Hey y'all!
This was an amazing week! It started out normal but got better as the week went on. Basically every day was normal actually except these last few days. Once General conference started it got a lot better. General conference on a mission is like super bowl Sunday! We can't watch tv at all so that might be a reason why it's so hyped. So first on Saturday we went to an investigators house to watch it and they loved it. They also made some stir fry for us which was so good. After that we went to our bishop’s house for the second session and had even more food! They gave us some brownies and ice cream and their theater room was awesome! It was super dark though and it was literally impossible to not fall asleep.
My favorite talk for Saturday though was probably Elder Rasband’s. He talked about how there is no coincidence with God. Everything He does is by divine design. We will realize that some things in our lives that we thought were coincidences were actually not coincidences and that they were meant to happen. The Lord notices everything that happens in our lives. He ‘knows the end from the beginning'. He is in our lives and knows everything from a sparrow falling to the ground to the major things that happen in our lives. He is always with us no matter what.
After that we went to priesthood session but since our stake is really small they have a bbq before priesthood session and it was sooooo good! We had so much food throughout the day I probably gained at least 10 pounds. Priesthood session was also very dark and I had just eaten a lot so I fell asleep for most of it as did most of the Elders - lol.
On Sunday we went to the Mandel’s for the first session and they made us a lot of food! We had biscuits and gravy, a cheesy potato and bacon casserole, an egg, sausage, cheese, and bacon casserole, and ginger pumpkin waffles which were actually pretty good.
For the second session we went to the Sim’s house and they were really cool! They have deer heads and goat heads everywhere in their house! They said they have never eaten store bought meat! Elder Kunde had mentioned this to me days before and said that they also eat possum cuz they are really red neck. So when we got there they said they had some taco soup and I thought in my head, "yes! No possum!". But then she said that the meat she used in the soup was possum! So the good mannered Elder I am was like "oooo that sounds good" so she scooped a big bowl of it for me and I started eating it and I told them it tasted like normal meat. They didn’t say anything though so I kept eating and they were just watching me the whole time I was eating it and I thought that was kinda weird. Then when I was finally done they burst out laughing and said it wasn't possum it was just elk meat! And apparently it was Elder Kunde’s idea to tell me it was possum and told them at church to trick me. I was so nervous to eat what wasn't possum! But the last session of General Conference was super good! I loved Elder Anderson's talk. When he talked about Elder Hales and spoke his last words, I felt the spirit so strong and also when he said President Monson’s last conference words as well. Those two men both were two of my favorites every conference and I'm gonna miss hearing from them.
Overall, Conference was super spiritual and I felt like it was the best one I've ever seen but I don't know if that was because I actually paid attention most of the time this time - lol. It was also really nice to be off my bike most of the day for two days and to also eat tons and tons of food! I love all of you and hope y'all the best!
Love,
Elder Plumb
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