December 29, 2014
Hey dad and mom!
So this week I won't really send a photo ‘cuz I left my camera at
home but I will say this, we had a lots of fun this week. We had a huge Christmas
Eve dinner and stuff so we got to see like half the ward in 2 houses and I ate
so much food again, I was gunna explode! We also played some foosball with the
youth and I beat one kid but everyone else whooped my butt in it, like 10-4 usually.
That was Christmas Eve, for Christmas we opened our gifts and thank you so much
for the gratitude journal and the ties/utility knife and the socks, we always
love getting socks. We went over to the zone leaders place and played “rock ‘em
sock ‘em robots” with remote control moving robots and that was hardcore, then
we went to see some less active and other ward members, skyped, got some
freaking glorious southern cooking meal from an investigator and then went to
go see another member and talk with her about her job and how she loves the
scriptures and the stories we shared.
When we were tracting we knocked into a family and they asked about
the way we can find truth and I don't even remember what happened but I talked
about (from what my comp said) the role of the scriptures and the holy ghost and
its role, the next day we got a text that said she wanted a copy of the Book of
Mormon so we are going over today to get the mom one. I’m so excited! We are
seeing Leon, an investigator we have who is really good at the piano and we are
giving him a hymnbook and writing our testimonies in it. He has been reading
the Book of Mormon and wants to come to church but wasn't in town this past Sunday
but he said "as a man of my word I will come" so we are praying for
him to be able to come and always checking up with him.
We went to Shoney's all you can eat buffet with a member and I kind
of ate way too much cheap seafood ‘cuz it was seafood night but we managed to
pull through the night and get back with no bad stuff happening. We also have
another investigator who is a Sunday school teacher in another church and every
time we teach him I feel like the questions he asks always help me learn more
and more about the bible and its history and stuff. Its really crazy how the
Lord helps us with our weaknesses just by putting people in our path.
Today is zone p-day (preparation day) where from 1:30-5pm we are
playing Oompa in the stake center gym (its ultimate Frisbee in a gym with a
football and to score a point the football's got to go in the basketball hoop.)
so I’m kind of nervous about how long I can go and play but it'll be good and
fun cuz I’ll take breaks and stuff.
I realized something in church yesterday with Christmas and New Years
being so close together and thought how that might not be a coincidence because
Christmas is a holiday of remembering something new (the birth of a child) and
the beginning of a long foreseen event that will bring new hope to the world
with the beginning of the ministry and atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ so
that we may all start anew, as well as new years, something that we can see
months in advance and for many the symbol of a new chance or new age where we
can have that opportunity to work on fixing the past or setting goals to help
us change and be better people, just with the atonement and repentance process.
Everything seems to happen for a reason, and new opportunities are
always possible and change for whatever goals we want to achieve (whether they
be setting a goal of losing a few pounds [or in my case gaining] or just being
better people in our society in little ways here and there). Just a bit of
thoughts that went on in my head. Thank you for the photos! And here is one for
the holidays of a picture of me, my trainer (we call our first companion and
trainer father) and his trainer (so this would be my grandpa for the mission)
Love
Elder Day
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