Brooke,
Things are ok... I'm having a
really hard time adapting to all the new rules, new companion, new ways
of doing things, and everything else that has come in the past month or
so.. It's hard. I'm really trying hard to stay positive but this change
has been really getting to me and I've just been really upset lately.
My new companion is from
Yakima, Washington. His name is E. Packard. He's been out a little over a
year and is the district leader which is really weird but it's ok..
Haha! It just seems like everyone in this mission has a script that they
have to go by when talking to people and that's not something I agree
with. I feel that if you're strictly going by a script of something to
say or do with someone, it leaves less room for the Spirit to tell you
what needs to happen next and what needs to be said. The mission is
really strict and y'all know how I am with rules.. I just feel like what
I've been doing the past year and a half of my mission has been good
and now with the change everything I've learned needs to be tossed out
the window and i need to do everything different. I know that's not what
President Harding is asking, but the way he says it and constructs it
in a sentance makes it seem that way..
I don't know, I just need to
figure something out that'll keep my stress level down and my head on
straight and keep moving in the right direction. I've been thinking
about home a lot lately and I almost feel like I'd rather be there then
here.. I know I'm supposed to be here but I'd almost rather be there
because of everything that's going on.
The new area is really
different from what I'm used to as well.. I'm in the Ensign Ward of the
Powder Springs Stake.. It reminds me a lot of a previous area that I
didn't like too much.. There's not much going on here either.. We have a
few investigators but they bail out on us a lot so we don't see them
too often. We're almost not involved in member work at all because
there's this stupid rule called "Power Hours" where we HAVE to be out
finding between 5:30 and 7:30, which is inconvenient for other people as
well as the members who want to have us over for dinner. So we don't
get fed and we don't get over to members houses to ask for referrals..
Missionaries are here to teach and baptize, Members have the keys to
finding and this mission doesn't understand that.
That's super exciting about Emma! I'm excited to meet all of my new
nieces and nephews when I get home! This is the longest e-mail I've
sent home because I just haven't had anyone to vent to about it and I
needed to get it all out. It's probably the hardest time I've had on my
mission.. Please continue to pray for me as I know y'all have been
doing! I love and miss you! Hope all is well.
ELDER BOMAN
Here's my address:
117A Friendship Church Rd
Douglasville, GA 30134
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