Hello!
Another week has come and gone, here we are again. Currently we are in the children's section of the library so there are little kids sitting behind me playing games on the computer... oh to be a kid again!
Things have been super busy here in millcreek. This last week we had Elder Evans of the 70 come to our mission and talk to us about a lot of things- he also changed quite a few of the things that we do in the mission- which is exciting!
This coming week Elder Oaks of the 12 apostles is coming to talk to this mission and the north mission!!!! ( I get to see my MTC mission friends!!! woohooo!) I am so excited to hear him speak!
This morning we were able to go help plant flowers on the temple ground- it was really cool that we were able to be on the temple ground for a few hours to be able to serve the lord in that capacity.
I am doing pretty good, this week my goal is to drink more water and to eat right- I realize that when I don't do these things I am a lot more tired and I am not able to do everything to the best of my ability... so thus the new goal!
I realize it is getting a little hard being with the same person for three months straight. I love Sister Diehl but I am grateful when we have exchanges every week because it gives us each a little time to breathe. I have been learning so much from all the other sisters, hopefully they are learning a little something from me too! I usually like to make commitments with each of the sisters, a personal commitment and work commitment, they seem to be going well and they help me to make my own commitments for my own personal progression.
We have been working with two guys who are super religious (non-denominational with a baptist influence) they ask so many questions at every lesson. Sometimes (most times) I get really frustrated because I can't even finish a sentence without them asking all these nity gritty questions. Thus I have been doing a lot of studying to try and help them understand... This last week I may or may not have told one of them that their bible may not be absolutely completely true because of errors due to translation and grammatical misinterpretation- the guy may or may not have gotten really mad at me... ( my comp and the member with us may have been even more livid at me....) not a great situation I ended up getting myself in.... I was able to smooth the conversation over but I realized that sometimes I just need to keep my mouth shut because I am passionate and stubborn. This can be good and it can also be bad... Moderation in all things right?
Missions are funny because they expose everything under the sun that I struggle with/am bad at... I am happy that I still have a little bit of life left ahead of me where I can work to be a better person. here a little there a little. precept by precept!
Thank you for listen to me ramble today, I love ya'll so much!
I will talk to you soon :)
Love,
Em
Another week has come and gone, here we are again. Currently we are in the children's section of the library so there are little kids sitting behind me playing games on the computer... oh to be a kid again!
Things have been super busy here in millcreek. This last week we had Elder Evans of the 70 come to our mission and talk to us about a lot of things- he also changed quite a few of the things that we do in the mission- which is exciting!
This coming week Elder Oaks of the 12 apostles is coming to talk to this mission and the north mission!!!! ( I get to see my MTC mission friends!!! woohooo!) I am so excited to hear him speak!
This morning we were able to go help plant flowers on the temple ground- it was really cool that we were able to be on the temple ground for a few hours to be able to serve the lord in that capacity.
I am doing pretty good, this week my goal is to drink more water and to eat right- I realize that when I don't do these things I am a lot more tired and I am not able to do everything to the best of my ability... so thus the new goal!
I realize it is getting a little hard being with the same person for three months straight. I love Sister Diehl but I am grateful when we have exchanges every week because it gives us each a little time to breathe. I have been learning so much from all the other sisters, hopefully they are learning a little something from me too! I usually like to make commitments with each of the sisters, a personal commitment and work commitment, they seem to be going well and they help me to make my own commitments for my own personal progression.
We have been working with two guys who are super religious (non-denominational with a baptist influence) they ask so many questions at every lesson. Sometimes (most times) I get really frustrated because I can't even finish a sentence without them asking all these nity gritty questions. Thus I have been doing a lot of studying to try and help them understand... This last week I may or may not have told one of them that their bible may not be absolutely completely true because of errors due to translation and grammatical misinterpretation- the guy may or may not have gotten really mad at me... ( my comp and the member with us may have been even more livid at me....) not a great situation I ended up getting myself in.... I was able to smooth the conversation over but I realized that sometimes I just need to keep my mouth shut because I am passionate and stubborn. This can be good and it can also be bad... Moderation in all things right?
Missions are funny because they expose everything under the sun that I struggle with/am bad at... I am happy that I still have a little bit of life left ahead of me where I can work to be a better person. here a little there a little. precept by precept!
Thank you for listen to me ramble today, I love ya'll so much!
I will talk to you soon :)
Love,
Em
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