This week was mostly uneventful but I'll share 2 experiences! The first is Zone Conference. We woke up really early so we could make it down to Santa Rosa on time and man it was great! I learned some things I really needed to, so that was awesome. We learned about planning and I'm grateful because a lot of missionaries struggle with knowing how to plan effectively; and I'm definitely not perfect either so I was happy to learn more about it. Probably the next best part was getting to see my friends from the Santa Rosa and San Rafael zones. We got some Panda Express before heading back to Lakeport because there is nothing like it up here in Lake County. It was as amazing as I'd anticipated... until about 30 minutes later.... you know how Panda does that.
The second experience comes from Sunday night! The sisters in Middletown were planning on having a baptism for a woman named Aurora on Sunday night. But then Aurora went MIA for like 3 days and so they cancelled everything that they had planned for the baptism. But on Sunday evening, Aurora called them and said she dropped her phone in the lake and wasn't able to get in contact with them and she still wanted to be baptized! So the sisters told her to meet them at the church in Clearlake, where the Middletown ward meets. We got word that the baptism was on and Aurora was on her way to the Clearlake chapel as we were driving into the church parking lot right before dinner at around 5:30. Aurora was sitting there in the parking lot... in the Lakeport Chapel parking lot! We were very confused! We told the sisters that Aurora was definitely NOT on her way to the Clearlake Chapel and they were very confused as well. I guess Aurora was also confused because that is why she was at the Lakeport chapel, 30 minutes away from where she lives, IN Clearlake. But it was good because I got to go through some of the baptismal interview with her again just to make sure that she was ready to be baptized and make that commitment. And she was! So the sisters told everyone in the ward that the baptism was still on and that it was happening in about an hour! I was asked to baptize Aurora, so we piped it down to Clearlake. We filled up the font super quickly, I changed, a few of the ward members showed up, and we had a spur of the moment baptism! It was a wild and random way to end a Sunday, but it was fantastic. I'm glad that Aurora still wanted to get baptized!
Tonight, I get to drive down to Santa Rosa again and we will be hearing from Elder Kevin W. Pearson of the Seventy, the Area President of the America North West, tomorrow. I'm super excited for that! We are also going to get Five Guys Burgers and Fries tomorrow which, in my opinion, is the best burger place there is. I'll be happy to debate with anyone who thinks otherwise.
The Song of the Week is "Dark Times" by the Weeknd and Ed Sheeran.
Shout out to Jack Rutsky and the Geeshter boys.
Shout out to Jack Rutsky and the Geeshter boys.
Time to keep finishing strong! Everyone get ready because the boys are going to be back in town soon enough!
Thank you for all of your love and support!
love,
Elder Thompson
I shined my shoes for the first time on my mission! My dad will be very happy. He will also be very happy with the dinners I've made lately!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkAAIGFNYw4 Dark Times The Weeknd and Ed Sheeran
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