Week 12- Grumpy Scrooge
Aloha Minasan!
BAHAHA I got a couple “complaints” about how long my emails are my fault, my fault. I just sit down and write and bam I have an essay. Whoops I'll try keep 'em short this time probably we will see.
So we had a Christmas first presidency devotional this past Sunday and honestly, it was really good. I lowkey was tearing up over the entire devotional because I felt super “trunky” and it's only been about 4 months uh oh. Jokes, it was only when Elder Gong told the story about the boy who told his mom that what he wants is a hug and a kiss from her. It really made me miss my parents and family. Which is weird because I was never homesick during college (except for the food) ig the Mish has changed me LOL.
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| Elder Gong's ornament (I want one) |
Anyways Elder Gong talked about something that really resonated with me. Which was thinking about “the new scrooge”. Why do we always think about the old grumpy scrooge and not the nice, cheerful, loving scrooge that had become. When he said that I actually never thought about that and realized I also did that. He further went on to ask us, do we have people in our lives that we still think about as the “old them”? Or even us ourselves? Elder Gong invited us to stop stereotypes, negative thoughts or assumptions and allow our perspectives of others to change. Allow others the chance to change, do not hold grudges. It resonated so deeply with me. I have done a lot of things I regret. To past friends, loved ones, siblings, my parents. And I have had things done to me in the past that I held grudges about and still think of those people in that negative manner. People change. And I'm glad about that because I am given the opportunity to grow. But that goes for everyone. So I invite you all to work along with me about dropping those grudges and past experiences and trying to love and get to know the newer versions of everyone. Without any assumptions or bias. I love you all so much! Goodluck!
Highlights:
-First Comp inventory
-JAMESON'S BAPTISM
-Golden(?) Child
-Cali and the HELLCAT
-Mission Conference
-The Skinner's
-First Comp inventory
-JAMESON'S BAPTISM
-Golden(?) Child
-Cali and the HELLCAT
-Mission Conference
-The Skinner's
First Comp Inventory:
Super interesting because I'm the one who started it but something that was bothering me was how negative my trainer was being. About people, members, other missionaries. Anything seemed to really bug him and it was hard to stay uplifting when he was talking so negatively. But I talked to him about it and he didn't even realize how bad it was until I brought it up. It's other people's perspectives sometimes that help us realize how we are acting. Anyways we squared it out for the most part and he's been a lot more positive so I'm super grateful for that.
JAMESON'S BAPTISM:
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| Baptism! |
First Baptism of the mission and it was awesome. I have so much love for little Jameson and am super proud of him. It was super cool too because Jameson overcame his fear of water for a brief bit to get baptized. As the prayer was being said Jameson started hyperventilating a little bit but he pushed through! I was so happy for him and I was really able to feel the spirit!
Golden(?) Child:
So we got a text from one of the (many) ward Mission leaders saying they met a family at church and they said that their daughter wants to be baptized. The missionaries had lost contact with this family so it was super great to hear! We went over and taught a lesson and saw where her gospel knowledge was at! We need to work with her a bit more but that's all good! It's super exciting and the mom made homemade chicken pot pie WHICH SLAPPED. I ate that up real fast, and promptly had a kanak attack when we got home.
Cali and the HELLCAT:
I LOVE Cali and her family, they had us over for dinner and we had an awesome lesson with them. Cali's little sister reminds me a lot of Leina though (my sister). She was so bossy and a bit rude to her mom but it's all good. It made me laugh, apparently I was her butler and Cali and her mom was afraid that she was gonna scare me off. Honestly felt like I was just at home talking to a younger More energetic version of my sister LOL. BUT, after the lesson Cali's dad offered us a ride and he has a HELLCAT. WHAT THE WHAT, that ride has changed my perspective on cars lowkey. I always thought I wanted to get a vintage car, like a vintage mustang or maybe an old JDM. Nope, I want a hellcat now (if I can ever afford it) that thing went soooo fast the acceleration was crazy. It was beautiful, apparently it was fully modded and pretty sure he said only 25,000 of that model was made. He was offered 150k for it at one point. Anyways it was super cool, the new dream car is probably a hellcat.
Mission Conference:
Me: こんにちはスティーブンソン長老
Him: お、こんにちは uhhhh エリス長老。げんきですか？
Me: げんきです
Him: よかった！
Me: よかったですよ！
Still, pretty cool. I talked to his wife (Lisa) more who asked me where I was serving and why I was in Orem. I told her about my reassignment and waiting for my visa. She asked where in Japan I was serving and I said Fukuoka, she then let me know that Elder Stevenson also served in Fukuoka which I didn't know but was super cool to learn. Elder Stevenson also told us all to lock our hearts.
I also saw Elder McFadden again which was super cool AND HOLY COW jumpscare Elder Wright! Aka JEREMY from a pre-BYU, byu leadership camp thing. (Completely forgot the name) but Sister Harrison, Sister Beazer, and Wilson if you're reading this, YES that Jeremy!
The Skinner's:
I am so extremely blessed and grateful to have been able to have met a family like the Skinner's! So the Skinner's had us over for dinner yesterday. It was super good, it was weird because they had all my favorite stuff. Lasagna, blueberries, grapes. I thought it was a pretty cool coincidence. Then the mom brought out two Christmas stockings that were designed to look like a missionary! I thought it was super cool because the one I got had a bunch of my favorite stuff. I was really thrown off though when the mom brought out Mochi ice cream from her freezer! I was super stoked and it was so yummy,
I felt super blessed. We watched the first presidency devotional with them, and after feeling so much love from the family I honestly couldn't really help but tear up during the devotional. It really made me miss my parents and my siblings because it felt like I was at home with my own family. I think it's a little too early for me to be trunky but it was only for that day, I think hopefully. I felt super blessed when they took a picture of me and my companion, and sent my mom a text after we had left. I love them so much, and I'm super grateful for everything that they did for us.
I love you all Mina san! I hope you're all doing well, special shout out to Rangi! Who loves Pokemon now, I hope we can play Pokemon together when I get back!
Japanese word of the week: きぼう = Hope
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