Ayo wuz good
This week was a fun week. All kinds of bruh moments, the good kinds and the not as good kinds.
So David ended up moving just to the next stake over, so we got to introduce him to his new missionaries, who happen to be in our district. We had a great pass-off lesson with all of us together, and we're sad to see David go, but he's got some great new missionaries and a great new ward too.
We went to somebody's house for a member message, and while we waited for his wife to show up the guy said "Do you guys like cars?" and then took us to his garage and showed us his Tesla and then proceeded to give us a ride in his Tesla. I think the only times I've ever ridden in Teslas has been on my mission. The guy also said he's owned 4 Lamborghinis and a Ferrari, and had just come from test-driving a McLaren that day. He said he really likes his Tesla though haha. His wife actually never showed up so we just rescheduled with them after riding in the Tesla haha. The funniest part was when the guy went back inside to grab his shoes, some of the Elders in our district happened to drive by and just saw Elder Toro and I standing next to a Tesla, so we got to rub it in their faces for a sec.
There were a lot of exchanges this week because whenever the Elders we live with have exchanges, it feels like we have exchanges too. They had exchanges twice this week, and we had exchanges once, and Elder Engstrom came to the epic Vineyard stake and we kicked it all day. We went down to the lake and the water had gone down an insane amount since the last time I was there, so we could walk out even further and I found a bunch of sea shells in the sand! Who woulda thought? Then we went to a ward BBQ that night and some girl brought a Spikeball set and Elder Engstrom and I ended up playing Spikeball with her and the Bishop! it was super fun but Bishop's serve was too OP....
Speaking of Spikeball, my mom sent me my own Spikeball set for my year mark this week! Spikeball is literally soooooo fun and I could play it every day. Now I'll get to play Spikeball for the rest of my mission! Also they jsut opened a new Roxberry right here in my area! Now we have smoothies again! I actually really miss Roxberry from my last area because we used to go alllll the time.
Adrian is doing so good too! We had a really great lesson this week about the Plan of Salvation again and he really liked it. Even though some of it was new to him, he didn't really question it a ton and just thought it was really cool! Then the next day their ward had a bbq, and Theresa came with their 2-year-old but Adrian was still at work. She got to meet so many people though. And then on Sunday, she and Adrian both came to church! Everyone was soooo nice to them too! We were talking to Adrian after sacrament meeting and then the guy whose family we were having dinner with that night came over to just confirm dinner with us and invited Adrian to dinner! Unfortunately Theresa told us their 2-year-old fell asleep right as dinner was starting, but she still came!
Pday was fun today too. We went to Mr. Mac at the mall and I bought some new pants with the money I got for my birthday. Another great thing about serving in UT is that since there are a lot of places where future missionaries go shopping here, current missionaries have lots of selection too haha. Then the usual: pickleball and Spikeball.
But yeah, my year mark was this week, and it's so weird to think I have less in front of me than behind me now. But at the same time, it's still a whole year so I'm not really close to being done at all haha. Should be another great year though because I'm probably going to stick around here in UT for the long haul. If I were to get the call today saying I'm going to the Philippines, it would still be another couple months before I would even get there, which wouldn't leave me a lot of time to learn the language and get used to things. Not to mention I'd basically be starting my mission all over and be a greenie again. They technically won't permanently reassign me until I hit 18 months, so people ask me if I would just turn down the call if I ever got it (because they do give you the option). But I don't even think I'm going to get the call because COVID is still so bad in the Philippines. I would also just be leaving a place with like no COVID restrictions, so staying put in the UOM for another year won't be too bad in my opinion. It'll actually probably super litttttt.
Love yall! #ImAnOG
Elder Snyder
My deepest apologies, as I quite literally took no pictures this week.
