So this week was a little different. First off, let's talk about how TAYLOR FREAKING SWIFT CAME TO GLENDALE, ARIZONA FOR 3 DAYS. Gah, I love her.
Anyway, now to the rest of my week. I went on exchange to a different area and it was the best thing that happened to me. I was with a girl named Sister Reynolds and she was so cool! Some of our plans fell through so she just sat there and talked to me about how she had all the same frustrations when she first got here and she gave me some really good advice.
Later that night we had a couple lessons. The first one was totally normal but I had to mention it because it was with a black guy named Shaq. He was cool. But the second one was where all the crazy stuff happened! We talked to this girl named Rosie. She is turning 21 this week and she calls herself a pagan. I'm tellin ya, we walked in and she had all these weird oils and rocks and figurines everywhere. She made us smell her death oils and she told me that I should "experiment with air and fire energy" because I would really love it. On her bookshelf were all these spell books and cards and stuff. Also, she read my fortune...or something like that. She took out these cards and made me pick 3 of them and then she read them in order. She said that the first one represented me leaving home or leaving behind childish things. The second card said that I was creating something beautiful. And the third card said there was revelation in my life. So I was like, "BOOM. #missionlife". Anyway, this chick was weird. She told us all about how the first woman was not Eve. Her name was Lilith and she rejected Adam and started her own city because Adam was so stupid and didn't like her magic. We learned so much! But Rosie also gave me some lemonade that tasted weird and I'm not entirely sure it was nonalcoholic...especially since her birthday is coming up and she said she's "getting stacked on booze". So that is a thing.
On Thursday, we had interviews with the mission president. I wasn't nervous or anything but when we got in there, I felt like a terrible person. Just being in the same room as him made me feel like I was doing everything wrong and I started tearing up, which was weird. In my solo interview I told him I was doing fine and he said, "your eyes tell me you're unhappy". I told him I was fine and just tired because I didn't want him to think I was a wimp. When really, I am so tired all the time. I am unhappy around my companion and roommates. But I couldn't tell him that. Anyway, we got home and I went into the bathroom and I had my breakdown. I just cried silently for a while and wrote in my journal for like 7 pages. I am not proud that that happened but I think it needed to because I feel better now.
The complaints this week: I can't listen to my companion eat. Her chewing makes me want to stab something. Is that normal?
I'm starting to realize that my companion has no idea what she's doing like ever. There are so many nights where we drive around aimlessly because she doesn't know where to go or she "doesn't feel good" about the names on our list. I'm like, WE ARE WASTING THE LORDS TIME! Let's talk to as many people as we can! But she won't. I find myself wanting to take the lead in a lot of situations. I want to train someone as soon as my training is done because I see how I could be doing it better. Also, my companion is the worlds biggest drama queen. Seriously, she exaggerates so much. We went to the car dealership earlier this week to get a new key and we had to tell them that the church owned the car. When we came home, she's telling the other sisters how we had a crowd of 10 workers gather around us and start asking us questions. In reality: there were 3 other service workers there in their chairs just staring at us. It's super frustrating because she makes a huge deal out of everything. Whatever.
Good news this week: I found us 2 new investigators this week! My companion told me not to go to this one house and I was like, "well her name is on our list so we need to go find her because I am not just driving around like we do every night". So we knocked on her door and helped her clean her house. She is an old lady and some of her grandkids live with her so we met her 12 year old granddaughter who is so awesome! Anyway, they both listened to us and then said they wanted to come to church and wanted to learn from us again so we are going back this Thursday to teach them the Restoration and they are coming to church next Sunday! I'm so happy! That was the first time I sort of felt like I was being a missionary. I also taught the discussion at our district meeting this week and all the elders came up afterward and shook my hand and were all like, "that was a great discussion. Thank you so much." It was kind of weird but good!
I love my district! It's me, my companion, and then Elders Buckway, Vanderplas, Syndergaard, and Olausson. Yeah, me and my companions have the only normal names. Anyway, my companion won't talk to the elders because she says they're all awkward but I think they're awesome! Today we have a district activity where we are playing volleyball and I have been looking forward to it all week! My companion said this morning, "um, I don't want to play. I'll just keep score because it'll be awkward if I play." I just wanted to tell her to shut up and stop saying everything is awkward. But it's against the rules for me to play with the elders by myself so we will see how that turns out. There's no way I'm not playing! Especially since this morning for "exercise" we took a 30 minute walk again. Grrrrrrrrr.
I know this email is super long so sorrynotsorry. If I think of anything else today, I'll send it to you.
Lots of love and have a good week!
Sister Alex Solomon
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