Nov. 5, 2018

 Elder Trezise's email for the week:

People think it's getting cold here, but it's only like 30-40 degrees, so I'm doing good. I refuse to put on a long sleeve shirt on until it snows. Sorry to hear that things are stressful, I hope they get better soon. So we had to be inside on Halloween by 6 pm, cuz apparently people dress up like missionaries and do stupid stuff, so we couldn't be outside, to avoid suspicion. But the street I stay on, Pevero, is ridiculous with Halloween. Bishop Carvajal, the man who I'm staying with cooked 3 porks, a bunch of chicken and beef, and made chili, and nachos, and just gave them out for free. It is insane, and our next door neighbor, Bishop Roberts cooked hamburgers and hot dogs and gave those out for free. Pevero was packed full by 5:30 when we left. It was awesome. I have never seen so many trick or treaters on one street.

I hope Ollie is doing good, I miss my little baby.  That wedding sounds cool, and I'm happy for Shayna and her mom. I saw on FaceBook that Trevor came home and Hunter got engaged, so it has been a fun week for the Jensen's. I am so glad to hear all of that. I think Trevor is probably going to struggle a lot with not being a missionary. There is a thing that apparently happens with all returned missionaries, where, no matter what you're talking about, within 15 minutes the topic will be changed back to the Gospel, or religion. I know I have a difficult time talking about other things now. Nothing is as fascinating at the Gospel. There are so many deep questions that I've had that have been answered out here. I am so grateful for this opportunity I have to serve the Lord. This week has been a lot of fun. Elder Nelson and I committed a family with 3 teenage girls to baptism, and another teenage girl of a different family to baptism. Her story is really rough though. Her mom is adamant on her not being baptized, and her dad used to be a member of the church, and actually served a full mission. It was really difficult for me to talk to him even though he was super nice. He smokes and drinks and curses, which is basically why he's not a member. He knows the church is true, but likes being able to break the Word of Wisdom. It was really tough for me to see that. I hope I never fall away from this Gospel. I know it to be true, and know that I'm the only one who can take my testimony away from me. I am really excited for them to get baptized though.

Also, my district leader, Elder Robinette and I went on exchanges this week, and he is such a fun guy. We had a blast. And at night when we were sitting around talking, I of course brought up my friends back home, and Main Event and laser tag, and we ended up creating our own laser tag company called "Laser War," and it's sick. We have like 10 different awesome game modes that would take a while to explain, but my architecture side came out and I drew a bunch of floor plans for them and everything. I haven't finished all the game modes, but a lot of them are done. It's really cool. Anyway. I had an awesome week. I love and miss all you guys!

-Elder Trezise

Later he sent me these photos of a game he is creating, along with the email below:

The game modes and rules are like this : (and I know you probably don't care that much about this, but I'm gonna pretend like you do so I can talk about it, cuz I'm excited :)

1st off, instead of just re spawning where you die, there are buttons around the arena that you either hit or shoot that reset your armor. That way you can't just stand there with someone else and die over and over for points.

War Mode = There are 2 teams of 8 people. The first team gets to go in a little early and explore the terrain and set up traps (like a mine that when you step on shoots laser all over) The 2nd team has to protect a convoy that travels slowly on a track. The 1st team must take an item on top of the convoy and protect it. The 2nd team has better weapons and armor. If the 1st team steals 3 items, they win, if the 2nd team gets 3 convoys across, they win.

Random Mode = 3 teams of 5 people each go into the arena with NO weapons. There are all sorts of weapons hidden throughout the arena. Including swords (we will put little sensors in nerf swords so they set off the armor when it hits the points you're supposed to hit... yeah, we are going all out) 10 minute round, team with the most points wins.

Lava Mode = 10-15 people at a time. Some tiles on the floor glow orange, and are lava. It's free for all, every man for themselves. And everyone has a sword and shield. (The shield is just a foam shield that blocks lasers and swords). 10 minute round, no touching the lava floors, most points wins at the end.

Arena Mode = There are 5 teams of 4 people each. The teams are classes, and classes have different abilities. Medics - Can re spawn after 10 seconds, right where they die. Stealth - Have only a knife and mirror (mirror can redirect laser and look around corners and stuff), and their armor glows black instead of bright colors. Tanks - Take an extra shot to die. Assault - Have machine gun and grenade (its a ball that you can press a button, and a few seconds later shoots lasers all over, and then resets after like 10 seconds). Snipers - Have scoped guns that do more damage.

Fog Tunnels = The fog tunnels are filled with thick fog that makes it hard to see. There are 15-20 players, and it's a free for all with only pistols. There are secret walls that you can push open to go through. After 10 minutes, most points wins.

Castle Siege = There is a large castle with a throne, with a button on it. Blue team has to protect the throne button, and red team has to press it, and keep it red for 2 full minutes. Teams of 10, and everyone has 3 lives. If red gets the button for 2 minutes, or kills all of the blue, they win. If blue kills all the red, they win.

Orb Collection = 2 teams of 6 players. Each team has 6 orbs scattered across the map that they have to collect. First to collect all the orbs wins. Everyone only has 5 lives. There's a third team who's goal is to kill all of the other players. All players on the orb teams are connected to those harnesses like in rock climbing, so they can jump and go super high, and slide across the floor and stuff.

Assassination Mode = 2 teams of 8 players. I team has a player they need to protect. The other needs to kill that player. The protection team starts in the middle of the map and must navigate their way out, while keeping him alive. If he gets out, they win, if he dies, the other team wins. Very little light, but everyone has a flashlight they can turn on and off. Pistols only.

Coliseum Mode = Big circular coliseum. Free for all. Everyone has medieval weapons like swords, axes, shields, etc.only. Only 1 life each. It takes 5 hits to die.

Also, you can do mash-ups, and mix game modes. Like castle siege with only coliseum weapons. Or Orb collection with arena classes, or something. It's really cool though. Like high end laser tag. 

 

Clearly he is having fun besides preaching the gospel :)