Week 41: Guess Who Else Likes Mavrick...

Daily Trip

What up y'all?

This was a fire week. Lots of fun, lots of biking, lots of great weather, and lots of big things!

We had our final interviews with President Treadway this week because he and Sister Treadway are finishing their mission at the end of June. We had a great talk and I'm so glad I got to serve a big chunk of my mission with him. They actually live in Temecula (like 2 hours from me in CA), so I'll have to pay them a visit someday.

But Elder Thomas told me that in their interview, somehow the fact that we live right by Maverick came up. Elder Thomas speaks a little Spanish because he's supposed to go to the Dominican Republic, and he used to be in a Spanish area, but President Treadway told Elder Thomas (and I quote), "I go to that Maverick almost every day, and every time I go I hear people speaking Spanish. I want you to go to Maverick EVERY DAY and talk to the Spanish speakers and find people to teach even though you guys are English missionaries." So there you have it. Our mission president has now TOLD us to go to Maverick every day. Boom.

We started teaching Erick! His family is pretty active in the church actually, but their son Erick just hasn't gotten baptized yet, so we finally got to meet with him and put him on date for the end of June! The whole family speaks Spanish, but they go to the English ward, but Elder Thomas speaks pretty good Spanish and they speak pretty good English so it all works out.

David also decided to move up his baptism date to this Wednesday! That's like a month and a half sooner than he was planning for the last couple months. He finally realized that he was ready and I guess he didn't want to wait anymore! He started meeting with missionaries in Montana, but the Elders that taught him in Montana have kept in touch with him since he moved here a couple months ago, and one of the Elders that first started teaching him is now off his mission and is going to be the one to baptize David which is super cool.

We also got to meet with Sley again. She is from Haiti and she lives with her sister who is a member and they go to the YSA ward pretty regularly. Elder Thomas just straight up asked her if she wanted to join the church and she said she did but just didn't know how! Then he asked her about baptism and she was like, "That would make me really happy." So Sley will hopefully be on date soon too!

All this being said, there were days this week where all we did was knock doors all day and talk to no one, or when they actually do come to the door they're not interested or they've actually left the church already. There were plenty of times where I make eye contact with people on the street and I smile and wave at them and all they do is glare at me.

The awesome moments are few and far between all the grinding, but those are what make it all worth it! The mission is not all awesome moments, and it's not all about the awesome moments either. It's about who you are becoming by experiencing all the less-awesome moments combined with the awesome moments.

love yall & 'preciate yall

Elder Snyder