March 13, 2019
I want to give a personal shout out to my mom for being the person that's been the best example in my life. She has been there every step of the way and has dealt with me for 19 years. Definitely the best mom out there. Rumor is second place is still up for grabs...
This week was a good one! We had zone conference and it was the best one yet! President's workshop was on the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I was able to learn so much and the spirit was so so strong! The highlight was when he had us close our eyes and try to imagine all the sorrow and pain of our life; and then imagine suffering all of that pain in just one single moment; THEN multiply that by everyone who has ever lived, or who will ever live on the earth; THEN multiply that by infinite worlds...and there you have the Atoning sacrifice of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! My mind cannot comprehend His sacrifice, but I walked out of that zone con with a desire to use His amazing gift as much as possible. The Atonement of Jesus Christ really is the most important thing EVER.
On the way back from zone conference, I traveled with my old MTC comp, Elder Linton, who convinced us to purchase the 3x deluxe air con tickets on the boat -- the tickets were only 30 pesos (about 60 cents in US currency). I thought it was just going to be a scam. But I was pleasantly surprised when they took us to the upper deck level, to a room that had a huge tv and speakers, and was filled with comfy chairs that had plenty of leg room. Only 3 other people ended up being in the same room as us! I'm still confused why no one else buys the 3x deluxe air con tickets, because they are virtually the same price...haha. But, I think we might have a new tradition...
Also, this past week I went on exchanges with Elder Baker, our district leader from Canada. We had such a great time and our exchanges started off with a BANG... literally. I was praying as we were leaving the apartment, when suddenly, lightning struck! There was no separation in sound between the lightning and thunder -- it was SO LOUD, but I kept on praying. When I finished my prayer, we opened our eyes to a naked old guy looking at us. Definitely a weird start to the day... Later we got on a jeep, and I wasn't paying close attention, and we went a little too far. Instead of going back to the area we intended to go, we decided to tract in the area where we were let off, and we found an awesome family!! It was really our lucky day because later that night, we got free dinner from a member as we were walking by their house. After dinner, we were buckling in for an hour walk home (because there aren't usually trikes at that time of the evening), when out of nowhere, a trike pulls up and the driver said, "get in, it's free!" So we got a free trike ride back to our apartment! Good times!
The mission is the best! Wouldn't trade anything in the world for what I've learned so far!
LOVE YOU ALL!
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| The blue house is where we're trying to get to, but this guy was NOT having it...had to take a detour |
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