Good morning!!
This week was a tough one lesson wise and just finding the motivation. We’ve for big transfer news so I’m super excited for this next one
Tuesday
This has been a long awaited day, when u can finally sleep in my apartment again. The pest control came by and heated up our apartment to 145 degrees they said. I had to take my tech deck skatepark out of there. Can’t risk having my wax rail melted. After they finished we came back and everything was good except it was literally 100 degrees in there. We were in a lesson with a hard core Christian dude that doesn’t plan on joining our church for almost 2 hours. I was pissed my companion was talking for so long because it was a waste of time that we could of put somewhere else. He has managed to do the impossible and make me not talk at all because if I do i get lectured. I’m now an intorvert.
Wednesday
I’ve never been so grateful to sleep in a bed in my whole life. It was nice waking up without red dots all over my body. We picked up some elders today and went to lunch which was nice. We went to the celestial Cafeteria in Costco and got some pizza and hotdogs. We headed over to the seminary to try and teach some classes in the future and I got flashbacks of highschool. It was a trip being around kids only 1 year younger than me.
Thursday
Today was a pretty chill day. We had a huge service cutting down these huge weeds as tall as me. We used these golf club looking tools with blades at the end. I was full swinging my 9 iron weapon at these weeds. I randomly discovered I have allergies here and I was a mess today. I sneeze once and I can’t stop for like a minute. I dropped off my brother’s tagalog book of mormon at the usps store today to ship to him. Dudes got to practice.
Friday
We had a good day today doing transfer predictions in district council. Afterwards we went and ate at Costco of course, they always provide the goods. We had a ton of contacts today and tried to invite everyone to our harvest festival tomorrow. The stake is having a big party tomorrow so we hope to see all our friends there.
Saturday
Today we spent a big chunk of it trying to invite more people to the harvest festival at 6 tonight. We had a good turn out and got some nice food. It’s finally starting to get cooler here and now the highs for next week are in the 70’s. I love Utah weather. Tonight we found our where and who we are spending the next transfer or 6 weeks with. I’m staying here and getting a new companion named Elder Ellis!! I knew him in the mtc and talked with him while riding the train and bus to the mission. He’s a great dude and I’ve always loved being around him and joking around. I’m stoked to see how this next transfer plays out!!
Also I got offerd a ” black and mild cigarette” today. I’ve definitely been offered more cigarettes on the mission than back home. Satan never stops.
Sunday
We gave talks today is church which went really well and it was nice my family got to watch it on live stream. We said goodbye to a lot of people today for elder escamilla. I’m gonna have to be in charge of this area that I barely even know but I think I’m ready for it.
Spiritual thought:
Luke 2:52
“And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.”
I used this scripture in my talk yesterday and it really helped me understand that we really are following the saviors path. He was twelve years old teaching doctors and people at the temple. He grew in wisdom gradually as he grew older. We can do the same as we study and live the gospel. We can be the best member missionaries when we live the gospel instead of just being apart of the gospel.
Elder Willis