Wow we really hit week 50 already...
First off happy fathers day to my dad yesterday! Thank you for all the fun adventures and good times, whether I enjoyed it at the time or not hahaha.
I'm going to be honest, the past month I've been back out have been really tough on me. I've been kinda struggling to find joy in the work, or to really feel the spirit throughout the days. I was so in the zone in Australia and it feels like I have to start all over again here. But anyway, something this week kind of changed that. We had a member lesson with the other 3 chinese elders, and one of them, Elder Gibson, shared a scripture that kind of changed my whole perspective, 2 Nephi 5:27. It says "And it came to pass that we lived after the manner of happiness." At first I thought it was kind of an amusing spiritual thought because of how short it was, but it got me thinking after the lesson and reminded me of a couple of quotes throughout the week. One quote is from one of my favorite movies, The Pursuit of Happyness, and Will Smith simply says "If you want something, go get it. Period." Another is from Rebecca Critchley who's been sending out quotes to a lot of missionaries every month, so shoutout for the quote! This was the most recent quote: "Those who move forward with a happy spirit will find that things will always work out" by Gordon B. Hinckley. I feel like these quotes go pretty hand in hand, so I'll just leave it at that with no explanation, some food for thought.
Also some less important but still pretty lit stuff-
•I bought two penguin ties worth $55 each and a pair of Cole Haan shoes worth $230.... for 70 dollars all together. Proud of me? Sorry mom I promise I'll be better with my money but I saved like 270 dollars plus I'm going to look extra fresh sitting in my apartment all day
•My ward missionary leader is a professional videographer, and makes insane videos, hes going to help us and the other 2 YSA elders make sick videos every saturday, so for real SEND ME SOME CREATIVE IDEAS that I can tie into the gospel!! Also stay tuned because we made a video on saturday and it should be up sometime this week on my facebook hehe.
•oh also we just got news that 1) you can wear blue shirts/no ties only if you are spanish speaking or serving on a college campus, and 2) you can visit members under 65 with a set appt. So this all works out for me I guess haha
Elder Ensign
2 Nephi 22:2
Pics-
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| Farewell to President and Sister Holland, they leave on the 29th |
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| My new car... haha just kidding but I got absolutely drenched this day when we were fixing our car |
Not much else happened but heres a video of me drinking a cup of apple cider vinegar for a dare... not worth it
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