Mission Week 5: Food, Food, and More Food

We got fed SO MUCH this week. There was a couple sisters from one of Sister Porters old areas that came up to pleasant hill and they wanted to take us to lunch. I have never been given more food in my life. We went to lunch at a Filipino restaurant and it was yummy, but then they gave us all the leftovers (including theirs) and then proceeded to take us to three stores to buy us more food including pork buns, desserts, bread and more noodles. We ended up with 5 BAGS OF FOOD. Actually crazy. We gave a ton to the Elders tho so that was good!

Okok week recap

Tuesday: We had that CRAZY lunch. We also got the chance ti do some service at a refuge church about 15 minutes away. It was really awesome to get to experience it! We loaded up cars of refugee families with food and gave them flowers for mothers day! And we ended our day with yet another taco Tuesday 🤘

Wednesday: We had a mission wide zoom with Elder Wada of the seventy! He's going to be doing a mission tour next week so it was just kinda a prep for it! We had BOTH lessons for the day cancel so that was actually super annoying. BUT we ended up getting the chance to go to the mission home to fix some damage our car had from the previous sisters. Because we were at the mission home, we got to go to the temple grounds (it's right across the street). It was really cool to see how many people walk around the grounds that don't go into the temple. A lot of people know the building but don't actually know what it is and where they are, so that was a super bug blessing!

Thursday: We got to do some service for sister Gordon! I literally have so much love for her she's amazing! She said she always hugs the Sister Missionaries because she couldn't hug her daughter when she was on a mission. So she said her hugs are from our moms! We got the whole district together to do some weed pulling for her! She left out Gatorade, applesauce, cookies, sunscreen, gloves, everything for us. We also got to go to volleyball where we met LEO!! He is so so cool! Sis Loris and Liwai got him as a referral but he's YSA age so they brought him to meet us! He was a Lil scared ti play volleyball, so I sat on the side and him and I talked the whole time until he went to the gym. 

Friday: Nothing super crazy honestly, no crazy experiences or anything super noteworthy. 

Saturday: SO we went to Richmomd to do some visits and we ended up meeting Sue! Shes a member, but we had her records because her ans her late husband served in the YSA. So we swung by to meet her and she is so sweet! She gave us names of ysa to check on. We ended up helping her with some weeds as well. When we were back there she talked about how she was having a hard time enduring and holding on to faith. We talked about the way that God knows our hearts and our desires. Even if we don't feel like we are doing it well, as long as we strive and have that desire, it'll be enough for him. 

Sunday: Sunday was CRAZY! WE FINALLY MET WITH TY!! He so has that desire to be baptized! He wants to be baptized by his grandpa who lives in Springfield, Missouri (shoutout Elder Grout's and Elder Kolak's families). So his grandparents are going to fly out for it!! The elders set him on may 25 but with his schedule it won't happen which makes me sad, but I'm glad we get to teach him! We taught about the gospel of Jesus christ and really focused on repentance and baptism! Two of his returned missionary roommates joined us and it was amazing! The spirit was so strong and he even said he couldn't tell I was training💪💪 you know me, just dropping spiritual bars. We had a lesson with LEO!! He was 40 min late... but he came. We talked about the BOM and plan of salvation. Lowkey we were all over and my teaching was doo doo BUT, he left with a BOM and all three pamphlets and he said he would read them soooo 🤞

Ok this week has honestly been rough for me. I feel like I'm having ti relearn everything, not because I don't know it, but because the field is so different from the mtc. Every lesson goes different, sometimes you never even teach a principle. Today was the first time we even taught the plan of salvation. I'm just constantly doubting myself because I see all these other missionaries do it so well. I just feel like I'm behind everyone (even though I'm literally not). I know I need to keep enduring and pushing through. I listened to a really good conference talk called "Endure it Well" it's from April 1990. One thing it says that I really loved was "Twigs are bent, not snapped into shape". I'm trying to keep that in my head as I go forward and trying to hold that endurance. Well of any of you have advice or have good talks or anything like that PLEASE SEND THEM!! anyways love you all!