This weeks shout out goes out
to the sun. You're a hot one.
With the Ashworths
Week one.
Not knowing where
anything is, and getting lost.
Not knowing who anyone
is, and getting confused.
Not knowing my
companion, but totally working on it.
Not knowing what
temperature it is, and baking on a regular basis.
It was probably one of
the longest weeks in my life. I've always thought about just buying a cheap
ticket at an airport and traveling and thinking it would be the best idea ever.
And I think it still would be, only as a missionary, it's not. Because we're
here to work. And this is the Lord's time. So between getting lost and trying
to find people, it's been a long week.
But on the plus side!
Me and Sister Lutui are awesome. We are kind of like the same person, only she
speaks Tongan. And she's 6 feet tall. But we get along super well, and we're
willing to work really hard in this area. This is a rough area. Not rough like
hoodlum wise, but rough like. It's so hot out here. As Sister Lutui would say,
it's hecka hot. I'm not entirely sure where the word "hecka" comes
from, but it's probably a California thing. Or a Tongan thing. I don't know.
But Sis. Lutui says I'm already basically Tongan. In that I love food and I'm
dark and yeah. I can't remember her other reasons, but language study is super
fun. This week I learned
Malo = Thank you
Lepa = Trunkee (a
missionary who's lazy because they're going home)
So really everyone is
benefiting here haha
I met this lady named
Sister Dryden and I was like "..there's no way this is the Dryden's that I
already know..." So here's how the conversation went
Her: I'm going to
visit my grandkids back east
Me: Are they in
Pennsylvania?
Her: Yeah!
Me: Did they used to
live in Vegas??
Her: ...yeah... do you
know them?
Me: Jessie, Paulie...
Her: Faith, Thomas,
Eve! Who are you??
It was hilarious.
She's grandma Dryden. Such a small Mormon community.
There's a lot of
potential in this area. We have been meeting a lot of people who are super nice
and open. The sisters who were here last did a pretty good job. But this area
is great! Besides the heat. That's the only thing that might kill me this
transfer haha. But the ward is SO big that we have two sets of missionaries. So
the Elders are on bike and we have a car. They have like the actual city of
Brentwood. We cover the outside of it, which is still in the ward boundary, so
there's the other side of Clayton (it's Marsh Creek and when you drive down
from Clayton you end up here!), Byron (farm country), and Discovery Bay (where
the rich people live). It's crazy. It's a huge area. If we tried to travel from
one end to the other, it would take us at least 40 minutes. But where the farms
are, it's seriously all fruit. Everyone's advertising that we can go pick our own
fruit. I guess it's kind of cool.
This week's spiritual
thought is about Ether. It's like one of the craziest books in the Book of
Mormon because everyone dies within pages. So then, I'm flipping through this
book. Reading it, loving it. And so there's this guy called the brother of
Jared. And God tells him to build a boat. And we're told at least 5 times that
this thing is "tight like unto a dish." And first of all, I guess
that's pretty tight, assuming these things are meant to hold water. Can't spill
any. And then I read this (it's Ether 6:7)
7 And it came to pass that when they were buried in the deep there was no water that could hurt them, their vessels being tight like unto a dish, and also they were tight like unto the ark of Noah;
And all I could think
was. Wow. They had to be tight. They were fully submerged underwater. And
that's kind of like us now. Regardless of whether we're aware or not, we're
always going under. The waters are rough and crazy, and so is life. We are
thrown in all different directions with numerous obstacles. Are we doing all
the right things so that WE are "tight like unto a dish"? Because if
we allow the slightest crack, then we are going to be in trouble. So my
question this week is: What can you do to keep those cracks tight?
Love you all
Sister Kwan
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