It is my firm belief that Satan has power over dogs. Never in my life have I had a sincere fear and hatred for them as I do now. Haha everywhere we go, without a doubt, they bark and chase you!! Is it the white shirt and tie? Or the name tag? I just had to share that. But boy where to begin, where to begin, so much to talk about...
Now for my comp. It's funny how first impressions can change. He's still a great guys and all, but not as... committed as I thought. He likes to spend a lot of time at members homes at dinner appointments, much longer than we need to be there, and just talk. He also says 'legit' and 'solid' wayyyyyy too much. And now I'm starting to say it and its scaring me! Because I'm going to be that weird elder now that comes home saying some word too much. I also found out he talks in his sleep. That freaked me out the first time it happened. Just last night though he woke me up and said "I could either doggy paddle, or float" in the weirdest voice! I wanted to mess with him so I asked which he was better at and his response was "They're the same, I'm the best at both of them." Ha once he said that I could not help but laugh. I found out this morning that my laughing woke him up from his sleep talking. He thought I was the crazy one for laughing in my sleep. Go figure.
Speaking of sleep, I haven't had much lately. I don't know why but I wake up 5-6 times a night now. So i'm hoping it'll all just phase out and I can sleep through the night soundly. I got your package on Saturday. It was awesome!! And for mail, I think the mission home holds the mail and sends it out on Wednesdays and Saturdays. But I guess it doesn't really matter because I only can write back on Mondays. But hand written letters are always awesome, it helps break up the week and it's fun to go back and re read them. And yes mother I would like some more journal pages. But feel free to send them whenever. Okay, now that all the to do's are off my mind, now for conference!
IT WAS AMAZING!!!! Goodness, does being a missionary make it better, or has it always been that good?! We caught all 5 sessions, and I loved every minute of it. My favorite talk was, or talks, was of course Hollands, and then I think it was Neil L. Andersen's talk. He talked about Faith. His hit home the most. I took pages and pages of notes, like it was no-bodies business, ha but I don't have them with me right now. What comes to mind though right now about his talk was how our faith gets tested, or the trials of our faith are a.) blessings and b.) often hide in our weaknesses. It never occured to me that way, how Heavenly Father tries our faith through our weaknesses. Ha it feels like out here every single weakness of mine is exploited and magnified. Even then though when it comes to not being on a mission, when we go through trials and we feel like we're try to conquer it and fail, that can be really discouraging and depressing. The reason though we're given these obstacles is to be given the chance to rely on the Lord more fully. Actually not more fully, 110%. And that's scary. I don't know if I've mentioned it yet but I HATE TRACTING. Absolutely hate it with a passion. My trial I'm going through right now is getting over that fear of talking to complete strangers, about a topic that they feel like they don't need any help with because they've been "saved". It's my trial that is rooted in my weekness. However before we tract I say a prayer to give me strength beyond my own, because I know I can't do it on my own. Have I gotten over my fear yet? Nope. Will I? I sure hope so. But what would be the point of our trials if we overcame them in a night? I'm learning how to rely on the Lord more, and so can you.
Now for ELder Hollands talk, what a power house! Talk about a disciple of Christ laying down the law! (For my Christmas wish list, can you send me a conference ensign?) Also, what do you think about them changing the mission age!!?!?!? That's incredible! I don't think you understand how excited I was for all my friends back home. They don't have to wait as long any more!! And girls only having to be 19?! That shocked me. But I think it's going to get rid of the "Oh if i'm not married then i'll go on a mission" mentality. May I predict the opening of a China mission??? Just sayin. Why else would they need more missionaries? Haha but oh btw I got a letter for Taylor Turley the other day. So friend #2 wrote me. Haha jk. But now for the work out here.
It's interesting that you chose 5 people to pray for. Because that's our goal to baptize for this transfer. So we'll see what happens! Since last week we've taught 4 lessons. Our investigator pool is shrinking though. I'll tell you about A. though. He's a black guy that moved from Cali. Took the discussions there, went to church there, even had a baptismal date, but that fell through. He goes to dialisis because he has a bad kidney. He'll get surgery soon, within the next three weeks to get a replacement. He lives in a trailor park that we ride to, and as we've visited him we've found out that the missionaries in Cali did more of "we'll answer your questions" instead of "we'll teach you". He's really sincere, and is a real deep thinker. He knows the Bible really well, and we're trying to get him to read the Book of Mormon. (He has another couple he's working with and they have a baptism commitment just not a date. Trying to figure out a few life details first.) Then there's a 12 year old boy, named C., from a part member family, who wants to be baptized so that he can pass the sacrament. So we're working with him and teaching him after church. And that's all we have. Anyways I love you guys. Hope you have a fantastic week!!!! LOVE YOU!!
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