1/8/16
Happy Mothers' Day!
Talking to my Mom today and the rest of my family was definitely the highlight of the week. I gotta say though, pushing the big red button in the US President's office that launches our nuclear weapons and starts WWIII is probably a lot easier than pushing that little red one on the ipad screen that ends the Skype call. Fortunately I will never have to go through the former, but I can't say the same for the latter.
This kid is so awesome. He is Sarah's age, 17, and living with his girlfriend in her parent's house. He had the sweetest heart ever. He isn't in school right now because he is trying to provide money for him and his girlfriend by fixing cars. Meanwhile, his girlfriend is going to school so she can make the primary income later on. We met him on a busy street, but he asked if we could go to a quieter place because he said he didn't like lots of people. We talked with him about God, and he was really receptive to what we said. After we finished sharing with him on a dark bench outside of a Buddhist temple, he asked if he could take a picture with us and then walked us to an intersection before we biked home.
I love this paper. This is a Taiwanese person signing up for English class, and next to the 'do you have interest in missionaries' box she writes, "Sorry!" Almost had me in tears.
The other is Zhu Jia Wei's baptism! So stinking cool! The person who helped baptize him is a less active that Elder Humpries and I brought back to church.
Can you see the size of this moth??? I couldn't put anything next to it for proportion because it was up really high. I haven't told you about the centipede huh? Next week ask me. It is a horrible story that will give me nightmares for years
Happy Mothers' Day!
Talking to my Mom today and the rest of my family was definitely the highlight of the week. I gotta say though, pushing the big red button in the US President's office that launches our nuclear weapons and starts WWIII is probably a lot easier than pushing that little red one on the ipad screen that ends the Skype call. Fortunately I will never have to go through the former, but I can't say the same for the latter.
This last week we had Elder Wang of the 1st Quorum of the Seventy visit our mission. It was such a cool zone conference. Other than getting to see the majority of my previous companions, we learned a ton. The best part was he had us roleplay teaching a less active family and asking them an inspired question. We had about seven or eight companionships try it until we finally got it to the standard Elder Wang wanted. It was super tough. My companion and I had the lovely privilege of going first. Doing a roleplay in front of three zones of missionaries is not exactly my cup of tea, but it shocked me when like the perfect inspired question came directly to my mind. Obviously the delivery wasn't there (because six other companionships improved off of it), but what struck me was how clear it came to my mind. It was so obvious to me that it had come from the Spirit. Those opportunities are rare, and I just sat back after we muddled through our roleplay and enjoyed the success rather than the failure.
Mother's Day is seriously one of my favorite holidays. I mean, I love Christmas and I love the Fourth of July, but Mother's Day is just something special. I love seeing all the Mom's everywhere just acting so spoiled. I think mothers should get a few more opportunities to have the spotlight. Mothers pretty much keep the world sane. That's a pretty big feat in today's world. I just think that if there wasn't someone to nag us to be home by midnight and someone to chew us out for leaving our clothes on the floor, there would be a lot more teenagers out past midnight and a lot more clothes on the floor. In all seriousness, I am very grateful for the loving mother that I have. You might laugh, but one of my favorite stories in nature is that of the octopus. I can't remember exactly what species it is, but I have always remembered that clip from Planet Earth. There is an octopus that lays its eggs and spends all day every day protecting and caring them until it eventually starves to death because it can't leave to find food. I've always been touched by that. I think our mothers are incredible. Maybe they don't starve to death taking care of us, but, speaking straight, is there anything they wouldn't do for us? I love my Mom!
This kid is so awesome. He is Sarah's age, 17, and living with his girlfriend in her parent's house. He had the sweetest heart ever. He isn't in school right now because he is trying to provide money for him and his girlfriend by fixing cars. Meanwhile, his girlfriend is going to school so she can make the primary income later on. We met him on a busy street, but he asked if we could go to a quieter place because he said he didn't like lots of people. We talked with him about God, and he was really receptive to what we said. After we finished sharing with him on a dark bench outside of a Buddhist temple, he asked if he could take a picture with us and then walked us to an intersection before we biked home.
I love this paper. This is a Taiwanese person signing up for English class, and next to the 'do you have interest in missionaries' box she writes, "Sorry!" Almost had me in tears.
Can you see the size of this moth??? I couldn't put anything next to it for proportion because it was up really high. I haven't told you about the centipede huh? Next week ask me. It is a horrible story that will give me nightmares for years
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