We had a good day today. Learned lots of crazy new Korean. Elder BIngham is gonna teach with us tomorrow. I've been thinking a lot about agency and fore-ordinagtion and how they relate lately. Your thoughts would be much appreciated. Dad should look up Richard Himmer! he does research on effective communication. I've heard some of his thoughts from Elder Himmer (it's his dad). It sounds like he's really articulated what makes dad such an interesting and wonderful person to be around. check him out! He teaches at education week and stuff. So cool. We get to teach Brother [korean character] tomorrow. He's ready for the plan of salvation! I'm way excited to get to Korea. Quote of the day: "Small minds discuss people, average minds discuss events, and great minds discuss ideas." Hyman Rickover. Just random. I love you all tons.
2/28 Thursday
Had a good day today. The theme was "be the change you wish to see in the world." I relayed that all the things that bug me about my companion and my district don't matter. I can't change that. All I can change is myself. I realized that deeply. So that's my message.
D&C 11: 21 Seek not to
There's a lot to learn there that I didn't see before. Also, Alex, 42:54 Thou shalt not take thy brother’s
Bam.
Today was pretty funny too. We play a game called, "Are you feelin' tense?" to practice verb tenses. 3 people at the board race to get the right forma nd points are gained of the first and second place. Then there are bonus rounds. The announcer...me...says, "Are you feelin' tense?" in appropriate game chime sing song. Then as we announce the tense, participants race to achieve. Tonight Elder Westbrook was down 17-15-2 when he made an insane comeback with two bonus round clinchers. The score was then 18 -15- 16 with Elder Shaw winning. The final round approached, the tension was palpable. I cried, "Are you feelin' tense?" in an enraptured and serious manner. Elder Hale proclaimed, "I like to read the Book of Mormon."
Whiteboard ink flew as Elders Westbrook, Bingham, and Shaw anxiously scrambled for honor. Elder Shaw finished first but woefully spelled incorrectly. Elder Bingham was next but he had an incorrect marker. Elder Westbrook committed the same error. After an incorrect judge ruling, Elder Bingham miraculously pulled out the spelling of the century and clinched the title of AYFT Champ. The room erupted into cheers and high fives were exchanged. Elder Shaw, the defending champ, sat sullenly in the corner and Elder Westbrook was satisfied with his miracle comeback. After some most likely needed chastisement from the Sisters, we planned our next amazing adventure. I love you all. The church is restored. We can always be happy.
3/1
Had a good day. Taugh a good spiritual lesson. Felt the love. Totally fell asleep for 2 hours during gym time. Gotta figure that out. Gimme your thoughts on the law of consecration! I love you tons.
3/3
Had a pretty interesting Saturday. We taught a Korean exchange student in TRC that go baptized a month ago. her testimony of Jesus Christ was really strong. We were truly taught BY her.
Elder Westbrook had some abdominal pain during gym and got sent to the ER to get hernia surgery if he needed it. he was OK but I went on splits with Elder Himmer. I stayed up til 1:30 waiting/talking with Elder Evans. He loves music and has an awesome story of how he came on his mission. Elder Westbrook got back at 1:30 AM from the ER and we all got like 4 hours of sleep. I'm beat. I've found that if I read the BoM I get revitalized. Super cool.
Elder Bednar's address "Recognizing the Spirit"is amazing. Please read it. It answered so many of my questions.
Today I had a bit of a hard time. I'm still trying to just get into the work. It's tough. Korean is hard and putting in all the time to get good is going to be rough. I guess I've realized that this is going to be hard.
I set a goal not to talk about anything home-related until 9:30 every night. We'll see how that goes this week. I'm struggling to be a good missionary. Every time a doubt creeps in about whether I really believe, I think of all the good people and times and wonderful things I've learned and found through the Church. I think of all the times I felt the Spirit of the Lord. I KNOW it's true. I cannot deny it. And as I work to strengthen my testimony of Christ, i come to know deeper every day that He is my savior. I love you all.
PS Tell Mel and Dave thanks for the muddy buddies and the cards. Super delish!
P-Day Update!
I've been in the boot for 3 weeks today. Still not allowed to walk on it. Hope I'll be good to leave the MTC on time! My calf's pretty weak compared to my other one. I do those weird bicycle sit-ups every day to try to keep it from being nonexistent. Also I started doing pull ups and made a goal to do 10 pull ups a day. I'm getting it too! I also have the best single and 5 lap times on the scooter at 16.19s and 1:25 respectively.
I'm sitting in the laundry room with Elder Westbrook. He's typing away as we wait for our laundry to finish. It's been a long week but a good one. I love you all tons.
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