It was a really good birthday. It was a really good day. So we started out and we had a stake breakfast in the morning. That's where President and Sister Huntsman were. That's where they got the picture. So all the missionaries in the stake sang to me and then we got breakfast. It was good. Sister Huntsman asked me to come get a picture with President and then she would send it to my mom. So I was like, "ok cool." Then she gave us fruit loops and told us to hold them, as proof that we are getting fed. I was like ok cool, sounds good. So that was super fun.
After that we went and cleaned the church. And then we went out to lunch with Elder Hudson. I had a big hamburger. It had pulled pork and onion rings on it, and it was super good. And then we went home and got on the computer and looked for some service opportunities on justserve.org. We emailed a couple of people about some opportunities.We decided to go play basketball down in Arlington. There are like a million courts down there. So we went and played a couple games. Got some really good contacts through that. We are going to play Saturday morning at our church and we are looking to get people to come play. So we found a couple people that want to play. And then we went home. We got free fro yo on the way home from a place that gives missionaries free fro yo. So that was good.
The sisters in our ward made me cupcakes for my birthday. It was super cool. And then some others sister made some cookies. So that was cool. And then on our way home we got a call from so other sisters asking what our address was. And they made some brownies. It was funny. I don't know what I did. But I think I might have done something right. Haha. But it was a good day. (I know it probably seems like I have a couple of sister girlfriends out here that wanted to make me food for my birthday. But I don't. I am nice. But I make sure I am not too nice or too friendly. Because I am still a missionary)
Elder McCray is doing well. We get along really well. I think he was happy all the sisters brought over food. He enjoyed it too! So that was pretty funny!
For zone training we talked about the spirit. And more specifically the role of the spirit in conversion. It was kinda funny because the sister training leaders (basically they go in exchanges with the sisters) talked about the doctrine of the spirit. And while they were talking they pretty much cover like 3/4ths of the points we were planning on talking about. And so then we had 45 minutes to fill with basically what the sister talked about. So we went up and I was like. "Ok, this is a discussion. And if you aren't participating I am going to call on you." And then we started and I had to call on someone. But then after that everyone got involved. It went really well. A lot of times in those kinda things missionaries talk and they don't really talk about some of the real challenges we go through. They just basically bear their testimony and it is good but not great. So we really focused on every day challenges that we admit we have and that was pretty good. I talked about thinking of home and stuff and how if you tell yourself not to think about home then you are already thinking about home. I even used Dad's pink elephant example. Everyone thought that was funny.
The ward is pretty cool. We have made some friends here, but we don't get fed that much. So that kinda stinks. Thank you for your package. It was fun! I love you lots!
Love, Elder Bigelow
Elder McCray is doing well. We get along really well. I think he was happy all the sisters brought over food. He enjoyed it too! So that was pretty funny!
For zone training we talked about the spirit. And more specifically the role of the spirit in conversion. It was kinda funny because the sister training leaders (basically they go in exchanges with the sisters) talked about the doctrine of the spirit. And while they were talking they pretty much cover like 3/4ths of the points we were planning on talking about. And so then we had 45 minutes to fill with basically what the sister talked about. So we went up and I was like. "Ok, this is a discussion. And if you aren't participating I am going to call on you." And then we started and I had to call on someone. But then after that everyone got involved. It went really well. A lot of times in those kinda things missionaries talk and they don't really talk about some of the real challenges we go through. They just basically bear their testimony and it is good but not great. So we really focused on every day challenges that we admit we have and that was pretty good. I talked about thinking of home and stuff and how if you tell yourself not to think about home then you are already thinking about home. I even used Dad's pink elephant example. Everyone thought that was funny.
The ward is pretty cool. We have made some friends here, but we don't get fed that much. So that kinda stinks. Thank you for your package. It was fun! I love you lots!
Love, Elder Bigelow
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