Hey guys!
I hope everyone enjoyed conference this past weekend!!!! I loved it. So many great talks and I'm looking forward to going through them all again. One of my favorites was Elder Oaks talk about the 3 Kingdoms of Glory. He did such a great job at explaining the why's and how's of life after death and I feel like we've never had a conference talk completely centered on the 3 Kingdoms so that was pretty cool. Feel free to reply back and tell me about your favorite conference talk! I'd love to hear about it.
Here's how my week went
Monday
We went to the TJ Maxx that just opened here in Fallon and I got a hoodie and 2 shirts. We went bowling and then the rest of the day was pretty chill. During the evening we went to the powderpuff football game at the high school because a less active family invited us to watch their daughter in it. It was actually pretty entertaining haha
Tuesday
Because of zone conference being this week we didnt have district council so instead we spent the morning out walking. We helped the 3rd ward elders at the LifeCenter because it was there day to clean up and then after that we conducted our weekly planning session because we wouldnt be able to do it on Thursday. In the evening we went to the high school volleyball game because the Johnsons (the less active fam) invited us to watch their daughter play and also they were playing DAYTON! I was able to see some of the people from Dayton too so that was pretty fun. It was probably the most hyped volleyball games ive ever been too haha.
Wednesday
I was on an exchange with Elder Wheatley today. In the morning we walked down Alcorn Rd and knocked and talked to people there. Afterwards it was our day to wash down the tables at the LifeCenter so we went and did that and then we had service with the sisters cleaning up horse poo. It was a pretty chill day and once we ended exchanges Elder Takemori and I drove down to Reno and spent the night with Elder Kennedy and Rosenthal because zone conference was early the next morning.
Thursday
Zone Conference was awesome!!! The Fallon, Reno North, and Reno zones were attending so there were so many missionaries there. Probably the largest zone conference Ive been to in 18 months. It was great to see alot of other missionaries that Ive served around. We had some FaceBook training, trainings by President and Sister Saxton, the APs, and a mental health guy came and talked. After the conference alot of us hung out around the church for a little while longer before heading out. We grabbed some Costa Vida for Elder Kemnedys birthday before heading out back to Fallon. That night we played chair soccer with the kids we usually play volleyball with.
Friday
I went on an exchange with Elder Hovey and we had a great day. We spent the morning proselyting and having lessons. Our lesson with Carol fell through but a lesson with Kate happened. We've been struggling to figure out what to do with her and her family so it was good that we had a productive chat with her. After that we had lunch and then did some service. After service we had a great time proselyting Alcorn Rd again. We had a good chat with Liz. That evening we went to part of the homecoming football game and saw A LOT of people there.
Saturday
CONFERENCE WEEKEND!!!!! Its so crazy that conference is already happened for the 3rd time on the mission. Times a flyin. Conference weekend as a missionary always amazing and this one wasnt any different. In the morning we watched the session at the church with the district and I made pancakes for everyone. Elder Oaks talk was my favorite of the session. We watched the afternoon session with the Browns and they fed us a big lunch. After that we went to the Hallburgs and had a GIANT dinner and we were stuffed. They always invite all their family over and that makes for a lot of food and they pressure you to keep eating haha. After thay we went to the Irvings and watched the evening session. Being 2 hours behind Texas time is weird because all my life conference goes into the the night but here its over by 6:30 and we still have time in the day left. Because we had time we went and did some graphic creating in the Family Search center. We actually got in trouble by the stake FHC lady for being in there though because apparently youre supposed to have staff members in there with you so we just left.
Sunday
We watched the morning session with the Andersons and had breakfast with them. After the morning session we headed over to the Sipherds and had lunch with them and watched the last session with them. They have 4 primary aged boys so it was pretty fun being over there. They also have a son that had a cleft lip and palate so all their kids look up to me because Im like their little brother so thats actually kinda cool. After conference was over we did a bit of walking and then we had dinner with the Rasmussens. They invited two less active families over to eat and it just so happens that one of them was the Johnson family so we were stoked to be able to hang out with them during dinner.
Lesson Reviews
Kate
We asked her if she has looked at the Book of Mormon timeline but she said that she never got a paper copy so we will print it off and give her one. We discussed the Book of Mormon and where it started. We read part of Ezekial 37 and talked about the stick of Judah and Joseph and how the Book of Mormon and The Bible go hand in hand in testifying of Jesus Christ. We also talked about latter day prophets and invited her to listen to general conference.
Liz
We went over and we talked for a little bit and then we discussed a chapter in Matthew and things we learned from it. We discussed latter day prophets and why we believe they are needed today. We invited her to watch general conference.
That's it for this week! My 18th month mark is this week so thats crazy to think about. My sister mission is done haha. 6 more months! Thanks for all the prayers! Once again feel free to tell me about your favorite thing in conference. I may not reply but know I read and appreciate any reply!
I love yall! Have a great week!
Elder Proctor
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