On To 5 in Morialta

 Monday: It was a pretty uneventful day for me haha. Got to call my family which was good. And then watch everyone play volleyball. I did play some Bananagrams and Cover Your Assets and won both. So yeah, that's my p-day.

Tuesday: So today was super great. The day started with us seeing Brother Mathers, and then seeing Brother Cross. Both visits were amazing. I love seeing the members of our ward. Then after that Elder Carr took us to the hospital so I could get more X-rays. The doctor told me I'll just be in a sling for 6 weeks. And then get more X-rays at the end of that to see how it looks. Then we went door knocking for a little after that which was good. Didn't find anyone super interested but that's ok. Then we went to see our friend Petra. She always tells us to come back another time and is just too busy so we were expecting that, but she let us in! We had a super amazing lesson with her. The spirit was so strong it was amazing. And then after our lesson with her, we went and saw our friend David. David has been doing amazing. He's read so much of the Book of Mormon and said he wants to come to church. We had such a great lesson with him. And then after that we video called our friend Samuel and had a super amazing lesson with him and one of his friends. It was a super great day.

Wednesday: Today was decent. We had district council, which was ok. Our district is just drama with certain missionaries. But after that, we went out and door knocked for most of the day and found three people who we got return appointments with. So that was a super good. Then we had dinner with the Bennallacks in our ward. Dinner was amazing and we were able to share a message with them. It was a good way to wrap up the day.

Thursday: Today was a good day. We went and saw Brother Turk. He always tries to get us to watch movies with him. It was so hard to stay awake because he always just has a lamp on and he loves to talk. After that we saw our friend Jeff and had an amazing lesson with him. After that we went door knocking and found one person who we got a return visit with. And then we went to go see one of our friends who we've never been able to get in contact with so we were going to drop them but for the first time in two months, they were home! And we had a lesson with them and it went super well. 

Friday: Today we visited heaps of members. And then did door knocking and Facebook work. Not a whole lot to talk about today. But for dinner we went to the Robertsons. I haven't been since she went to China. It was amazing and I really missed her cooking. So yeah that's my Friday.

Saturday: It was a pretty busy day for us. We had English class in the morning with Diego and Leidy and had a lesson with them afterwards. Then after that we went to go see Karl who is the new member of our ward. Then we had a visit with a family in our ward which went amazing. Then we had a lesson with our friend Darryl. We put together a shelf and talked a lot about the Holy Ghost. Then we had a little time for finding. And to end the day we had dinner with Elder and Sister Felt, with the Firle Elders and AP's. It was so good and such a blast. 

Sunday: Sunday was a pretty solid day. We had church, weird I thought that'd stop being a missionary. Jokes. Then we had super fun meetings (said no one ever). Then we went to see a referral an hour bus ride away and they weren't home. There goes two hours I'll never get back. Then we finally had our studies and weekly planning. Then later we had dinner with the Rice family! Dinner was amazing as ever and I didn't blow up their toilet twice this time. And then to end the night we had our transfer call... and of course I'm staying for Transfer number 5. But there were tons of movement. Our district has half the missionaries leaving so we're getting a lot of new ones. Oh and I got called as district leader so I'm excited about that. But here's to 7 and a half months in Morialta.

  Spiritual Message: So my little message is all about the two great commandments...love. Not the gross kissing kind because ew (Hint Hint Hallie Mae), but the super awesome kind that brings people even closer together than the other kind. ["While not easy, it is possible with the help of our Lord, Jesus Christ. He gave this command to love, and He promises His help as we seek to obey it." - President Oaks] I've seen on the mission how hard it is to love EVERYONE. Through slammed doors, people yelling at us on buses or what not, it can be hard. But we are commanded to love and promised to have the help we need to love those that do wrong to us. So my little invitation is to think of someone who you might not be too thrilled when you hear their name and love the ever-loving heck out of them. Because our world could use a little more love.

   A little wrap up, this week was an amazing week. Filled with miracles and blessings. I'm beyond grateful for my support system, aka all of you. Without it, dang this would be heaps harder. But luckily, I have the best family and friends imaginable. Thanks for all you've done for me. I love you all and hope you have a stellar week! 

Barber Shop

Dinner

Dinner with the Felts

Twas the month