Week 1 in San Antonio Texas

So I finally made it to Texas. After 3 weeks in the MTC that felt like 3 months I'm in San Antonio Texas. The last couple days of the MTC were a little sad seeing my district go to different places. In 3 weeks we got really close. I know all of them are going to do great things. 

Being in San Antonio I got assigned to the Indian Springs/Evans ranch area which is a little north of San Antonio. The people here are great their nice and like to hear about Jesus Christ but many of them have their own churches they go to. My first half week has been slow there were no scheduled teaching appointments and there aren't a lot of people on the sidewalks or parks to talk to. But this week were going to do a better job of finding people. 

With this new area I have a new companion. His name is Elder Pryde and he's from Twin Falls Idaho. He's a super chill guy and he has a very strong knowledge of the gospel. He's also a quiet person so it's a little weird because were both not really talkers. The members in our ward are also super nice. Pretty much everyday of the month we get fed by members and at church the members are very welcoming. There's quite a few people from Hawaii. Yesterday I met Tua Fale who is the ward mission leader in the Evans Ranch ward. He played football at ST Louis and graduated in 02. And Kai Ellis is in the Indian Springs Ward. 

The best part about my area is we don't have a car (that was sarcastic). I thought San Antonio was all flat well not where I am. Our Stake is called The Hill Country Stake because of all the hills and Elder Pryde and I get to bike those hills everyday in the heat. I'm most likely here for 3 months and I hope in those three months we can get a car. If not my legs are gonna be ripped. 

Also I said getting hit by a car both figuratively and literally. My fist couple days here there was so much information given to us that it felt like I was getting hit by a car. A lot of that in typical Tyler fashion went right over my head though. But, best story of the week is that my companion, Elder Pryde, as we were biking back to our apartment got hit by a lady trying to turn on to the highway from a shopping center. It was a little tap and Elder Pryde was alright we went back out a couple hours later. In the moment it was just a little scary. 

So last week my mom didn't like that I had no pictures so here's some pictures of my mtc companion in front the San Antonio temple, my mtc district, my mtc teachers, Elder Pryde and my bike.