I love Mondays!!! It's my favorite day of the week when I get to email you guys!!! I love hearing about what is happening at home and how you guys are all doing! We went biking at Bethel Mountain MTB Trails.(It's more like Bethel Hill, but it was still really fun) There was a lot of sand, it was really wet because of fog and it was early in the morning. We got up at 6:00 and left shortly after. We had to drive quite a ways but it was still in our district boundaries. It was so fun to bike in the foggy woods! My most memorable parts of the week. . .there was a lot that went on this week. Tuesday we had Zone conference and it lasted from 9:00am to about 6:00pm and it went really well. It was a bit of a drive to the stake center in Gulfport where it was held. We had a number of lessons/power points taught to us by President and also the zone leaders and also the sister training leaders. We got our Flu vaccinations, they fed us lunch, and then we had more of our meeting. At one point we all said our name, where we were from, and our favorite cereal. The Morris's (the senior missionary couple) left to an appointment and on their way back they got everyone their favorite cereal! Then after we left, we drove to the bishop's house on the air-force base for Halloween and dinner. We were suppose to be either at a member's home or at our home for the evening on Halloween. There was another family there from the ward, the Davis's. The kids went out and got candy and then we chilled with the 14 and 16 year old boys of the families and also one of the kids gave us a bag with some candy in it. Wednesday we did an exchange with the zone leaders in their area and we stayed the night and left around 1:00 the next day. While there, Elder Hubert went with the senior missionary of the two, Elder Wilson, and I went with Elder Houston. Elder Houston can't drive for some reason so I was the driver. It was so nice to drive again and have that sense of freedom. It was really fun even though it was the Toyota Corolla that Elder Hubert and I have-lol. That night we had a dinner appointment on the Navy base and we had tacos and burritos and it was good :) Then Thursday all 4 of us went to the Salvation Army dinner service project. Then we went to Subway for lunch and it was free because a member owns it and lets all missionaries eat for free! It was really good. Then we left and did our studies back at our apartment and we had a dinner appointment that night and ate taco soup. Friday we did more service in the morning for the Peter Andersen Festival. We spent a few hours setting up things for it. That night we had some appointments and then went to a place called Mugshots for dinner, it is a hamburger place and they were delicious! Saturday morning we did our studies and then that afternoon we went and helped with the Peter Andersen Festival and Elder Jex and I sat at an art tent and basically told people that they could vote on their favorite by writing down its number and putting it in the box. It was kind of a hot day but we were next to the live band so that was nice :) Then we picked up Elder Hyde when we left the festival. Elder Hyde is the one Spanish speaking Elder in the Pascagoula area, they are a trio. They were also helping at the festival. Anyways, we took him with us for splits. He is still with us because we are doing an extended exchange so that he could come to the Spanish church meetings with us and go to some Spanish appointments. That night we went to some appointments and then went to Mugshots again :) ha ha Sunday was good, we had a break-the-fast pot luck at 3:00 with our ward and the Kesler Air Force Base Branch on the air force base. It has been a good week but I hope this next week is a little bit more of a schedule that permits our regular studies.
Our temple is outside of our mission, so when I came here I was told that I wouldn't get to go to the temple in all of my mission. But President Olson has been trying really hard to get us to the temple somehow. He told us at zone conference that we can go to the temple if a member drives us and if it is with a new convert. The Baton Rouge Temple is closing for 2 years in February but lucky for us we can go up until then. This Saturday, there is a new convert going to receive his endowment and be sealed to his wife and kids. We are able to go with him! the Morris's are taking us!!! It is gonna be awesome :) There are 3 other temples on the other 3 sides of our mission that we can go to but you have to be in an area close to them, so some areas can't go and also some temples are closed for certain amounts of time. So, I don't know if I'll be able to go again in my mission, but it's possible.
Love you guys!!
Love your missionary,
Elder Acton
My side of the bedroom in our apartment
My bike :)
Selfie
Elder Hubert
A gift store we went to called Shark Heads
Cool Mississippi Stuff
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