I become a traveling missionary.

Hey y'all I hope all is well this is how my week went. Tuesday, July 15th. Today was probably one of my favorite P-days. We woke up early in the morning and went and hiked Upper Bridal Falls Trail on Casper Mountain, which is awesome and a very beautiful hike. It was challenging and steep, but the views were worth it. We did that day, and the zone got together. And had a zone barbecue and played spike ball. Hung out outside for a couple of hours. Tonight. We had one of the biggest storms. I think I've seen. The rain was pouring. We got inches in minutes and it was constantly thundering and lightning to a point where it was almost completely daylight outside. It was even worse because we were driving through it because we have exchanges tomorrow.
Wednesday July 16th Today was a pretty good day. I had exchanges with Elder Dewey. We had a pretty good day. We found 18 new people and had some really interesting and awesome experiences. One guy said he was gonna call the cops on us. But Elder Dewey said “Well, luckily we're on the sidewalk” and all of his friends made fun of him for telling us that he was gonna call the cops. It was a really fun day and I had a good time. Thursday, July 17th. Today was a pretty crazy day. I hit 4 months on the unbelievable mission I don't feel like it's been that long. We also had a good day doing missionary work and we're able to meet an awesome dude named Braden and put him on da date for baptism.
Friday, July 18th. Today we moved departments from where I have been living for the past fifteen weeks to a new apartment in our gGardenCreek teaching area. The apartment isn't as big as my last one but it feels more homey and cozy and has really given me a change of scenery that I needed. I hope to make some great memories here before I have to leave. Other than that, it's been a pretty normal day.
Saturday, July 19th. Today was another crazy day. Yesterday when we moved into our new apartment, there were some packages outside that some of the other tenants had said had been there for over five weeks so we thought it was one of the past missionaries who had lived there. Who forgot to let their parents know that they had moved addresses or something, but just to be safe we tried to contact our housing coordinator for the mission to see what was going on and we couldn't get a hold of him all day yesterday. So, this morning we texted him to see if he had gotten our calls. I said he hadn't, so he texted him the situation and he got back to us a couple of hours later. At 5:30 and informed us that he had sold the lease. The landlord for the unit and we had to once again. I'm moving I am sitting in a new apartment again for the 3rd day. In a row, it has been crazy and I have been super busy moving in and out of apartments. Sunday July 20th Today was good. None of our friends showed up to church which is a bummer but we had a pretty good finding day after and we exceeded our goal for the week! Monday July 21st We cleaned the temple today, which is always a great way to spend the morning. We had a grand rest of the day working.
Spiritual thought Mark 8:35-36 35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it. 36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? This week I have been trying to lose my life in the work and this is so true I may be losing my life I have been gaining my soul. Photos https://photos.app.goo.gl/Ck63mQMBX7NYgbWW6 Elder Thomson

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