Anyways, the rules
have been changed, so I can email anyone outside my mission boundary
(and anyone in that isn't male inside mission boundaries). At least, I
believe the rules cover all that. So, if people wouldn't write, they
could email. But I like getting letters a lot more. So spread that
around with subtly.
I'm serving in the
Glendora 5th and YSA ward! Perfect for me, right? I've only taught one
discussion so far actually. It was to two recent converts...who happen
to be nine and twelve year old boys.
They are exactly how
you would imagine. Great questions. Impossible. Deep doctrine. But
creative.On resurrection: "So will all our hair come back out of the
drains..etc?" On eternal families: "What if I get divorced then I get a
girlfriend[after death] and then..?" And such.
Did you know there
are all sorts of missionary lingo? If someone is your "baby", then you
trained them. A "mama" is the person who trained you. "Whitewash" means
that two elders leave at the same time and "pinkwash" means they are
replaced by sisters. You "die" when you leave. And you are "killed" by
your last companion. If you train someone and then they train someone,
the person is your "grandchild" and you are their "grandparent". You may
even become a "great-grandparent". It's kind of crazy because we aren't
actually allowed to use slang according to the white handbook, and yet
we have our own missionary language. Yes.
We went door knocking
and that was an adventure. People were not very nice all the time. One
man opened his door, shook his finger, and then shut the door. Some
woman's dogs were barking at us from the other side and she's like "I'm
sick". She sounded perfectly healthy to me. We did have a good
conversation with one girl, but she still said "no". Funnily enough, the
teenagers are a lot more polite and open to us than the grown ups. But
it's okay. We knocked on the door of this lady the other day who was
korean. And asked if we could share a thought. So I read the one about
God so loving the world. And I told her my limited knowledge of Korean
words. She told us she didn't believe in Christ and that it didn't
matter much if God existed because she didn't think he would love us if
there is so much bad. So we talked to her a bit about the plan of
salvation. Her husband's anti-christian but we invited her to pray and
Sister Wheatley(my
companion) promised that God would help soften her husband's heart. But
we haven't heard from her yet. There's still hope though! And it's
always planting seeds.
...Which by the way
reminds me of a man I met at conference. He's from the Phillippines and
is getting baptized this Sunday(or Saturday?). But his testimony was
awesome and he was absolutely glowing with the light of Christ! YES! He
said he kept having these Mormon friends throughout his life and there
was something special about them. So, one day he decided to learn more
basically.
My district is all
Elders with me and my companion. And the rest of my zone is elders too. I
guess my group coming out is among the first group of half sisters out,
so it's really male-dominated. Which is fine, but the elders are pretty
immature. They are trying though(for the most part) so kudos for that!
Anyways, rumors can be true. But it's pretty interesting out here.
This is what was left
of my district as we started our journey out to California. All five of
us are in the same mission. The rest left the day before for the hot
Arizona weather. So sad.
Anyways, love you! Be good out there. Write me. Tell people to write me.
And some more pics from the MTC. Haven't taken any in California yet, sorry!
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