WASSSSUPP GUYS!
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| Following tradition, Elder Roderick burns a shirt on his HUMP DAY! |
As usual, this
week was amazing! We had zone conference with two zones in the mission so I got
to see a ton of friends and mingle with everyone. President Bennion was awesome
too! He and Sister Bennion each gave amazing trainings and they really inspired
everyone. Since they arrived in Georgia, they have already changed so much. I remember
when they first arrived and we had a huge conference to meet them, and all of the
zone leaders met with them before the conference to talk about what would
happen. Ha Ha! President couldn't stop shaking because he was so nervous. Now
he just walks around like a real OG and kills it! It's amazing what the Lord
does to His chosen servants!
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| Gotta have some fun, right? |
During the
week we provided a lot of service for members. Since there are four of us, and
I've learned to "be patient" and always wait to be the LAST person to
get an assignment because the final assignment is usually the easiest. LoL. So,
on Thursday I was in charge of painting and, you know me...it eventually got
out of hand. We ended up putting our hands in the paint and putting huge
handprints on our faces and having a paint fight. Ha Ha! Crap! Gotta have
some fun, right?
We also
had some promising lessons with the few investigators that we do happen to have.
The first lesson, on Saturday, was with a Laotian girl named Emile. She's 19
and considers herself Buddhist but she believes in Heavenly Father and Jesus
Christ because she's felt their influence in her life. She's a really smart girl
and wants to find the truth. Prior to meeting with us she did a ton
of research on her own and she created two full pages of questions for us. So,
when we taught her we were able to answer some of them and the Spirit was super
strong. She should be coming to church next week.
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| Who's counting? 19 months... 1 year... 1 month |
Yesterday
we also had a great lesson with a girl named Cassandra. She is living in
Cornelia with her sister until she moves back to New York next Monday. She was
really interested in learning more so we taught her and it was the best lesson
we've taught in this area so far. By the end of the lesson she begged me
for a Book of Mormon and I couldn’t help but think, "Calm down lady. You
can have it. It's free." Ha Ha! Then she basically committed herself to be
baptized. After we left she texted us and asked when our next appointment was
so she could write it down, and she told us she wants to know as much as she
can before she leaves. If only she were staying here! Some lucky Elders in
New York will be receiving a nice phone call!
Thursday
was my big YEAR MARK! Elder Larsen and I
had dinner with a really nice couple in the ward and they fed us amazing food! I waited until Saturday to
burn a shirt because Saturday was Elder Larsen's 1-month mark (how cute) and Elder
Anderson's 19-month mark (even cuter!).
So, we all burned things together. It was great! We just sat back and
reminisced on the memories of the mission.
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| Elder Scissor Hands returns to the scene of the crime. |
The
most....eventful(?)...thing happened on Tuesday though. So, in the
morning we were doing our companion study, and for whatever reason Elder Larsen
felt it was necessary to shave at that moment and he just had to do it NOW. So
he started shaving and I was just sitting there in the bathroom doorway
thinking, "Goodness child! How am I raising you?" Well, my patience
(of which I have very little) ran out completely and I got bored watching him, so
I grabbed my NEW electric raiser and started using the trimmer to cut my
sideburns or whatever. When I started shaving I seriously heard a voice say,
"Get your butt back in there, Elder Roderick." But, I ignored it and I
kept shaving. Then, all of the sudden the razor slipped out of my hands and I
tried to catch it against my face and I heard
"ZZZZZZZ"......................I was like OH HALE NAW. I looked in
the mirror and I accidentally shaved part of my eyebrow off! Haaaaaa! It
happened right before zone conference too! GOSH DANG IT! I SHOULD'VE LISTENED
TO THE SPIRIT WHEN IT SPOKE TO ME. At first I thought, "Well I can just
tell everyone I'm trying to match Elder Larsen because he has a scar in his
eyebrow." But, that would just be stupid. So, I decided that whenever I am
in the ghetto area I will walk around like I have steps in my eyebrow and I’ll
fit right in! Then, whenever I am with the country folk I will cover it with a
Sharpie marker, and I’ll still fit right in! Luckily you can't really see the
loss of eyebrow hair anymore. But, I definitely learned my lesson. When God
speaks to you èfollow Him! Or else He might cut off some of your eyebrow.
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| Elder Scissor Hands strikes again! (circa October 2013) |
Have a great
week y'all!! I love you so much!!
Roddy
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