So, this was a fun week. I ate a lot of food on 4th of July! I went to 4 or so picnics/BBQs. By the last one I could hardly eat any more. The people up here are too kind. We also were able to watch a parade that day! They weren't allowed to throw candy or anything (lame), but I jokingly thought they should throw out hand sanitizer. We had to be in by 9, but we were able to watch a few fireworks from the apartment. Other than that, the only difference from a normal day, was that we were able to call home. Our mission President suggested we could run a 5k as well, as long as we ran in our proselyting clothes. Color me lame, but I decided I didn't want to run 3 miles in a white shirt and tie. Maybe next year.
On Tuesday, we had our first in person zone conference in about 4 months. It was a great experience with lots of helpful trainings. A big topic we talked about was conversion. Rather than a testimony, which is knowing the gospel is true, conversion is more of being true to the gospel. If we know something to be true, it should cause us to make changes to our lives, and even changes to ourselves. Sometimes we know things to be true, but for some reason it doesn't result in anything. For example, we may know that Krispee Kreme donuts are the best donuts in the world, but we don't put in the effort to drive to it and buy some (man, I wish there were Krispy Kreme Donuts in Rexburg 😥). We may know that family is the most important thing, and then spend all of our time working, or doing other things. My invitation to you is to evaluate what you know to be true, and then make changes accordingly. I for myself know that the Gospel is true, and know that my Savior lives, and thus I will try my best to follow Him, even if it seems like it's too hard sometimes. As long as we keep improving and trying to become better and to change, we will be alright.
This week, we also had an exchange Wednesday with some other Elders. I with an Elder Moore from South Fork Utah. He's a funny guy! We got lost looking for a house that were going to do service in, and we ended up in the middle of a field on some back road, our car extremely muddy because we had to drive through some really large puddles. Also, today we went on a hike to Mesa Falls! It was beautiful! I'll include some pictures. This week I learned that apparently Idaho sponsors a semi-truck that pulls a giant fake potato that drives through all of the 50 states. It's apparently called the Big Idaho Potato Truck. Very creative name. You'll have to look it up though. Apparently if it was a real potato, it would take 7000 years to grow.
Pictures:
1-4. A few or the many pictures at Mesa Falls. You should go if you are ever in South East Idaho.
5-6. Elder Baron and I next to a giant gorilla.
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