Pretty good week this week up
in the WKM. About the only thing out of the norm was we had Interviews with our
mission president on Friday. It’s about as fun as it sounds. Every other transfer or so we sit down with our mission president and talk a little bit with him. It
was nice being able to talk directly with the policy man and figure some stuff
out. Always great talking with him. I swear I don't think he knows how to get
mad. It’s crazy.
What’s also crazy is I
now have times where I start thinking in Spanish. While I don't think it will
ever get to the point of totally in Spanish like my friends down in South
America are getting it’s still pretty intense. I still have a little bit of
trouble understanding when they start talking fast or slur words (think
rednecks but Spanish speaking) but it’s come a long way. This past transfer of
my comp not speaking Spanish (because he is an English-speaking missionary)
made it sink or swim but so far I haven't totally drowned yet. It's come close
before but overall it’s doing really well.
I would also like to
take this time to note that the Seahawks are going to the Super Bowl and come
Super Bowl Sunday, I feel like all of Washington is going to shut down. It’s
intense the fans up here. Almost got the Seahawks logo shaved into my hair this
morning whilst getting my hair cut but we decided President wouldn't approve.
Maybe next week just before the actual game.....
This week I have also
had another cool experience that was a little bit more spiritual (although
depending who you ask the Seahawks going to the Super Bowl is pretty
spiritual). The past few weeks I have been running a little bit low on money for
one reason or another and so I was a little bit worried how I would survive the
rest of the month (we get our monthly allowance on the 1st). But as the week
went by, I started remembering little things to save money like getting free
subway for lunch or members giving us ridiculously generous amounts of money to
go buy dinner. It’s great to see how the Lord takes care of us right when we
need it.
And now for the quote.
This week requires a little back story. We had a meeting with our district (a
group of 4 - 8 missionaries serving in a close area, or in our case, the only
towns beyond the edge of civilization) and we talked about teaching simply,
which reminded me of this story. I believe this was last year in Wind Ensemble
when the director asked a student to stand up and explain a concept to the
class for the people that were absent last time (if memory serves I think it
had something to do with balance within the ensemble and those Russian dolls
that stack inside of each other). The student stands up and starts explaining
very long windedly and so by the time said student had finished, the director
had gone to the board and written the following quote. It was hilarious.
"If you can't
explain it simply, then you don't truly understand it."
And with that, I bid
thee all farewell. Until next week!
Elder Vaso (vaso
translated is 'cup' so like 'cup' ferer. My dad is a comedic genius)
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