We went to the Temple this morning and that's why I didn't email on Monday. You will always get something from me at least once a week, no matter what!
You know the whole thing about you hurting after you do a bunch of things that hurt you? Yeah, weird how that works.
Ok, so last week was hectic. Monday was P-Day, and we played softball. I love playing softball, even though I can't catch anything, and I also can't throw things, but it was still a lot of fun. Tuesday was a busy day that we were supposed to move on, but things happened elsewhere in the mission that were more important. So we moved on Wednesday from our apartment to a new one.
The new one is a 1 bed 1 bath, but its much nicer (do you know what its like to flush a toilet and not have to take the lid off and mess with the float?) and WE HAVE A WASHER AND A DRYER IN THE APARTMENT!!!!!!!!! It's a really big deal. I was spending 45-50 bucks a month on washing my clothing, and now I can do it anytime I want and FOR FREE!!! I am a little excited. I washed my bedding with the right settings for the first time ever. I don't know if it made a difference, but it was awesome.
I washed my pillow. Wish I hadn't done that (it says to wash it with clean tennis balls; aint nobody got time for that).
Ahh... This is the life. Thursday was Zone Training, where the whole zone gets together and the Zone Leaders train us on something instead of district meeting. Well, Santiago Creek was late picking us up, and we ended up being late to the meeting by about 20 minutes. Of course that was the one time President came to our meeting. Did I mention our shower head is up above my head? I don't have to bend over in the shower anymore! The rest of the week was taken by General Conference and things like that.
Somehow we still pulled 11 lessons out of the week, but I have no idea how. We had 6 until Sunday, and then we got 5 in one day. Even with conference. Today we went to the temple at 7:00 AM. We woke up at 5:00, which is really early for a missionary, and I am surprised I am awake right now. I decided in the Temple that I want nothing more than to be able to be in the temple with a wife.
Everything about the Temple is about family and it makes you really think about where you want to be in life. A few months ago I had decided that I didn't want to get married until I had made a little bit of money so I could support us and not struggle. I realized in conference and at the Temple that those struggles are part of life, and that no matter what you do you will still have to go through them at some point. Those trials are part of the human experience, and they are something that helps us grow.
Having enough money to not struggle would be nice, but there is no point putting off something like starting a family just for worldly wealth. I know that by following the counsel of the prophets that my needs will be provided for, and I will not struggle for those things. Life is an interesting thing. I have a business that I love, but I love it so much that I want to be able to share everything about it; the hardships make the success much sweeter. Ok, now for some pictures:
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| The OLD apartment we just moved from. |
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| The surprise cookies from Cookies By Design that you sent me for Easter. So cool that they made a special cookie of my name tag. See how close it is to my real name tag that I attached to the basket. |
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| Sunset in California. |
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| Our investigator named Sid. He went on a temple tour with us. |
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| An ice cream cake I made. |
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| A close up of a moth. I took this cool picture with my great camera. |
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| A month or so ago, a lot of people had been asking me to help them fix their bikes. I got permission from President Bowen to take a P-day and devote it entirely to fixing bikes. Then 13 companionships brought bikes by. Holy crap! We (Elder Herron and I) were able to fix them all with time to spare to go to zone activity and play football. |
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| Cool shot of the temple. I took a lot of pictures of the temple. |
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| View from our apartment. |
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| Sister Hawker and Sister Jensen. |
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| As close to the beach as I can ever get. "The mission ends where the sand begins" |
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| The ocean |
2 comments:
It is incredibly satisfying to observe your children growing up and making good choices.
The pictures are beautiful!!
He looks happy and sounds like he's doing well. It is definitely satisfying to see how they grow, change and mature.
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