Day: another one where I feel sleep deprived
Pushup Count: 136
Hola a todos! This week has been so long. No one told me that having your first transfer pretty much feels like starting your mission over again. So I'm just out here adjusting to the desert with my new companion, trying to visit every single dot in the area (which is totally possible, we don't have a ton of people). It's been exhausting, but we've seen some cool stuff:
- I got yelled at by a homeless dude in a Panda Express
- "I'm only complaining about people who are stupid"
- I got yelled at by a member who told me I've been doing missionary work wrong
- To all my friends who lift weights: why?????
- We had zone conference! I fell asleep again....
- We have a friend who we're slowly trying to get to church, and last time we met she straight up told us the only thing that's missing in her life is la iglesia
- I somehow had my hand in three dogs mouths at the same time...
- I yelled "Hola, como están!" to a group of black guys 
- Met with someone who was previously on date for baptism, but got dropped... Let's just say there's a reason he was dropped 
- "I keep praying for the good Lord to take me, but he just won't do it!"
- We pulled up to a house in the middle of nothing at night to find a shirtless guy just raking the dirt street
- I got a whole bunch more CD's - I opened up the AAR one to find Guns and Roses greatest hits, so that was a bit disappointing, but I can't listen to them anyway sooo 
- We "stole" a dartboard from a thrift store
- We visited a random house that we didn't think would amount to anything to find out that the people who live there absolutely love missionaries! They gave us cookies and told us the mission used to rent a house from them. He also apparently owns a Lamborghini that we're gonna go see one day
- I tried gumbo... It was incredibly mid
- Dee hooked me up with a Peyton Manning card for free after I told him about Peyton - he's so nice :)
- We helped members of a Spanish Baptist church set up speakers for their live worship music in the park. They were so nice! And they practically praised us for spreading "la palabra de Dios"
- We listened to the Baptist sermon after the music, and the dude was literally talking about prophets and how God still communicates with us today.... If only he knew haha
- I gave a talk in sacrament meeting yesterday and it went super well - first time I've gotten up there and not just read something word for word. I got to follow Joel as he gave his first talk ever. He did amazing, and the spirit was so strong!
- Yesterday we got to drive down the flight line on base with a member and see a bunch of sick planes, so cool
Spanish is coming along - people keep telling me it's amazing for my second transfer, but I'm not sure if I believe them. Except I found out that even my trainer only understands anywhere from 60-90 percent of what people are saying, so that was comforting. Lately I've just been super tired, but I'm doing my best to stay working. I love hearing from everyone, y'all are in my prayers!
Spiritual Thought:
Yesterday I spoke about how the little things we do every day wind together to create a rope that ties us to Christ. So do the little things: pray, study your scriptures, and go to church and the temple, because that's how you build a connection with heaven. And never forget that God loves you more than you could possibly know!
Love,
Elder Page
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