He basically makes rave music but it was so cool.
Also, we were working on filling out one of our spreadsheets this week (exciting I know), and we decided to just start knocking because we were tired of waiting for the YSA sisters to update them with which houses were YSA. Legit the 2nd door we knock was the YSA Relief Society President, and she knew where ALL the YSA houses were which was litttttt.
Pday today was awesome too. We went shopping, and DI is now open on Mondays so we can finally go on our pdays! We went to some batting cages too. The owner lets missionaries come in anytime for free, so that was fun getting to hit a couple dingers. Then we played Spikeball at the park, then got Swig and then went to The Puppy Store. Yes, they sell puppies and yes, they let you pet them.
These past few weeks have been epic honestly. You feel the best on your mission when you're working the hardest, and with the weather being great and the area being poppin', we get to work a lot. And teach a lot too! I'm motivated to work harder here because I want to be the missionary this area deserves.
I love you all!
Elder Snyder
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| Weekly trip to Taco Bell and UVU |
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| Batting Cages |
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| Brother Galamb got us Blizzards |
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| Got a TONN of crawfish from a Cajun food festival |
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| Peep the drip |
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| There's a really cool echo down here. |
