This
week was a good one. My new companion, Elder Salter, is great. He's
from Canada. So that's really cool. It's been a fun couple of days with
him. It's gonna be a good 6 weeks.
In other
news, my glasses broke the other day. We were playing indoor soccer
during exercise time, and I scored several goals but that's unrelated.
At one point though another Elder was trying to get the ball from me and
I guess his shoulder went into my face and it broke my glasses. It's
inspired me to write a poem though. So I hope you enjoy. I've titled it
"My Glasses."
Oh how much I loved my glasses
Though they broke playing soccer, I still made some great passes
Not tape, not glue, not even molasses
Could fix my poor little pair of glasses
It's still a work in progress. Obviously it's not ready to publish yet, but it'll get there.
Anyway, it's been interesting adjusting to now only covering half the Ward and to sharing the Ward with Sister missionaries.
We
also did a ton of service this week as well, which was a lot of fun. We
helped an organization that provides food for those in need, provide
food for those in need. We also raked up some weeds another day. And
another day we helped some people get rid of some junk. That pretty much
consisted of going through junk, and finding out which junk the lady
wanted to keep and which junk she actually wanted to recognize as junk
and throw away. This is actually the third time we've helped her with
this. There is just so much stuff in that yard it's unbelievable. It was
a nightmare you might say. She also lives on Elm Drive. Hence the title
of this email.
We've also been trying really
hard to stop and talk with everyone we can. We've also been trying to
contact a lot of people we have in our records.
We
had many teaching visits scheduled this week, and we had many teaching
visits cancel this week as well. So that's always too bad.
The
highlight though was definitely when we taught Omar on Friday. After
making and eating fry bread, we had a really great conversation/lesson
with him. We talked about his baptism and he's still committed and really
looking forward to it. He also really loves the idea of working towards
baptism alongside his daughter Lousiabella, who's also being baptized
the same day. It's just super awesome.
The
Gospel of Jesus Christ is just so wonderful. I've seen many times on my
mission and many times in my own life how following the Savior and His
teachings, brings joy and peace into our lives. It's the joy and peace
that we have made possible because of Him. We just need to live the
Gospel of Jesus Christ and those blessings will flood into our lives. We
don't need to be perfect, we aren't going to be perfect, living the
Gospel of Jesus Christ doesn't require perfection. Because if we
understand the Gospel of Jesus Christ we understand that central to it
is the Savior and His Atonement, which makes possible forgiveness. That
if we constantly do our very best, despite our shortcomings, if we
humbly seek the Savior we can have the strength to change and do better.
That's what repentance is. It's a part of the Gospel of Jesus Christ,
and it's something we do every single day as we try to do better and be
better a little bit at a time.
I love the Gospel of Jesus Christ, I love my Savior. I know He loves me and He loves each one of us.
Well, we have come again to the end of yet another email, and the beginning of yet another week. Let us make it a good one.
Til next week,
~Elder Oswald
P.S. Pictures
1. An artsy photo of a hummingbird
2. Elder Salter looking cool next to an old VW bug
3. Me trying really hard to look cool next to an old VW bug
4. The frog/toad that peed on me
5.
I was going to attach one of us on our bikes except upon further
examination I realized that I look disappointingly like a 7 year old
learning how to ride a two-weel bike for the first time, so I'll hold
off on that one.
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