Some weeks on a
mission are exciting. Some are long and tiring. Some go fast. And some are
extremely boring! This week was possibly one of the most boring weeks of the
mission. Nothing wrong with that, it’s all part of the work but just nothing of
note to report on. We were all thrown off with the crazy Monday schedule maybe.
We still had a lot of work to do and had some good teaching appointments.
We
have a baptism coming up this week. His name is Emerique and he has been
studying with the missionaries for about 8 months. It’s always exciting to
baptize people that have been stuck in an “ami” stage for a long time. Teaching
him is interesting, obviously I’m a bold teacher (like telling people to their
faces that this is the only true church) and Emerique has a lot of questions
and doubts. So usually he doesn’t like things I say at first, but he always
goes and prays and studies it out, and later all is well. But despite all that,
we are still really good friends. That’s one of the funniest parts of teaching
– becoming friends with people who actually care about the message. Then it
just becomes fun to visit them. Well, if all goes well we will have a baptism
Saturday. Also it’ll be Elder West’s first baptism in the field, so also extra
special for him.
So this week it seems like home life was more exciting for
y’all. I was really surprised to hear about Kaleb’s choice to graduate early.
That’s awesome, and that sounds like it’ll be good for you. Make sure to talk
to the counselors to get it all finalized. It’s crazy but if you’re graduating
early that means you only have 4 more months of high school! In mission time, that’s super fast. Well, best
of luck this year Kaleb!
Seminary sounds like it’ll be a blast for Maya. Docterine and Covenants
is a fun year. I definitely wish I could remember all the church history we
talked about. That knowledge is always really good to have on hand. Like Elder
Walker said in conference, if everyone knew the history of the church and the
story of the pioneers, members would be extra strong in the Gospel. As for the
French class, I’m so pumped to talk to you in French! I’ve joked with the other
missionaries that you’re going to be my French buddy when I get home. haha. Fun
fact about French is that we steal a lot of English words from it. So if you’re
like missionaries, your mind will be blown when you make those connections.
Study hard this year, its super fun being able to speak another language.
A general authority (a seventy) is coming to visit us in two
weeks, Elder Hamilton. So that’ll be exciting to meet him.
