Slam Dunk
September 6th, 2010
Dear family and friends, this last week has been awesome! I’ve been thrown full force back into the work and I’m loving it. I spent a whole day on a bike for the first time in months (this last Wednesday), that was cool! But of course it was about 95 degrees that day, so I was sweating like crazy. Thank goodness for sun screen.
We had a visiting general authority this last week. Elder Stanley Ellis of the Seventy. He did some great training at our Zone Conference, he talked about receiving revelation and why that’s so critical to our work. Now I have to figure out how I’ll apply it all. One of the things he said was really cool; he said that even though we’ll leave this conference with many ideas of what we can do, he asked that we choose only one or two to really focus on, so as not to overwhelm ourselves. I thought that was some wise council. I get overwhelmed easily, and sometimes it’s hard to stay focused. What he said will really help.
Sister Ellis spoke before him, and talked about having joy in the work. That’s another great topic. “If you’re not having joy in the work then you need to repent.” I think we can apply that to daily life too. Obviously we’ll go through tough times, but if we’re not having joy in our missionary labors then we need to change our attitude. I know I’ve been guilty of that at times.
We’re teaching some awesome people! David, father of a 2 year old boy, looking for a church (and a job.) Jack, in his 20s, who is Laotion (that is, from the country of Laos) and wants to learn more about God and Jesus Christ. And Senyce, a player for the women’s basketball team here at Sacramento State University. We have a few more people we’re working with as well, so I’m excited for the weeks ahead. Speaking of Sac-State, we live right next to it, so oftentimes we walk over there and talk to people around the campus. It’s a gold mine for YSAs! It’s also (unfortunately) full of girls wearing much less than they should. I’m keeping my eye single though!
I had a sweet experience on Sunday! A girl who just started going to Sac-State this semester came to church with her friend. Her name is Kitty and she’s from the Fresno area. A city called Lindsay, actually. Since that’s in the Fresno mission I said “Oh, I have a friend in that mission! Do you know Elder Glowa?” She smiled instantly, “Yeah! He’s our missionary!” It turns out her family joined the Church not too long ago. Now I don’t know if Elder Glowa was the first missionary, but I know he got really close to their family and helped Kitty out a lot (along with his companion Elder Larson.) Isn’t that cool? Small world, again!
Well, The summer has had it’s hot days, but it’s been pretty mild overall. I’m grateful for that. I’m out of time now. Till next time. Take care everyone!