Mele Kalikimaka everyone!
I hope you all had a very happy snowy Christmas, that is of course, depending on where you all are. I know in Riverton there was snow on the ground-because I was there! Not in person, but via Skype! For those of you who got to talk to me, thanks for saying hi. I miss you all a lot, and I know that even though you just barely talked to me, you now miss me even more than you did before I called. I know that's how you feel, because I feel the same way. Today, Christmas Day, of 2017, was really a Christmas to remember. So here's my week in review for you all, as well as a little Christmas miracle of my own.
Last week on P-Day I was able to buy a sick Alien hoodie!! It was totally awesome, and totally worth it. The price tag said $35, but it was a cool enough hoodie that I was prepared to dish out the cash for it. When I rang it up though, it was on sale for $13!! Now I didn't even feel slightly guilty about buying it! "Why it'd be a crime NOT to buy it!" I said to myself, "and besides" I thought, "It makes me look and feel like freaking champion!" I was so proud of it that I've included pictures- which I can send again because, well, now we have smart phones!!! That's right kiddos! I'm a smart guy now!
(Well, as smart as someone who was prepared to pay almost $40 for an alien hoodie can be.)
Moving on. The problem with this area is that we are trying super hard to get new investigators, but nobody seems to want to talk to us. Our area, in the Kolaeloa ward, covers a great number of different little towns, and most of our time is spent getting lost on the way to the place that we need to go, and then when we finally do get there, nobody seems interested in our message. Some other missionaries in our zone had straight zeroes in numbers this week. Those numbers being thus:
-Baptized/Confirmed
-Investigators With a Baptismal Date
-Investigators who Came to Church
-New Investigators
It's been a rough couple of weeks, as I'm sure you can tell. But I'm trying super hard to have a positive attitude about it. I want to show the Lord I'm grateful for this lesson in patience and endurance.
Last week on P-Day I was able to buy a sick Alien hoodie!! It was totally awesome, and totally worth it. The price tag said $35, but it was a cool enough hoodie that I was prepared to dish out the cash for it. When I rang it up though, it was on sale for $13!! Now I didn't even feel slightly guilty about buying it! "Why it'd be a crime NOT to buy it!" I said to myself, "and besides" I thought, "It makes me look and feel like freaking champion!" I was so proud of it that I've included pictures- which I can send again because, well, now we have smart phones!!! That's right kiddos! I'm a smart guy now!
(Well, as smart as someone who was prepared to pay almost $40 for an alien hoodie can be.)
Moving on. The problem with this area is that we are trying super hard to get new investigators, but nobody seems to want to talk to us. Our area, in the Kolaeloa ward, covers a great number of different little towns, and most of our time is spent getting lost on the way to the place that we need to go, and then when we finally do get there, nobody seems interested in our message. Some other missionaries in our zone had straight zeroes in numbers this week. Those numbers being thus:
-Baptized/Confirmed
-Investigators With a Baptismal Date
-Investigators who Came to Church
-New Investigators
It's been a rough couple of weeks, as I'm sure you can tell. But I'm trying super hard to have a positive attitude about it. I want to show the Lord I'm grateful for this lesson in patience and endurance.
Anyway, Christmas! I was worried Santa might not come this year, because our house is hard to find, and Santa has a lot of places to drop by on Christmas Eve, and I didn't think he came when you weren't at home and your apartment doesn't have a chimney, but lo and behold, Santa Claus paid me and Elder Lock a visit last night!
I was up pretty late waiting for him too, so I guess he must have waited up for us rowdy elders to get to sleep for a long time. And then he must've been super sneaky! Elder Lock got some unexpected gifts, I got some unexpected gifts. (at long last, the Sony... The beloved Sony a3000!!!!! The camera is mine!) Somehow, Christmas morning was still as magical and childlike of an experience as it has always been. That, my friends, is the true gift of Christmas.
And if it's your birthday today while reading this, happy friggin birthday to you! Sorry that the timing of your birthday sucks... But have a happy one anyway! Just for me!
Merry Christmas! After next Christmas, I'll be singin' "I'll be home for Christmas" And I'll mean it!
Until next week! また来週!
(sorry no pictures taken with the new camera yet, be patient while I figure out how to work it OK?)
Q&A-What do you want to know? Ask anything you like and next week you'll find the answer, and question, labeled anonymously if you'd like, for everyone who didn't ask but still wants to know.
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| My little Christmas Tree |
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| Elder Lock's tree |
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| My sick alien hoodie |
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