So this week was transfer week
and Elder Ottesen left the house :( but it's ok because Elder Hansen came here
and he's a stud. He's fresh out of the MTC and had a lost puppy look on his
face when he walked in the door but he's adjusting well. We'll break him in
today at P-day ball.
Other than that this week was a
lot like last week. Teaching lots of people from Africa and getting rides for
everyone to church. Which led to the craziest and most stressful Sunday of my
whole mission, probably my whole life because we had 14 people come to church
and 13 of them only speak about 10 words of English. But at the end of the day
it was great to see how happy they were and to see them have spiritual
experiences at church. Dad sent me a thought that helped explain my thought
process that night:
"The more we obsess about
our difficulties, our struggles, our doubts, and our fears, the more difficult
things can become. But the more we focus on our final heavenly destination and
on the joys of following the disciple’s path—loving God, serving our
neighbor—the more likely we are to successfully navigate through times of
trouble and turbulence."
It was pretty easy and tempting
in the moment to focus on the storm of craziness and confusion all around me
and to get frustrated. But when I remembered the reason I was doing this was to
help others feel the spirit, experience the gospel, and be able to receive the
ordinance of baptism, the storm seemed pretty small comparatively.
We also had a great conversation
with this guy last night who believed in reincarnation and was convinced that
in his previous life he was a 7 foot tall lion hunter in Africa. He told us his
strategies for hunting lions on the Sahara. And he also believed that his cat
was a reincarnated leprechaun. That conversation helped lighten our moods
for the night hahaha.
Quote for the day inspired by
Momma Cox:
"There are no freebies. If
you are not willing to pay the price needed for success, you will pay the price
of failure."
This quote is truer than true.
Everybody wants success but too many sit in idleness and are not willing to pay
the price, hard work, diligence, perseverance, etc. that is needed for
success.
"Go and do it"- Nephi
Love ya all
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