I'm not going to lie, the past two weeks have been pretty crazy. Two weeks ago we were supposed to have an emergency change. But the day before we found a super nice room to move to, and things were looking good. So my companion called our president and asked him to let him stay. President agreed to let him stay. Then the rest of the week we got everything packed and ready to move on Saturday. The move went well and the new room was looking nice. The owner doesn't trust anyone and since missionaries are trustworthy, she dropped the price of the apartment to half-price so we could afford to live there.
So Saturday we moved, and the lady who owned the apartment turned out to be a crazy person. I won't go into too much detail, but just know she was crazy. One time when we were going down the stairs in the morning to leave, she was hiding behind a door to an apartment that she doesn't live in. When we passed by she came out from behind the door and scared me so bad haha. I wonder if she noticed that I jumped a little. Anyway she got crazier and crazier, and didn't like the contract we gave to her to sign. Then she took our key to the house away... That was Thursday morning. After 5 days living there, we were literally homeless. Which by the way isn't super fun.
So Thursday we went out all day looking for a new room, but without any success. Luckily the zone leaders have extra beds, so we were able to go sleep with them. It was just a little rough since all of our stuff was locked away in our old apartment.
But luckily it got a little better Friday. We did a service project in the zone leaders area and painted a member's house. Then after lunch we kept looking for a place to live, and we finally found one. We could see God's hand in it so much. We had asked about this house before, and they told us no. Friday we decided to try again, and again a lady told us no. But when we were walking away, a different lady called for us from out her window and told us that she actually was renting out rooms. This room is the perfect size and our church is literally around the corner so it's the perfect location. Then later the room got approved, and Friday night we slept with the zone leaders. Saturday we moved again. So now everything is back to normal and now I can sleep without worrying that I'm living in the house of a crazy lady.
With this experience I want to share 2 thoughts. The first is that with whatever big decision you make, pray to see if it's right and then meditate and listen to find out if it's right. Before I had been praying for us to find a new room. And then when the lady called us to drop the price, I just figured that was the answer to my prayer. I wanted my prayer to be answered right away so I took the first good option as my answer. I didn't take time to pray and meditate to see if this was the right answer to my prayer.....Or else I would've thought and questioned why no one else lived in her building, why she was dropping the price for us, why she wanted us to move in as soon as possible, etc. I just saw that it was a huge room, she was going to let us use her ping pong table, etc. But now I've learned and I will think and ponder more before I act.
The second thought to go along with this is one of my favorite scriptures which is 3 Nephi chapter 13, verses 31-34, which says: Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient is the day unto the evil thereof. When I had the mindset that I only have my Book of Mormon, my backpack, and the clothes on my back but that's really all I need, I was fine. I wasn't stressed, because I knew everything would turn out well in the end, and that God would provide. But when I had a different mindset of where I am I sleeping tonight, its pouring rain and I have no jacket or anywhere to go, I don't have a towel or shower sandals to shower with, I don't have anything to brush my teeth with or do my hair, etc.....I was stressed out, and it wasn't a healthy kind of stress. But with the first mindset the physical petty problems weren't problems for me. So if y'all don't want stress, have the first mindset and realize that if you are keeping the commandments and trying to live a good life, God will always provide a way for you. Anyway, sorry this email was super long, but I hope that since it was more of a story this time, that it didn't bore you out too much. I Love y'all and hope you have a great week!
Dog count: 215 for past two weeks and 6293 total 🐶🐶🐶
Photos: 1)Me and my good friend Elder Lambert whose from my group
2)Super cool jello someone made which had a really realistic rose inside it
3)Funny mural
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