Road trip

Happy Holidays everyone:)

This week was crazy and one with had hardly any sleep. It seems like we have been constantly driving. I think I might be getting butt blisters haha.

At the start of the week it was nice. I did an exchange with Elder Adams and it was a lot of fun. We worked hard, but it was so cold and I forgot to pack a sweater. We were out knocking on doors and we met a pretty nice lady who works for Apple and wanted us to come back. Then we met this guy who started off by telling us that it was too cold to go out, and that I needed to go inside because I didn't have a jacket. We talked with him and broke down his walls a bit so he stepped outside and said, let me shut the door so I don't let all of the hot air out! I was like come on let us in, but sadly he didn't. We did teach him a lesson and that was a lot of fun.

After District meeting, Elder Tonga and I went back to Coushatta and worked hard. The sad thing about this week was that we only had 2 1/2 days to work in our area, because we traveled so much. Lorie and Lauren are doing well, they both have been sick but are still making some progress. We just need to get her to quit smoking and come to church regularly, then she will be baptized, which I hope that I will be here for.

Then we started teaching a member's nephew and he came to church this week and he is progressing pretty well. Then on Saturday I woke up at 3:30 in the morning to do some stuff and get ready because we had to meet at the Church at 5:30 to go to the Dallas temple. That was such an amazing experience to go back to the temple! Going 16 months with out it made it super special to me and I was so excited. The Drive was 4 hours and you don't realize how much you use a phone on a road trip. 8 hours in the car was pretty mind blowing but it was all worth it to go to the temple!

On Sunday we went to church, did some proselyting, and had dinner with a member. We then drove up to Shreveport to spend the night because we had to drive to Monroe the next morning for mission conference. It was great to see all of my mission buddies but the 2 hour drive one way was boring again. Elder Costa came and spoke to us and he was amazing. Elder Costa is a very loving guy and taught us on a personal level and I learned a lot from him. He was a super funny guy as well because English is his 2nd language. Then we had to drive 2 hours back to Shreveport and spent the night. It has been a very spiritual week and also a week were we spent a lot of miles on the road! Anyways I miss you all so much, and hope that you have a great week! If you want you can email me;) Love you!!

Elder Corbett