Start off with my man Griffin A!! Welcome to the Ohio!! It is so..... different. In Cleveland, every male, doesn't matter how old or over-weight you are, if you are outside, you have your shirt off! Every female... I can confidently say if they are over 55 has facial hair. It's just so totally different then the west coast, not only in the weather, that's a real switch too!! And with all of these things in mind, I can also say that I LOVE it here!!! Obviously there are things that make me love home a little (lot) more, but it is amazing here in a different way. I don't know how Columbus mission is but, you are going to love it!! Cameron Monahan says great things about it too. Congrats!
Ok, so this week went by so fast!! I have no idea what I did last week but good things happened and that's all I can really tell ya :)
First, I want to talk about Rod. WHAT A GUY!! he's not the outspoken type but he kept saying, "I feel good." "It just feels so good." "I want to call my dad and say it feels good." (because his dad was baptized the weekend before) it was incredible!! We wanted us as missionaries to do the least amount possible for the actual baptism service and have others involved. Elder Houser did the dunking, and I happily witnessed. A recent convert Desmond who is black and from West-side of Cleveland talked on baptism and just bore his testimony on how it has changed his life (so cool). I had the opportunity to play my song for part of half- time (I don't know what else to call it... when those who are baptized are changing and the rest of us are waiting). I played my Come, Come Ye Saints and Come Thou Fount piano compilation and I feel like it went pretty well, especially because people couldn't tell when I made a mistake... Benefits when it's an original composition!! I could feel the spirit and my Saviors love during the entire service! The important thing was that Rod felt it. He knows it. And he is living it to the fullest! He is a great example to me and others who are around him. He is already talking about inviting a co-worker to church and you can feel the spirit burn in him!!
Second, we had a Zone Training Meeting where the main discussion turned into a slightly heated discussion about our goal and how we need to set reasonable goals with the argument of how we need to act on Faith. Just talked and discussed and disagreed...through all of this we were all thinking that we needed to pray about it, but nobody would say it. Then a Sister (of course) just came out with it saying, "We just haven't prayed about it!" And then I said that we have discussed and thought about it in every way except for asking the Lord. (Sorry ONLY FAMILY WILL GET THIS) Of course I was thinking of
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World... "We figured it 17 different ways, and everytime we figured it, someone don't like the way we figured it, so there's only one way to figure it, and that's every man... including the old bag, FOR HIMSELF!" but it was directed by the spirit I'm sure :) then an elder said, "Well, there's no time like the present," and we prayed right then and there about it. It was absolutely amazing! After Amen, we wrote down our thoughts in silence for about 5 minutes and had a quick sharing of what we had revealed to us. The spirit was so strong!! I love the power of prayer! We came to an easy consensus.
The Last thing I want you all to know, is... that I have officially become a missionary :) this is how I know.... I can not talk to girls! I feel awkward when the conversation turns casual, my speech just falls apart. Now if you know me, I DID NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM PRIOR TO THE MISSION! I could talk to almost any female anytime, anywhere! Well, I still can, but it needs to be about the gospel... it's already been a blessing in disguise looking back at it!!
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