Elder Matthew Ensign: Week 91: 肉加馍: April 5, 2021

Last week of the transfer! The big transfer news are.... for the 8th transfer Elder Ensign will stay in the green level ward... 9 months already notched out, and a 100% probability I will stay in the area for a full year straight. It's really weird not going to lie. Its definitely a mission record for longest in a row in 1 area

Also a moment of silence... one year ago 2 days ago (saturday) I left Australia and arrived in the SLC airport. It's been a crazy year for sure. I sure do miss Australia and a lot of the trunkiness I'm going through right now is probably me being homesick for australia hahaha. It really doesn't feel like I was home in april and then left end of May. On another note one year ago FOUR days ago I pranked everyone that I got Covid for approximately 5 minutes until some lame guy decided to hit reply all and tell everyone I was joking. Good times good times haha.

This week we got to go over to my favorite chinese members house, Jimmy, and play some ping pong with him in his garage along with have dinner with him. Hes suuuuper good at ping pong, but I almost beat him every time we played. I'll get him next time 🤧. His wife and son arent members but I have a super good relationship with them because we have played tennis together, so once his son finishes up at UNCG for the year I will have to start teaching them more

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I guess I can now address the big elephant in the room- conference! It was sooo good. On Saturday we cooked a huge brunch with another companionship, like 25 big pancakes, 12 eggs, a pack of bacon, and 5 potatoes made into hashed browns. It was super good and all 4 of us ate like kings. Sunday we went to a members house and watched on their dock to their boathouse

. This one was one that really stuck out to me, and mainly for 2 reasons. Before, I would never really WRITE down questions I had in advance and when I took notes I would just take notes of things they said. This isnt necessarily bad but this time I had a bigger focus- I would only write down things the spirit taught me, and feelings and impressions. In the wise words of Elder Bednar concerning note taking "truth be known, do you ever use the notes? No. A month from now, could you find the notes. No. 3rd question- how stupid is that? If however, you record the impressions that come to you by the power of the Holy Ghost... you'll always know where they are. You will use them, and they'll be a treasure to you.... focus on what the Holy Ghost is teaching you, and put down just enough so that He can bring all things to your remberance." I invite you all to re listen to the talks, and really have these 2 strategies in play as you do so, and I promise you will be blessed in it. I always found myself saying "they talk about the same stuff everytime" but when I took it with this attitude, I was able to apply it a lot more. Anyways sorry this weeks email was an essay and a half but does anyone really read these anymore?

高长老 (Elder Ensign)

2 Nephi 22:2

5060 Six Forks Rd
Raleigh, NC 27609

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