Because of the stomach monster out week was slowed up
pretty bad. Every chance we had to go out and work no one was home, our
appointments were cancelled etc. it was a long hard week. We spent two
days trying to help a less active member get his drivers license. He has
a visa but apparently not the right kind for a license cause no one
would let him get it. We went back twice. They really cracked down on
the rules for that. Luckily he works for a member who owns a food joint
called BBQ street (place the Dustin's took us to eat, we eat there every
week actually) his boss says he will help him get Permiso de trabajar
(workers permit) after he gets that he can get a license. We focused
on trying to get less actives General Conference. Everyone uses the "I
can watch it at home" excuse. F the member I talked about last
week who we had a really good lesson with promised is three times after
three different visits he would be at the afternoon session and
priesthood well we called him before and he said he'd come and he never
did. You get accustomed to let downs like this all the time on the
Mission.
General Conference
was great! I loved it. My favorite talks were Elder Eyring's about over
coming trials. Elder Scott's for Receiving Revelation, Revelation is such
a important tool for life. Especially as a missionary you need
revelation daily we are constantly seeking that to help ourselves, our
area and specifically the people we are working with. I also really
enjoyed the talk by the 70 who spoke of teaching your kids agency and
letting them use it correctly. I was very grateful for the way that I
was raised and given so much room to grow and become who i needed to be.
I feel like if you as parents would have tied me down I would have not
grown like I was able to. I would not of been as independent or would be
able to be as strong by myself. I really do feel bad for kids
especially those on a mission right now who never had that room or time
to grow. It really does make it harder for them. They don't have to
spend so much time figuring things out, how to act alone how to make
your own decisions. If a child has to chance to grow and to even live
away from home before the mission that is the best case I think. There
are so many kids who come from high school to the mission which is great
you need to be here, but the only reason they are here is because mom
and dad said so and if they don't they will be mocked, shunned and
disowned by Mormon Society which is a huge problem that I am not pleased
with about the Mormon culture. If a child has the chance to live, to
choose to grow then Mission life is much easier and their testimonies
and the reason they are on a mission is in the right place. Every man
needs to be on a mission that's a commandment, or at lest worthy to
serve a mission. I feel bad for the ones who come straight from home and
have no life experience or even a real testimony. You cannot convert
anyone else more than your own conversion. So thank you mom and dad for
raising me the way I needed to be raised. For giving me those choices.
Two more weeks in this transfer! I can make it
haha. its been a rough one, but I'm learning a lot about myself. That's
the whole reason we have experiences that we are not particularly fond
of. We are supposed to learn so I welcome those challenges (I just don't
ask for mountains)
Love you all. Brenen good luck with all the brain stuff you are in my prayers.
Love Tanner
