Not to be a downer, but this week was one of the worst in my
mission. It all started with a text on Tuesday night at11:00 p.m.,
the night before Devon's baptismal interview. He texted and said that he was
not ready to be baptized this week and wanted to be truly ready for it, which
is fine because we want them to be ready and willing to stay committed to the
gospel. The next day (because we were asleep when he texted this) we texted him
back and said that's all right and asked if we could meet with him for a normal
lesson during the scheduled interview time. He said that he couldn't and he was
busy which is a huge bummer since he has never cancelled and not rescheduled an
appointment with us. We haven't heard back from him yet.
Then there is Lok. He was supposed to get confirmed yesterday, but decided against it because one of his fellowship families are on vacation, so now he is waiting 2 1/2 weeks to be confirmed which is pretty ridiculous. Those things put together were just not what you want your week to consist of. Then for three days straight, every set appointment that we had got cancelled. That even included our stacked full Sunday because of the cancellations and date changes.
Elder Bloomfield got sick on Friday, so that slowed down things a bunch and just wasn't too fun. On Saturday night, we went to dinner at a pizza place with one of the cool families in our area. When we sat down, the guy turned to me and asked if we noticed all the dirty looks that we got. I said not really and he said that over half the people were mean-mugging us and looked mad that we were eating in the same establishment. I told him I was kind of use to it by now, because we do turn a lot of heads and not usually in a good way. In my talk that I'll mention more next, I shared this and tried to convey with the members that they are our way into others lives. They have an easier job striking up a conversation and generating a friendship more than two guys in white shirts and ties. We spoke, as you can probably tell, on missionary work. Elder Bloomfield spoke first and talked for 9 minutes and left me with 23 minutes to fill, but somehow I did it. It reminded me of my farewell talk, if you remember, the two speakers in front of me only spoke for 5 minutes each and I had to fill in the rest. I think the talk went well, but I probably rambled a little more than I would have liked.
The one highlight of the day was a fireside that was put on by one of the local stakes. They had a girl come, Al Fox, that is on the cover of LDS Living. She shared her conversion story and told about all the things that she gave up. The whole time all I could think about was what have I given up for the Lord? I thought back on a talk that I heard (but can't remember who said it), but it talked about monkeys that reached for a nut in a jar, but couldn't get their hand out of the jar. There were people coming to capture them, but they still wouldn't let go of their nut, even if it meant saving their lives. There are different things in each of our lives that we have a hard time letting go of our nut. There are sacrifices that we are asked to make, but in the long run it is completely worth it. It can end up bettering, benefitting, and blessing our lives. I really wish that everyone could be there and hear her conversion. Even though we had an awful week, the cool thing is that another week has already started and we will see what it brings. There is always another chance or another way. Love ya' guys and hope you had a fantastic week. I find out on Saturday were I'm headed or if I'm staying!
Then there is Lok. He was supposed to get confirmed yesterday, but decided against it because one of his fellowship families are on vacation, so now he is waiting 2 1/2 weeks to be confirmed which is pretty ridiculous. Those things put together were just not what you want your week to consist of. Then for three days straight, every set appointment that we had got cancelled. That even included our stacked full Sunday because of the cancellations and date changes.
Elder Bloomfield got sick on Friday, so that slowed down things a bunch and just wasn't too fun. On Saturday night, we went to dinner at a pizza place with one of the cool families in our area. When we sat down, the guy turned to me and asked if we noticed all the dirty looks that we got. I said not really and he said that over half the people were mean-mugging us and looked mad that we were eating in the same establishment. I told him I was kind of use to it by now, because we do turn a lot of heads and not usually in a good way. In my talk that I'll mention more next, I shared this and tried to convey with the members that they are our way into others lives. They have an easier job striking up a conversation and generating a friendship more than two guys in white shirts and ties. We spoke, as you can probably tell, on missionary work. Elder Bloomfield spoke first and talked for 9 minutes and left me with 23 minutes to fill, but somehow I did it. It reminded me of my farewell talk, if you remember, the two speakers in front of me only spoke for 5 minutes each and I had to fill in the rest. I think the talk went well, but I probably rambled a little more than I would have liked.
The one highlight of the day was a fireside that was put on by one of the local stakes. They had a girl come, Al Fox, that is on the cover of LDS Living. She shared her conversion story and told about all the things that she gave up. The whole time all I could think about was what have I given up for the Lord? I thought back on a talk that I heard (but can't remember who said it), but it talked about monkeys that reached for a nut in a jar, but couldn't get their hand out of the jar. There were people coming to capture them, but they still wouldn't let go of their nut, even if it meant saving their lives. There are different things in each of our lives that we have a hard time letting go of our nut. There are sacrifices that we are asked to make, but in the long run it is completely worth it. It can end up bettering, benefitting, and blessing our lives. I really wish that everyone could be there and hear her conversion. Even though we had an awful week, the cool thing is that another week has already started and we will see what it brings. There is always another chance or another way. Love ya' guys and hope you had a fantastic week. I find out on Saturday were I'm headed or if I'm staying!
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