So God is probably playing jokes on me or something because
throughout the week I was just thinking "This is a regular week of
missionary work! I'm enjoying it! But nothing really new so I won't have
anything to write home this week about really!" and then we had a little
bit of a situation with the car and I was the one who was blessed to be the
driver:/ but we'll get into that in a minute.
This week we had the privilege of being able to attend
the temple! It was absolutely wonderful and I enjoyed the Chicago temple a lot.
I thought it was really simple but beautiful!
We were also able to do this awesome service project
where there was basically this huge food convention and then we just had to
gather all the extra food and donate it to charity! It was really fun! This
area doesn't have a whole lot of useful service opportunities for missionaries
so I enjoyed being able to do some service.
This week I was also able to go on an exchange with a
missionary named Elder Brimhall who is in a bike area. So the thing is though
it's starting to get super cold! So in the winter the bike area missionaries
use public transportation. So we were riding the bus and the train for that day
to get to our appointments and it was awesome because on the bus and the train
the people have no where to go so they're kinda like forced to talk to
you, which sounds a little crazy, haha but hey I'm glad for the good
opportunity to talk to people about the church in a place where they can't run
away. the bus and the train is how a LOT of people get around here because
traffic is so bad and personal cars are kinda expensive so most people use
public transportation and Uber and Lyft to get around.
So the car thing. These Chicago roads can get pretty
skinny, let's just say that. So we were driving on a road and there were cars
parked every where and I was being a good driver who was going not just the
speed limit, but a little bit under! But the roads got pretty skinny and our
right rearview mirror hit a parked cars driver side rearview mirror so it
definitely was just hanging by the cord. The other cars mirror was just chipped
a little bit and was loose but not as bad as ours. So we left a note on the
guys parked car explaining the situation and our number so he called us and
I've had the pleasure of figuring out that whole situation. So our rearview
mirror is duct taped on right now, and it still moves when you push the
buttons! However, I might be on a bike and a bus and train for the rest of my
mission. We'll see.
This next week will be one of my companions last full
week! it'll be pretty sad to see him go but he is going to go start a new
beginning at BYU Idaho.
Also this week I finished the book of Mormon for the
first time on my mission! I'm super excited to start it again and find a new
way to study it! honestly sometimes these personal studies bring forth such
good chapters that I call "power chapters" that we end up using them
as like a base for some of the lessons we have. its super awesome! I love
personal study so much and am learning to love the scriptures a lot.
YSA is on fire right now and on Sundays we're all over
the place. I love being in a trio because right after sacrament Elder Bolton
and a member were teaching a lesson to someone, I and another member were teaching
a lesson to someone, and Elder Dorminey was helping the people we invited to
church get to know people and start to build some of those relationships. Its
been working pretty well, maybe we'll get another companionship in the ward
eventually :)
I think that's about it for this week, sorry to keep the
letter short but gotta go fill out that accident report, heck yes wish me luck
:)
Pictures:
Us with a member who just came home from his
mission
The mirror...
The efficiency of duct tape
Temple trip
A fortune I got right after the mirror incident
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