The quickest way to lose member trust is.... 2-20-2023

 ....order a 8 piece chicken tender meal for $16. Last week our ward mission leader (wml) took us frisbee golfing. The first mistake came when my comp made a joke saying "this ain't real golf!" The second most deadly mistake came when he ordered a 8 piece chicken tender meal for $16. Yesterday at church our ward mission leader chastised my comp for like 10 minutes on how to use his brain next time he orders food that someone else is paying for. I was laughing till I realized I got screwed, my comp leaves in 2 days (transfers) and I have to regain member trust because he lost it. I'm looking forward to being out of training, wish me luck as I navigate regular mission life but I'm gonna miss Elder Preece (my trainer) despite the vast differences between us (he's a cali surfer boy who's never shot a gun) and (everything he says is bull) I'm the exact opposite. He was a tough one to learn to love but I sure love him. I love you. 

This week was an interesting one (they all are at this point) I am learning to live life with no regrets, every day I have on the mission is an opportunity and privilege that I am learning to be grateful for. This week I studied the virtue of patience, and goodness gracious I am not a patient person. Here's what I learned....patience requires faith. We must learn that in the Lord's plan, our understanding comes "line upon line, precept upon precept." In short, knowledge and understanding come at the price of patience. Luke 21:19 

I lowkey almost got shot. Pop pop. We were knocking doors and we got talking to an older lady and she was telling us her life story. Her husband peeked through the door and the moment he recognized who we were he blew upp, "get the **** off my porch" he ran inside and started slamming cupboards. I immediately felt a prompting he was going for a gun, my comp had the same prompting we realized later. Wild. Cleaned a garage for a guy that looks identical to Jack Black. My comp burnt his hand on a taco shell. Got a threat that the police were called after I "trespassed" on apartment property. While we were out and about we got a call from a member "hey elders! pull up for an emergency blessing" we arrive and some dude is slumped in the bathroom. I helped administer a blessing while squatting on the toilet, turns out he had a heart attack while he was showering. We used the bathroom mat to pick him up and lower him on his bed, felt like the situation in Mark chapter 2 in the New Testament. Also the other Elders I live with, umm their most progressing friend stole the bishops car and dipped off to California. The weather is bi-polar. I made a granola bar smoothie. Bob was my valentine. And I met someone who placed 3rd in the 800 meter in the Rio Olympics. What's new with you?
 







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