10th weekly email

 Monopoly Ruins District Unity

Thursday of this last week was Thanksgiving and so our mission got most of the day off to ourselves! My district dedicated the day to play a game of monopoly. One if the elders told me they go hard at monopoly but nobody will ever finish a game with him. Everyone says it takes too long but if you say that, you probably just suck at monopoly. I do not suck at monopoly. I was playing monopoly before I could talk (trying to at least because my family would never play with me). Anyways, we got into the game and the elder that goes hard- got out first. I thought it would be a walk in the park to victory but little did I know, it wouldn't be. Fast forward an hour and I was one unlucky role away from being bankrupt. My only hope was the 1.5 thousand in the middle that you get when you land on free parking. I was three spaces from free parking and decided to role one dice at a time. Two. What are the odds that I got a one? What ever the odds were, I got it! I was most likely more excited at that moment than I would be at my first child's birth. Long story short, I built some hotels and ruined everyone's Thanksgiving. 


We did get to eat with members for Thanksgiving! This came as a surprise because the rules are kinda strict about eating with families and also, who wants to eat with the missionaries? They made a real good dinner and gave us a lot of the left overs, and some jam they made, and some rolls. I think they were just trying to get rid of food they don't want but I'm not complaining. I am complaining a little because I might be getting chubby. 


My companion and I have our fair share of stupid moments. Yesterday, my companion had the most stupidest moment of all🤭 we were knocking a door and a guy came to the door with his dog. He had not opened the screen door (which was dark and hard to see through) so my companion *clearly* did not see the dog. When the guy said "can you be chill" twice, my companion responded both times with "uh yea!". I quickly tell him that the guy is talking to his dog and he looks at me all confused. Anyways the guy was nice about it but he wasn't a fan of the church. 


One thing I loved this week was in Alma 32. This chapter talks a lot about faith. In verse 17 is says "Yea, there are many who do say: If thou wilt show unto us a sign from heaven, then we shall know of a surety; then we shall believe." A lot of people, including a lady we are teaching, want a sign from God to know it's true. Asking a sign from God not only shows your not humble but goes completely against faith. This doesn't mean God doesn't give us signs/mircales but ones faith should not be built on miracles. This is how I see it at least. 


Italian for the week: sei una scimmia (you are a monkey)


Vi voglio bene,
Anziano Lewis


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Cats that like to be held, me lookin awkward in the district photo, chicken socks, post monopoly, meme I like