Bell, Rigdin PT

It wasn't quite the best week because I spent a lot of it feeling under the weather, but we still managed to have some fun and get some work done. MONDAY we had all the normal p-day activities like sports and games. It's pretty cool having p-day at the same building as the mission office because you're able to just go and talk with the senior missionaries if you want or just randomly see President and Sister Willis. It's also been starting to get pretty cold around here when it gets dark, which I personally don't like too much. TUESDAY I finished reading the Book of Mormon for the second time on my mission. It's really satisfying to be able to read through it and see what you learned on the first go-through and compare it with what you learned on the second. Also, a pretty high point for my week is that on this day, everyone in the apartment but me got buzz cuts. It's pretty fun because none of them are happy with it after the fact. WEDNESDAY we did a Book o...

First full week in the new area! I've met some pretty cool members and taught some pretty cool people the gospel, so I've really enjoyed this week. MONDAY we spent a good chunk of time hanging out at Goodwill because the zone leaders wanted to do some thrift shopping. It was a little funny being there because something like half the zone showed up without anyone saying anything to each other. I didn't need anything, so that was when I wrote most of last week's email. TUESDAY wasn't anything really special. We just did weekly planning and tracted a bunch. WEDNESDAY we had planned an exchange, but before we started it, we went to an all-you-can-eat taco place with a bunch of other missionaries. I asked Elder Fetuao later, and he said that he ate 26 tacos. The exchange was really fun because the elder I was with had also served in Taos, and we just spent a lot of time when we were walking or driving, just talking about Taos. THURSDAY was a weird day because we had lunc...

I've finished up in Monahans and now I'm back in El Paso! I really loved being able to work with the people in the Monahans branch while I was there, and I'll miss them, but now I get to work with the people in Redd Ward. MONDAY I started the day with a bit of a weird "exchange." Because my companion, Elder Hardy, was getting a new missionary as his companion, he had to be in El Paso on Wednesday to do some training with him. Also, the Alpine elders had to send Elder Campbell to El Paso to do some departing missionary activities. And because of all that, the other Alpine elder, Elder Stoddard, and I were companions for Monday and Tuesday. It was super fun hanging out with him during p-day, and he even taught me this cool dice game at the end of the day called Liars Dice. TUESDAY I had a meeting for all the new social media trainers that I had to attend to get ready for the new transfer. It was pretty funny to do it while Elder Stoddard was there because he was the...

Happy Halloween, everyone! This was another very busy week for me out here in Monahans. We helped out with a bunch of service for our members and for the community, which made the days go pretty quickly. MONDAY no one got together for p-day because the zone leaders had to go to El Paso for the day and no one thought it would be very fun. So Elder Hardy and I decided to go check out the Sandhills State Park here in Monahans. It was a lot of fun climbing and running on the sandhills, definitely a good workout! TUESDAY we spent almost all day just up in Kermit trying to get in contact with a bunch of the media referrals we had gotten over the past couple of days. WEDNESDAY another one of our friends, Jessica, got baptized! It was a really awesome experience to see just how much she valued having the gift of the Holy Ghost, even though we couldn't understand each other. THURSDAY we helped a member by carving his pumpkins for him as a "service." Then that night we went and hel...