Eating around town

I have found a few places I like to eat and some that I will pass on. What is most interesting in this town is all the chicken fast food eateries. By far, Chick-fil-A is the most prolific, more than McDonalds. There is Zaxby, KFC, Cannes, Popey's. Chruch's, and the list is endless. My favorite Mexican is Mama Juanita's until I can find something better. My favorite Italian is Lasagna House but their sauce is a little thick. Since I don't eat much meat I don't really have a favorite in that category but I have been to JR's BBQ over by the fuel station down in the trucking district. But I am blessed to have a Steak and Shake down the road a few miles where I go to treat myself after the temple.

 JR's BBQ

 Inside JR's

 Menu - the sliced beef sandwich was good but the chicken was yuk!

 Italiano!

 Steak and Shake - need I say more

 Mama Juanita's

Halloween and the ward

This was the ward's first ever Halloween party or Harvest something... We had like a taco salad and cookies. I helped by serving the cookies and deserts so they wouldn't all disappear at once. Games and truck or treat after the food. I cleaned up and had a good time getting to meet more people.
Most of these pictures were taken before I got real busy. The church was packed!

 Sister Long our Gospel Essential teacher is in the middle

 This is Sister ?? and her husband as Lady Shadow and Shoulder Angle from Studio C. She really is pregnant.

Local sporting goods store

I thought I would include this great store just up the road from me. They have a 3 story shooting range on the property and a store full of all kinds of sporting, camping, guns and such equipment. It's like a Cabellas or Sportsmen s Warehouse.

This is the shooting range

Getting around town down to Kemah

I don't go particularly very far because the traffic is murder but I have ventured out a few places. One Saturday Elder & Sister Gaughan and Sister Bray and I went to visit the town of Kemah, pronounced Keema, down at the far end of Houston on the gulf. It's like a small boardwalk with restaurants, shops and amusement rides. there is also a short boat cruise we took that goes just a short distance out into the gulf and then back up the delta that feeds it.  It was a perfect day and we had a good time. We ate at a restaurant called Landry's which had real good food but not enough of it. We walked around and visited the shops also. On the way there and back we saw tank farm after tank farm and oil pipe and storage sites. There were so many of them. And there was a giant mountain of slage. All the oil facilities went as far as the eye can see. It was a nice get away.

 The Gaughans

 Pictures of the boardwalk from the boat cruise

 Some of the fancy homes on the waterway. Huge!!!

Pictures of our trip to and from of all the oil facilities and some of the many office buildings

Ponderosa Ward

Our ward is the Ponderosa Ward in the North Houston Stake. It is a very large ward that was just created about a year ago from 2 other very large wards. We meet at 10:30 until January. Then we switch to 12:30. The people are very nice. We have 2 sets of missionaries. One of them is Sister Kyles who is from Blanding Utah where Elder Grover is from. They were best buds. She is leaving in November. Our Gospel Essential sister is Sister Long. She has a very thick Texas drawl and is a great and fun teacher. Our building is next door to our office/cannery complex. So we have the mission office on one side and the church on the other.

Me and Sister Kyles

And these are my co-workers

As mentioned in the last blog, this is sister And Elder Gaughan who were from San Diego but moved to Boise, Idaho just 6 months before their mission.

This is Elder Mathews who lives here in Houston and only works 3 days a week and specializes in resumes. He was in the Air Force and Oil & Gas.

This Steve Stotts, our boss. He is from Texas. He is in the office about half the time. He also has to cover offices in Austin, San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley.

Alex Lamar our other boss who is from Bolivia 

And then there is Sister Bray who is from Payson Utah but also Napa, CA and Oregon.