Week 32: Spent our lunch hour in an IKEA

大家好！


Not gonna lie nothing really too crazy happened this week, so this email might be pretty short. We had Zone Conference on Friday which was amazing! I always love going to Zone Conference. For part of Zone Conference I played guitar to accompany a musical number, which was my first time accompanying on guitar. It went super well though, it was awesome!

Highlights:
- I ate pizza like three times this week cause there's an authentic New York-style pizza place like 5 minutes from out chapel
- I got to go on exchanges with Elder Shields! He's super fun, our exchange was lit
- For P-Day last week we had a Zone P-Day and all went hiking and then got hot pot. It was awesome, it'd been a while since I went hiking so it was super fun
- My companion Elder Yip has an ankle that he broke a long time ago that didn't heal right, meaning he can't really run on it. So I hadn't been able to go running for exercise in a long time, but on exchanges with Elder Shields we went running and it cooked my calves since it's been so long haha
- Elder Yip and I spent our entire lunch hour working our way through IKEA. It was fire

Spiritual thought:
One of the things we talked about in Zone Conference was conversion. They emphasized the fact that conversion is an ongoing process, and that we're never done developing our faith. That was a good reminder for me, and I think that's such a good thing to keep in mind. Developing our testimonies is a lifelong process that requires consistent effort, but if we put that effort in and keep going we'll receive the promised blessings: an unshakable foundation to stand on when everything else in the world is shifting around constantly. That's such a powerful promise, and I know that it's true! 

Love you all!
Elder Blankenbiller

Google Photos:

Pictures:
1. Zone P-Day hike
2. Don't know how they timed this picture that perfectly 
3. Elder Yip cooked post basketball finding
4. Exchange pizza with Elder Shields
5. Zone Conference







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