Meeerry Christmas! I'll say that again
on Christmas. So the reason why I'm doing this on Saturday is because
on Monday, Christmas Eve, the library will be closed.
This week was a good week. We had one
thing that was kind of fun; the training on family history. We did
that at 10:30, ate lunch, then drove up to Wasilla. We did the
training again in Wasilla from 2:00 to 3:30pm; then we stayed there
and helped people print off their pedigree charts while Elder Leota
did some language study with one of the Samoan elders. It was fun.
Then we went to dinner with President Beesley.
We have been helping this family with
their family history, and they are getting really excited. They want
to come to church so they can go to the family history center. It's
exciting to see them progress. She said the thing that was unique
about helping her get motivated was that family history was something
new. The missionaries have gone to her house for like five years. She
would hear the same things taught. Granted, the gospel is simple and
not complex. That being said, she had also been taught the same
principles over and over again. She liked it because it was something
new that she could do that would help her. That has been kind of the
highlight of the week.
We have been sharing Christmas messages
with everybody. We had dinner with a Samoan family, and Elder Leota
really liked that. He was able to speak his language and eat some
normal food (haha). He really likes rice. He always loves it when
people cook rice (haha).
Normally I have had lessons with people
mostly in their houses or at someone else's house. However, we had a
lesson this week at a Barnes and Noble. So we sat down at a table and
taught someone about the Book of Mormon.
I thought is was interesting that I
will be with Elder Leota for both his Christmases and both mine. I
get to help him with his calling card again to call home and talk
with his family. It turns out that he will have to call on Monday
because, ever since they switched the time in Samoa, when it's Monday
here, it's Tuesday there. So, he is going to call them on Christmas,
which will be Christmas eve here. It didn't used to be that way.
Which is kind of funny because Samoa and Western Samoa are like an
hour apart, but they are different days – one's Monday and one's
Tuesday. So it's kind of bizarre. But... whatever floats their boat.
The end of the world came, and... then
it didn't. So that was exciting (haha). We went to couple of houses
where they were celebrating the solstice (haha). I really didn't have
anybody really freak out about it. I thought it would be bigger, but
it wasn't. It was just a normal day, and to people it was just a
normal day. So I wonder what it will be like when the second coming
really does happen. It will probably be much the same way. It will be
like all of the sudden, people will be like, “oh, dang!” If you
are living righteously, you will be prepared, and you see it coming.
But if not, you are not prepared.
I have been studying family history a
lot. Studying is fun. Being a missionary is fun. I know the Church is
true.
Elder Record: Elder Davis, what do you
thing?
Elder Davis: The Church is true.
Elder Record: Yes! Elder Davis thinks
the Church is true. No, he knows it's true, and the book is blue.
We are on exchanges today. Elder Davis
is one of the district leaders.
Oh, it's very cold, but it's sunny so
I'm happy. It's two degrees. It was negative eleven before. It was so
cold. I was dieing.
We went to go play basketball in the
morning. I looked like I was from Hogwarts, because I had my church
shoes on (haha), and my gym clothes, and my pajama pants, and then my
coat that goes over my suit coat, with a scarf on (hahaha), and my
gloves – my mittens. That was kind of funny. I should have taken a
picture.
Anyway, I will talk to you all shortly.
Bye.
Love, Elder Record
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