12/18/2019 Our parade float won 1st place

So last week I sent a picture of the parade float we helped paint. Well this past week the float went down Geyer Springs Road in Little Rock in Little Rock's Christmas parade(?), with us walking beside it handing out candy and invites to our upcoming musical tribute. Well, the float won first place in their parade float competition! Last year they didnt even know they did a competition for it apparently, and still won. So now The Church of Jesus Christ is back to back parade float champs. Hurray, I guess. And no, I do not know what the prize is.

We also had Zone Conference this past week. Because of the busy month, we combined with the North Little Rock zone. We talked a lot about the new handbook. We will be implementing the new changes on January 1st. Honestly the changes aren't that substantial. 

In other missionary work we're still going out and talking to people. We have a small teaching pool right now, but its fixing to get bigger! Glad because it's starting to get a little cool. 

This week's P Day is on a Wednesday because we have the Mission Christmas social. Yesterday the missionaries near Memphis got together. Today the missionaries around Little Rock are getting together and doing fun activities. So that's why this letter is being sent out now rather than Monday

Pics:
1) chilling with this horse. I really like how his/her ears have that sort of shadow. I dont know how it happened, but it's cool. Also Elder Smith, being a relatively new missionary, has a really nice phone camera. This picture demonstrates that. Reminds me when I would be asked to use my phone for a picture early on in my mission because mine was the newer one. 

2) this thick monster truck drove in the parade (picture taken before the parade). This was one wild intersection when we drove through: two monster trucks, a car wreck, and a Hebrew Israelite demonstration all at one intersection. It was a lot to take in. 


3) our district. Also taken with Elder Smith's nice camera phone. 

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