The Best 2 Years: Elder Jace Thompson in Omaha/Japan: the one where he met up with Kai

"Boom, you looking for this?"

Starting with Monday, we went to a super dope member's house and ate lunch together. We also may or may not have watched some football😆😆

We spent pretty much the whole day there and we had just enough time for some shopping at the end of the day! 😁

Tuesday was a pretty normal day, but for dinner, I made some fire chicken sandwiches! 😋😆😆 But I made more than I realized, and they lasted for like 3 days😂😂😆

Wednesday, we met up with some of the sister missionaries that go to our ward, and we all did some streeting together... They are both pretty young, so we were showing them what to do and to say. After that, we had English class and we just played mafia with everyone the whole time😆

Thursday, we had ZONE CONFERENCE!!! 😆😆

Zone Conference is a lot more stressful as a zone leader, but it ended up all going really good! We had a training about teaching simple and extending specific invitations, and it went better than I thought it would! Overall, Zone Conference was really good, and now that I've done one, I won't be dreading the next one nearly as bad😉😆😆

Saturday was a fire day!!! We started by making a cake for a member that has been sick because it's her birthday and tried to give it to her but we couldnt find her house😅😅 After that, we met up with one of my favorite people from Osaka, Kai!! He's super dope and has made tons of friends with all the missionaries, and he was in the area, so we went to dinner with him and his mom! 😆😆 It was so fun and good to see him!!

Sunday, we had a pretty normal day as well! Church was good, and we spent the whole second hour talking about missionary work and the member's special "miracle project." They have a goal of doing A LOT of ancestors' names in the temple, and they are getting help from all around the world!

Spiritual Thought:

Mosiah 23:21-22

21 Nevertheless the Lord seeth fit to chasten his people; yea, he trieth their patience and their faith.

22 Nevertheless—whosoever putteth his trust in him the same shall be lifted up at the last day. Yea, and thus it was with this people.

"Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make any sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of – throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself."

—C.S. Lewis

Well, that's all I got this week! Feel free to email me!

That's all, folks!