Semana Cincuenta (In Which I Recieve Two Christmas Presents Early + Encounter the Wildlife of Allen!)(Allen, TX)

Buenas dias mi gente! (And yes, just in case you've forgotten I am serving Spanish speaking, though I've almost been out a year now and have yet to serve in a Spanish area....... It's all good though. I can read and speak Spanish quite well, I just sometimes struggle to understand what people are saying since I'm never around those who speak the language. But I have faith it willl come.)

But all together, this week was a good one. We had Zone Conference this week in Dallas where Elder Richards and I got to give a 20 minute training on the the area book app, so that was fun. But just doing the zone leader/missionary thing. Lot's of knocking doors in the rain this week. Gotta love it! 

In good news, however, we did recieve a couple early Christmas presesnts this week, which have rocked our world! The first being a NEW CAR! We've been waiting for this car now for months, and the timing could not have been better! (I just feel bad for the sisters who had it before us and are now on bikes, in the rain....... sheesh.) But on a top of that a member in one of our wards we cover was gave us a free elliptical machine they were throwing out! Now we can run in the morning without being those lunatic missionaries running around at six in the morning freezing our faces off! #blessingsfromabove

Also for whatever reason we kept running into all the wildlife of Allen this week, from coyotes in the middle of the city to this crazy white/albino squirrel that kept following us around, to this bird which did not appreciate us photographing his meal, it's certainly been an entertaining week!

But to wrap this up, I thought I might give you a sneak peek behind the scenes of what my daily schedule looks like.....

5:35 AM (Alarm goes off, roll out of bed and pray.)

5:40 AM (Second alarm goes off just incase I fell asleep during said prayer.....)

5:45 AM Study the scriptures for 45 minutes before excercise (Usually personal study is from 9-10, but to the joy of my companions I get up early with them for extra studies. Trust me, they love it.) 

6:35 AM It depends on the day, but we usually go run for three or so miles

8:15 AM Another alarm goes off telling us it's time to get on the District Conference call! (Where we discuss announcements, share miracles, and ask the question of the day.)

8:25 AM Mission prayer! (Everyone in the entire mission stops what they're doing, gets on their knees and prays together to start the day.)

8:30 AM Daily planning! (Pretty self explanatory.....)

9:00 AM Personal studies (Usually from El Libro de Mormon)

10:00 AM Outside and visible 10-9! (That's practically the mission moto..... Though we are allowed a brief half hour lunch.)

9:00 PM (or 9:30 PM if we have a lesson) Roll back into the apartment, say a companionship prayer, read a chapter together in the Book of Mormon (It's interesting because I read in Spanish he reads in English, so it's back and forth.....), maybe some evening excerise depending on the day, more studies, write in my journal. (And if it's Sundays we have numbers and reports to fill out which take forever.......)

10:25 PM Personal prayer and roll into bed!

5:35 AM Repeat seven hundred something times for two years!

There you have it, the mission schedule in the Texas Dallas Mission! (And for all ya'll thinking about serving missions, don't worry the normal wake up time is 6:30, unless you have a punk companion like me.)

Love ya'll! Remember, to go Light the World!

Elder Clark Fox
(The Restored Church of Jesus Christ)
(301 N. Greenville Avenue Allen TX 75002 #45)

P.S- My companion and I are finising up our Christmas card today, so if any of yall are intrested, shoot me your home address!

P.P.S- Don't be afraid to shoot some Christmas cards my way as well! (I'll be here in Allen at least until January!)