lets do this thing

Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Kin,
>
> So, you seek enlightening on the sweet district title, do
> you? Well, to be quite honest, I don’t really get it
> either. The only explanation I can make up is that we spend
> a lot of time on trains. A lot of time to think. You know
> how my thought process is. Some may call it ADD. Others may
> make reference to ADHD. I, however, am fixed in my mind with
> the determined resolution that…
>
> I think I am going to start a computer company called
> OFTHE. I am typing on a DELL right now and I think it is
> funny how some Spaniards might be confused by that. “Del,
> ¿del que?” Or, “of the, of the what?”
>
> Congratulation Jation! I changed your name so it
> would rhyme. You can go ahead and think there is more to it.
> Kind of like in the bible when all the people receive new
> names because of there new achieved level of awesomeness.
> You have now achieved the required level of awesomeness.
> Keep rocking the boat. Well done Jation.
>
> Is Tara pregnant? I have a vague recollection of hearing
> something about that a few months ago. If so, keep up the
> good work, Tara! If not, umm… get to work.
>
> Time for updates.
>
> After several special phone calls and 4 hours, Ronny and
> his family successfully passed their baptismal interviews.
> They are set for this Saturday at 7.
>
> Here’s the drift:
>
> On Friday we went over with a couple members to put the
> finishing touches on the family. Ronny was absent. This was
> a bad sign. In all of our battles to successfully overcome
> the vices of the bottle, this was the common occurrence. He
> was strong through the week, but along with the weekend came
> the fall. We went ahead with the lesson and said our
> goodbyes. The next day we made time to go over and have a
> little sit down with Ronny. When we got there he welcomed us
> with a big smile and free banana. I gratefully accepted
> both. I thought he was trying to pay me off, which would
> have worked considering my weakness for the wicked yellow
> hoop fruit, but this time there was no need for bartering.
> He didn’t fall! Well, he fell, but in the more literal
> sense. In his words he said that a polish man at work
> insulted him and his mother and he returned the favor. He
> usually just ignores him, but he said he has been way
> stressed out all week from not seeking worldly relief.
> Then the polish man gave him a fist to the face, and he gave
> him 5. Then his buddies jumped in to back up their fallen
> comrade. So, as he said, his hands were full. Ronny is all
> man. On his baptismal form I marked male twice. He said that
> he had to do a bit of extra work because they were all
> kicked out of work and in no state to work.
>
> Then came Sunday. They were all doing awesome. It was like,
> “yeah, we’re getting baptized!” Then came Monday. It
> was like, “we can’t do it!” We finally had the sit
> down. It was interesting, they wanted so badly to do the
> right thing that they were afraid they might mess up. Common
> occurrence. Then came all the doubts. Then came all the
> insecurities. Then came all the things they didn’t like
> about the branch. I didn’t think too much of it until he
> started saying that he just couldn’t see himself doing it.
> I didn’t really know what to say, I knew he knew it was
> true. It was a delicate moment. He didn’t need doctrine.
> He claimed he didn’t need testimony. When I heard that I
> stopped him. I told him that a long time ago Heavenly Father
> had promised me that if I would freely share my testimony
> with others, then it would reach their heart. For a long
> time I didn’t even have anything to share, but I prayed
> everyday that the very little I had been blessed with would
> be enough. I promised Heavenly Father in return that I would
> do everything I could to give people the chance to feel
> something. I would give everything I had because that is who
> I am. I have given everything before, and at times it
> hasn’t been enough, but I was committed to keep doing it
> anyway, no matter what. So, I gave him everything. He
> started to think a bit more about it. Meanwhile I was hit
> with the very same feeling I had when Micheal’s father
> said no. That feeling where I feel like I have nothing more.
> Like I have nothing else I can give or say. So I started
> praying in my heart that my companion or I would me inspired
> to say something. We didn’t get anything, so we didn’t
> say anything. Finally, as he was trying to figure out his
> feeling I had the thought that maybe he had what needed to
> be said. I asked him if he thought he would pass the
> interview. He said that he could say yes to everything, but
> lacked the revelation. I immediately felt amazing. It was
> like the whole situation was out of my hands. Like i had
> done my part and that was enough. We explained that all the
> testimonies he said had impacted him had come from people
> who had received them after being baptized. The revelations
> we receive are not to get us just to baptism, they are to
> help us complete the last step, the persevering to the end.
> We told him the Elder doing the interview would be
> representing the Lord and then asked him if he had faith in
> that. He said that he knew that whatever he was told there
> would be the will of the Lord.
>
> The Lord told him yes.
>
> The Lord told them all yes.
>
> As always, sorry for the rush of the writing. Time is up.
>
> Love,
>
> Sky