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Texas Dallas West Mission

Watch 40 videos about the Texas Dallas West Mission— listen to faith-building experiences, cultural insights, missionary tips, success stories, and more. Share your mission experiences to support future missionaries called to serve in your mission.

Texas Dallas West Mission Interviewee 1
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First impressions of areas

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Packing advice

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Finding tips

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Training tips

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Personal study tips

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Teaching tips

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Companionship advice

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Finding stories

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Heartfelt message for mission president and wife

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Crazy weather

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Language tips

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Spiritual MTC experiences

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Funny rejection stories

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Culture tips

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Dog stories

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Transportation tips

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Greatest accomplishments

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Mission prep advice

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Preparation day ideas

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First impressions of areas

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Video 1 - Transcription

I served in Frisco as a Spanish speaker and I would say that is one of my hardest areas I'd say I served in just because of the work. There was not a ton of numbers of people, at least in the time that I was serving at. It was kind of like the dead of winter and so we couldn't go out a ton, but the ward was really, really dedicated and they were really willing. So when I first got there it was kind of hard, but I know since then there's been a lot of success there.

Video 2 - Transcription

I feel like Grand Prairie would be the same as Irving in the sense that there's a ton of work to do and there are lots of places to speak Spanish and all the members are super awesome. So when I first got there we whitewashed the area so we opened up the area.

Video 3 - Transcription

When I first got to my Louisville area, it was kind of hard because a lot of it is predominantly huge rich houses and then there are tiny pockets of like trailer park populations or populations of people who spoke Spanish and so it was just finding those areas. But it was really nice too because on p-days there's lots of places to eat food like a cava. There's the only Costa Vida and the whole mission is in Louisville so it's really really good. But if you go into the Lake Dallas area that's kind of where we found all of our people. So there are tiny pockets of work to be done if you're a Spanish speaker and I think that's really nice.

Video 4 - Transcription

I feel like Irving has so much potential because of the high turnover rate. Like there were tons of trailers, there were tons of places to knock, and there were a lot of people who spoke Spanish in that area. And so when I first got to Irving, we were like,