Normalcy

 Hello people of the regular world!


This week was super monotone and hard. We had a very small amount of lessons or contacts and its pretty demotivating, but we're pushing through.

Monday: Last pday was pretty boring, just a lot of hanging out. We went to a crocodile farm for my comp, but he only wanted to visit the gift shop. After that we played basketball with another compship so I guess that was fun.

Tuesday: I had my first companions exchange with the DL. We went to his area and did some finding. It was a good day. Nothing special after that.

Wednesday: On Wednesday we met with a tribal leader, or the King of an area. We needed to get permission to proselyte in the area so we didn't get executed. That was pretty fun, and the brother who introduced us took us to a waterfall afterwards. When we came back from that we had no lessons scheduled and barely anyone wanted to talk to us. It started ok and ended bad.

Thursday: Me and Elder Gutierrez went finding for the very first time in Tickyline and had two people say they want us back, but then never responded in the next few days. It was just one of those days.

Friday: This was a rough day, and it didn't help that we got in trouble for no fully reporting on things (I had no idea we were doing anything wrong). So that was a little annoying. It was another rough day too.

Saturday: This was the worst day of the week. All our lessons fell through and we ended up texting/calling 14 different people. Only one responded to the initial message but then didnt to the next one. It really discouraged me.

Sunday: It was my first fast and testimony meeting in the area. There were some nice testimonies and some powerful lessons in Elder's Quorum. We met with two recent converts to schedule a temple recommend interview with the branch president and they were pretty excited about that. It was a nice uplifting experience after the week we had.

It was a tough week. But I've been told by many that its the norm. So I'll push through.

Spiritual Thought: Even though it was a super rough week, I was able to find comfort in the Book of Mormon. In 1 Nephi, Nephi has to keep repeating the same message about God to his brothers, Laman and Lemuel. Even after seeing angels and the physical manifestations of God's power, they fall into unbelief. Even though it's hard to accept, I have to understand that some of these people's time to accpept the gospel isn't now. My job is to plant the seed, and be available to teach them if they ever become interested later. Its hard to come to terms with but I'm working hard to do it.

Much Love,
Elder King

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