November 9, 2020 Richland, TX (Week 3)

Wow this week was a little crazy! We have someone who’s committed to baptism which is amazing and I’m also being moved to the tech zone which is also kinda crazy and kinda expected and kinda not expected because I’ve only been here for 3 weeks haha!
Monday we went to the stockyards for pday. The stockyards are pretty much an old western town and there are tons of cowboy markets and stuff which was way fun! I also destroyed my brand new hoodie on accident with some candle wax which sucked but its ok we got it out with a magical bar of soap called Zote haha. Its a pink magical bar of heaven. We got it at Walmart, so you can probably find it at Walmart haha. It will legit get anything out of your clothes and any stain. 
Tuesday we went to the church for a district council and then we went to a Mexican restaurant called Rosa’s and got bible bashed which was super funny haha. There were 7 elders against one random guy and he ended up leaving but it went nowhere lol. 
Wednesday we played pickle ball and then went to the food bank and did service for about 4 hours and then we called some people and texted some people and chilled at the apartment because president wanted us to stay in because the election was a mess haha
Thursday we did service again and boxed like 20+ crates filled with thanksgiving boxes at the food bank which was pretty awesome. There were like 30 or 40 boxes per crate or something like that. I don’t know exactly all I know is it was a lot haha. Then we did some facebook work, cooked some chicken, and then dinner at my bishops house. 
Friday we finally got our butts out of bed to go on a run haha! It was only like a mile run but it was still better than nothing. Then we went to dinner with this super cool family and then talked to a guy on zoom and did a study with him. He’s from LA so it was cool. 
Saturday we dug up some grass for a member and he took us to lunch at whataburger which is a pretty good fast food burger place. Then we went to a baptism. It was the bishops son being baptized and it was super spiritual. Then we went over to this sisters house and she is less active and has 3 kids and then just got 2 more kids because they were taken out of their homes. She’s a single mom and it was really sad to see the whole situation, but we are getting her some help. Her son wants to be baptized too which is awesome! He’s 11 and I think its the key to getting them back to church.
Sunday we went to church and people canceled on us, so I took a power nap which was amazing. Then we went to dinner at a less active members house, but he’s been coming every Sunday which is awesome! Then after that we went home and Jacob the guy we’ve been working with for so long texted us and asked if we had any food we could bring him because he is struggling with money this month and so it was the perfect excuse to finally come over. We talked to him for a while and we talked about Jesus christ’s baptism and we asked him if he wanted to ever be baptized in our church and he paused for about 2 mins and said well I’ve been baptized before and we told him about proper authority and then he paused again for about 2 mins and said what would I have to do and so we told him he can’t smoke, vape, drink coffee or tea, sleep with girls, and all of those things he does so he was like ok ok haha. But he said yes he wants to be baptized and it was the most incredible thing that has happened since i’ve been on my mission!! We gave him a blessing and we took his cigarettes from him and crushed them out back and tossed them in the trash and it was just an incredible experience!! Then after we got home and changed we get the transfer doc and it says I’m moving to the tech zone and my comp’s training a new guy and we were like what the heck!!! So now I’m being transferred after being here for only 3 weeks haha Sunday was just a crazy day haha!
I love y’all soooo much and can’t wait to see other miracles happen later on! I hope y’all have an incredible week and remember the savior!
Elder LeBaron

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