I just wanted to tell you all about one of the craziest days
on my mission! All of last week it seemed like just about everyone we talked to
seemed to be saying that we could meet with them to teach them on Saturday, so
we were thinking that Saturday would be an epic day! Then on Saturday it seemed
like our patience was being tested because a lot of things didn't go as
planned! We didn't end up teaching any lessons although we had something like 8
of them set up! The people either called to cancel or they just didn't show up
for the appointments. Then we got stuck on a computer at the church for a long
time trying to get the program for the baptism the next day sorted out. When we
left the church we accidentally locked the church key in the building, which
was problematic because there were a few lessons planned to be taught in the
church about 40 minutes later. After calling around for a while trying to find
someone who could bring a key over, we got desperate and broke in using a shoe
lace and a library card. Later in the day my companion got a flat tire and
wiped out on his bike, and I realized that I left my waterproof trousers in the
flat when it started to rain. I just couldn't believe all that was going on! I
kept thinking throughout the day that I had a choice to be either discouraged
or to be happy. I decided to be happy, and at the end of the day when we were
out talking to people in the rain after the last appointment fell through, I
found that for some reason I was happy to be there. Lesson learned, you can't
choose the circumstances but you can choose to be happy or you can choose to be
miserable!
Talk to you next week everyone!
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