This week's email-is LATE!!!!! OH NO!!!!!
Well, a good friend of mine has a birthday coming up, and in between getting him a package, trying to get some much needed grocery shopping done, and of course getting slammed with appointments despite it being p day, I wasn't able to get it out to you. I'm sorry. Please don't be all angry and worried at me. I'm OK.
Our main focus in missionary work has been strengthening the ward through less active and part member work. Missionaries are optimistic you see, so we call them less active instead of INactive, even though inactive is probably the better terminology. All of the people we've been able to meet thus far in the area connect with us on a personal level because of similar interests. It's weird, not even one person doesn't have similar interests to either myself or Elder Durrant, so it's very clear to both of us that we were meant to be here at this time as companions. This has been a very spiritually gratifying experience. On the flip side, there are still a lot of struggles involved, one of which was the genius idea to make every Sunday fast Sunday. And yeah, we've had more success since starting that tradition but you guys, sometimes I want to eat breakfast and lunch on Sunday and this makes it very difficult to do that.
One of the people we're working with right now reminds me a lot of mom. She has so many questions, and we've basically been reading the Book of Mormon through with her every Sunday. The biggest problem with this whole thing was finding a place to meet up to study, if you can believe it. We got kicked out of almost every room in the church because they needed to use them, so eventually we all decided to meet outside under a beautiful tree. It was a clear day, so it was a good idea in the end. Anyway, her name is Wendy, and like I said she reminds me of mom or grandma. She would get confused about who was doing what and people's relationships to one another, just like when I watched Fullmetal Alchemist with my mom, so I answered all of her questions when they came up. I got to explain to her that Lehi was Nephi's dad, and why the liahona was important, and what it meant and stuff. It was very fulfilling. I felt like watching FMA with my mom was preparing me to assist in teaching Wendy more about the Book of Mormon, as odd as that sounds. Also, fun fact, do you know why Nephi made a new arrow out of a stick when his bow broke instead of just using the arrows from his steel bow? Because I know why now, and I'd like you to know why too. You see, Nephi's old bow was made of steel, which bends very little. Nephi's new bow, which he made out of wood, was far more flexible, so while arrows for a steel bow wouldn't have worked, a custom made stick arrow would have been long enough to use. Maybe that answered a question or two within you.
Our investigators are doing very well, and as for the two of us, well, we tried to do a jungle hike, but we took an animal trail rather than the real one, meaning that we managed to get lost in the actual jungle by ourselves. It was pretty cool honestly. Eventually, after one heck of a journey, we found the waterfall, and I found a tree to rest on after our misadventure in the wild jungle. So yeah. Pictures explained.
Hope all is well back home. How was Infinity War? Did you see it? (Tanner that was a question for you because you probably did see it huh)
Anyway, that's all for this week.
Bye guys! ( ^ω^ )
Well, a good friend of mine has a birthday coming up, and in between getting him a package, trying to get some much needed grocery shopping done, and of course getting slammed with appointments despite it being p day, I wasn't able to get it out to you. I'm sorry. Please don't be all angry and worried at me. I'm OK.
Our main focus in missionary work has been strengthening the ward through less active and part member work. Missionaries are optimistic you see, so we call them less active instead of INactive, even though inactive is probably the better terminology. All of the people we've been able to meet thus far in the area connect with us on a personal level because of similar interests. It's weird, not even one person doesn't have similar interests to either myself or Elder Durrant, so it's very clear to both of us that we were meant to be here at this time as companions. This has been a very spiritually gratifying experience. On the flip side, there are still a lot of struggles involved, one of which was the genius idea to make every Sunday fast Sunday. And yeah, we've had more success since starting that tradition but you guys, sometimes I want to eat breakfast and lunch on Sunday and this makes it very difficult to do that.
One of the people we're working with right now reminds me a lot of mom. She has so many questions, and we've basically been reading the Book of Mormon through with her every Sunday. The biggest problem with this whole thing was finding a place to meet up to study, if you can believe it. We got kicked out of almost every room in the church because they needed to use them, so eventually we all decided to meet outside under a beautiful tree. It was a clear day, so it was a good idea in the end. Anyway, her name is Wendy, and like I said she reminds me of mom or grandma. She would get confused about who was doing what and people's relationships to one another, just like when I watched Fullmetal Alchemist with my mom, so I answered all of her questions when they came up. I got to explain to her that Lehi was Nephi's dad, and why the liahona was important, and what it meant and stuff. It was very fulfilling. I felt like watching FMA with my mom was preparing me to assist in teaching Wendy more about the Book of Mormon, as odd as that sounds. Also, fun fact, do you know why Nephi made a new arrow out of a stick when his bow broke instead of just using the arrows from his steel bow? Because I know why now, and I'd like you to know why too. You see, Nephi's old bow was made of steel, which bends very little. Nephi's new bow, which he made out of wood, was far more flexible, so while arrows for a steel bow wouldn't have worked, a custom made stick arrow would have been long enough to use. Maybe that answered a question or two within you.
Our investigators are doing very well, and as for the two of us, well, we tried to do a jungle hike, but we took an animal trail rather than the real one, meaning that we managed to get lost in the actual jungle by ourselves. It was pretty cool honestly. Eventually, after one heck of a journey, we found the waterfall, and I found a tree to rest on after our misadventure in the wild jungle. So yeah. Pictures explained.
Hope all is well back home. How was Infinity War? Did you see it? (Tanner that was a question for you because you probably did see it huh)
Anyway, that's all for this week.
Bye guys! ( ^ω^ )
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