Obviously, the highlight this week was with Elder Holland!!! He is freaking
hilarious, honestly! You think from the general conference talks that
he is super serious always and just speaks super harshly about the
gospel that the members need to repent, but he was super awesome with us.
We got to shake his hand and basically be interviewed by him when he
looked us in the eyes, (advantages of being an apostle). We got to
receive a special training from him and he responded indirectly to a lot
of the questions I had about the gospel and other more specific things.
A lot about the Holy Ghost and he talked about if we do anything on
this misson it's to bring one soul converted to the church - and that
one soul is yourself. Really and truly an awesome experience! He has
some of the brightest, clearest, blue eyes I think I have ever seen in my
entire life, they were crazy. Here are some funny mimes that the
missionaries sent around. The area president also talked, but really and
truly we were all thinking this. hahahahah
He
gave us homework to study: Moroni 7 because he opened it up to questions
and someone asked about how we can love others like our family, then he
gave us this to do.
He also talked about what we should pray about,
which needs to consist of at least 2 things:
1. Constant reference to repentance and forgiveness that we may forgive others and that we ask God for forgiveness.
2. Live worthily of the company of the Holy Ghost
I
thought it was really interesting because he said the most under
honored principle in the gospel is the companionship of the holy
spirit.
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Life
in the new position is a different. I get to the office at about 8
every morning and study the scriptures until 9. Then I start doing the
office work. This past week I've been working a lot with passports and
visa problems with the foreign missionaries. I am going to have to go
to São Paulo with another missionary to change his identification. Im
pretty nervous because São Paulo has like 20 million people living
there, its like NYC on drugs. And were not going with a single Brazilian, just three Americans that haven't been to one of the biggest
cities in the world. haha pray for me on Tuesday. The one thing that I'm
learning a lot is computer tricks. It's a little frustrating at times
because my "trainer" makes me learn them myself, but I have learned the
stuff better in this way. I'm in the office from 8 in the morning until
about 5 or 6 in the afternoon then we leave to visit investigators and
families that we are teaching. I most likely will be in the mission
office until February just about 6 months. By that time I'll have almost
a year and 6 months on the mission!!!!
But
overall, I'm doing good! Have a good week! If anything happens during
the week you want to share or ask you can! I'm always on the computer
and can send a quick email to you when I have time.. I just don't have
time for an hour and a half every day. Saturday is my P-day!
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