This week's shout out goes
out to the pioneers still- because I'm assuming they were still traveling at
this part of the year.
But here's my little
rant about pioneer day... why is the only Mormon holiday we have in the middle
of summer? We should put one that takes us out of school. Maybe like a week in
March, because we all know that BYU doesn't celebrate Spring Break. So let's celebrate..
Missionaries. Let's take a week and all go out with our missionaries and love
them. And take a week off.
This weather is pretty
extreme. We were above 100 all week and I think it's supposed to be the same
this week. Pretty crazy. BUT not as crazy as the fact that we had 12 set
appointments this week, and they ALL fell through but 1. It was really tough.
This whole agency business is really killing me. Obviously numbers aren't
everything (I actually get really mad whenever people ask me how many people
I've baptized. That's not even the point of a mission.) but when people are
kind of laying into you because your numbers are low, it's kind of rough. If
there's one thing I've learned so far on my mission, it's that no matter what
you're doing, people have agency, and we can't control that. And as much as
we'd like to do everything in our time, it's all on the Lord's time, which we
have no control over.
The good news though,
is that school starts up again this week! So everyone's home! We've been able
to catch a lot of people and set up more appointments. And remember the Harvest
Festival from awhile back? We all got referrals from it, and we contacted a lot
of them and they said that they didn't want help, but one lady said she could
really use it. She told us that she's currently going through a divorce, and
you could tell from her voice that she is really struggling. We are going to
head over on Wednesday, and I'm really excited because I know how much
this is going to help her in her life. More than just amateur lawn care, but
for the eternities. I'm excited.
We met with Kris this
week, who we helped move her stuff like crazy about a month ago. She's so
sweet. She's between a rock and a hard place, but she has such a positive
attitude. She really is a good example for us. You wouldn't know that she was
struggling until she said something. Always got a smile on her face, she's so
cool. She told us that she's not really into the whole religion thing, but
people change all the time :) haha
Lynda is a hilarious
less active in our ward. Oh my goodness, she's so funny. She told us about how
she can't stand hot headed people, so one time she was at this concert (under
some influences..) and she yelled at the lead singer of the band for not taking
the time to sign something for someone. And she said that she wouldn't have
gotten escorted out for yelling at him, but she did because she yelled at him 6
inches from his face. Man. She's so real though, I really appreciate it. She
has a testimony, she just has a lot of other things going on in her life that
pull her away from church. We're going to start working on it.
Went to the stake
picnic in celebration of pioneer day this week and it was pretty fun. Sort of.
I think the only fun thing about it was how much cotton candy I got to eat. I
miss eating clouds. It was really funny because they had all these kids making
it for us, so they were all up to their armpits in cotton candy, and there was
so much floating everywhere. It was kind of hilarious. And we were sitting
under this wooden structure with benches and suddenly we start getting misted.
Like vegetables. I'm pretty sure that's what broccoli feels like in the grocery
store. It felt nice because it was over 100 but it was probably by far the weirdest
picnic I've been to in awhile. Or ever.
My thought this week
comes from a wonderful Relief Society lesson on "What Are You
Thinking" from General Conference. This quote I wanted to share is this:
All of us, though
covenant children of a loving Heavenly Father, have regretted jumping headlong
from the high seat of self-righteous judgment and have spoken with abrasive
words before we understood a situation from another’s perspective. We have all
had the opportunity to learn how destructive words can take a situation from
hazardous to fatal.
I am sick of dealing
with judgmental people. It really bothers me and I hate that it does but I'm
like. What makes you better than anyone else here? And even if you are better,
what would Jesus do? I'm going to stop ranting before I get mean. But I hope we
can all take a second and check out the motes in our eyes before we try and
pull out each other's splinters.
Love you all!
Sister Kwan
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