Well, I think I've got about fifteen minutes to write this, so here we go. We're in the middle of moving, kind of. For the past two weeks, we've been living in the top half of our apartment with our Zone Leaders, and they just finished remodeling the downstairs, which is where I will be soon. Should be fun, once we get all of the dust, dried paint, and broken furniture cleaned out, and all of our stuff moved in. :P And that's what we've been doing so far today - making the place inhabitable, and arranging furniture, all that fun stuff. The best part, though, is that since it's a new house as far as the mission is concerned, we're getting all the new house perks, namely: New refrigerator, microwave, cooking utensils, tables, chairs, fans, bedding, cleaning supplies, etc. If only getting a new home was always this easy. I imagine it'll take a bit more work after my mission than just buying a house, cleaning it up, and calling president to give me a bunch of furniture and such. Oh well. We can deal with that when we get there.
Anyway, enough about what I'm doing right now, let's talk about what I've been doing this week. The answer is, a whole lot, and nothing at all. Nothing at all in that we haven't found any new people to teach, nobody came with us to sacrament meeting, and we've got zero people on date in this area. And a whole lot in that we've completely cleaned out our Areabook of all the people who weren't progressing, met a bunch of members, got a bunch of meetings with people set for this week, had interviews with our mission president, attended a Stake Conference, had a Zone Council in which we all went and contacted people in the street for half an hour in the same area, went to a Mission Leadership Council, and ate an unhealthy amount of amazing food with members. That, plus all the hours of trying to talk to people, and have meetings, and you add up to a pretty busy time. Which is great, I mean Christmas is only a couple weeks away now, and I started this whole merry-go-round ride in February. So hey, it's been a while, about time I got busy, right? ;)
Anyway, long story short, we're busy, and I couldn't be happier about it. I'll keep you updated with any exciting developments in the work, but for now I think I'll just share a quick spiritual thought, and go finish helping with the house-moving project.
I was listening to a talk by Elder Holland that he gave at BYU, about the Liberty Jail experience. And I thought it was amazing, you should definitely look it up if you have a minute. (Or if you're lazy, like me, here's a link:
Elder Holland - Lessons from Liberty Jail) In it, he talks about how harrowing the experience was for Joseph Smith, and how we can feel his pain in Doctrine and Covenants 121, in which he cries out to God, begging to know why he has been forsaken. However, the Lord gives him one of the most powerful answers in all of scripture. And from it, we learn a very valuable lesson. The worst situations can be the best of teachers if we will let them. And that's the key, isn't it. We have to be willing to learn, even though it's hard. So. Be willing to learn, and you'll be able to overcome anything the world can throw at you. Trust me, and if not me, Elder Holland has a pretty good idea of what he's talking about, I think. ;)
Anyway, that's enough out of me. See ya!
- Elder Blankenbiller
Photos:
1 - Mission Leadership Council, we grabbed a photo with an hermana who was in my companions MTC district
2 - A very tasty lunch
3 - American money - strange the things you miss
4 - Christmas donuts. Don't yell at me, Thanksgiving doesn't exist here. It's the Holiday Season down here
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