I'm going to start with the bad, that way I end on a positive note so that we all end happy!
Bad:
Worse thing ever, ready for this? I lost my camera. NOOOO! Seriously. We were at a park (that's one of the good things), and I must have set it down (which I never do, I ALWAYS put it back in my bag due to fear of losing it, and silly me, I didn't follow that), and by the time I had realized I didn't have it, we went back to the park and it was gone.. Some homeless man just got real lucky with a camera with a bunch of ridiculous (but memory cherished) pictures. SUCK! Thankfully I send home important pictures, so I didn't lose everything.. But I did lose the pictures or videos that I didn't send home.. Like a video of me shuffling on a patch of ice in the middle of the road and dedicating it to Sydney. She will never see it! Darnit. Sydney, it was awesome, and I was shuffling great! But it's okay, it's in the past, I've moved on, so we're good. We're starting over and I'm being smarter now! A lady in our ward, she's my age, is letting me borrow her camera, so she's super nice! I don't want to buy a new camera, because I only have 6 more months and it's not worth the money, so I'm gonna borrow for now, and then see if someone is willing to donate a camera to Sister Dunn's mission. So we'll see! The adventures!
We spent 4 hours straight out in the sun, and silly me, I forgot to apply sunblock. DUMB! So I got burnt. My part, and my face and this awkward triangle shape on my sternum cause I was wearing a collared button up, and the sleeves were rolled up so I burned from my elbows down to my hands. AWKWARD BURN! It's all just dumb looking. But don't you worry! I went to Walmart and bought me some of Lucy's miracle lotion that helps with sunburns and Lucy, I'm proud to say that I goop it on lots! Whenever I would think you'd tell me to go apply more, I go apply more! So hooray! Sunburn down to a minimal tan/burn in 3 days. Miracle.
I got zero mail this week.
Our investigators are flakey and haven't been showing up to appointments or keeping comittments, so that's been frustrating. It's hard when someone says they'll do something and then they don't... It's real bothering. So don't do that!
Alright, enough of the negative. We're moving on!
Good:
On the 4th of July, our Mission President, the beloved President Porter, had everyone in the mission find a public place and go draw out the Plan of Salvation in chalk! Missionaries in other missions have done it, and so we thought we'd give it a whirl! It was AMAZING! It was so much fun! So we went to a park in downtown Fort Wayne, with about 18 missionaries and we chalked out the Plan of Salvation. It was amazing! I had really awesome pictures, but refer back to the first "bad" bullet... Thankfully my best friend was there, Sister Sofele, and she took pictures and was kind enough to forward them to me. Yay! (: All hope is not lost! We met a lot of new people, and were able to teach so many people about the Plan of Salvation. It was such a neat experience. It was a good 4th of July. We did however have to be in by normal time, so we missed the big firework show. But from the sound of it, it was great! Haha (:
My sunburn is now a "Clara tan." And my arm is now 3 colors. So that's fun! My shoulder is super white, my bicep is white, and my forearm is "Clara tan." Haha!
For the activity in the park, one person in each companionship wore pants, so that they could bend down and draw, and so I got to wear pants! That was great! I got all dressed up for the 4th.
Found out that interviews with President will be tomorrow! Hooray! Those are great (:
So that's it. The good and the bad. It all makes up for the other.
Here's a story:
We met an investigator at the park, Adam. He reminds me of someone I'd meet in Oregon, like in Ashland. He's got tattooed sleeves, a sweet beard, is super spiritual and kinda out there. He reminded me of home. Hahah. Well we got talking and he said he'd come to church. Sweet! So we asked a member to give him a ride, well we get to church and we find out that that member couldn't take him, so he asked someone else.. Someone who wouldn't really do well with Adam. Well this other member picked him up, and by the time they got to the church, Adam was MAD, he was offended by some things said, and did not want to be there at all. The member got awkward and just left him outside. Ah! So we went and found him, finally calmed him down, explained that it was all a misunderstanding, but he just wanted to leave. He's about 15 minutes from home in a car.. And he was about to walk home! So we asked another member, who is awesome! And he came out and talked with Adam and we finally got things cooled down. Adam said he'd still want to meet with us, he said that he could see something different about us, that we had Christ in us, so he wanted to set up another time where we could talk more about the church. Well this member took him home and ended up giving him a Book of Mormon. It was crazy, but awesome! We have to be so careful with what we say to investigators, they take what we say as what the church says, and that's not always the best. Thankfully it all worked out and it was happy. I'm excited to meet with him again.
That was pretty much my week. It was pretty crazy hectic. Haha. But fun (: Just like a mission and life are.
I hope you're all doing well. I love you all so very much. Keep being the bestest family ever!
Love,
Sister Clara Kay Dunn.
Worse thing ever, ready for this? I lost my camera. NOOOO! Seriously. We were at a park (that's one of the good things), and I must have set it down (which I never do, I ALWAYS put it back in my bag due to fear of losing it, and silly me, I didn't follow that), and by the time I had realized I didn't have it, we went back to the park and it was gone.. Some homeless man just got real lucky with a camera with a bunch of ridiculous (but memory cherished) pictures. SUCK! Thankfully I send home important pictures, so I didn't lose everything.. But I did lose the pictures or videos that I didn't send home.. Like a video of me shuffling on a patch of ice in the middle of the road and dedicating it to Sydney. She will never see it! Darnit. Sydney, it was awesome, and I was shuffling great! But it's okay, it's in the past, I've moved on, so we're good. We're starting over and I'm being smarter now! A lady in our ward, she's my age, is letting me borrow her camera, so she's super nice! I don't want to buy a new camera, because I only have 6 more months and it's not worth the money, so I'm gonna borrow for now, and then see if someone is willing to donate a camera to Sister Dunn's mission. So we'll see! The adventures!
We spent 4 hours straight out in the sun, and silly me, I forgot to apply sunblock. DUMB! So I got burnt. My part, and my face and this awkward triangle shape on my sternum cause I was wearing a collared button up, and the sleeves were rolled up so I burned from my elbows down to my hands. AWKWARD BURN! It's all just dumb looking. But don't you worry! I went to Walmart and bought me some of Lucy's miracle lotion that helps with sunburns and Lucy, I'm proud to say that I goop it on lots! Whenever I would think you'd tell me to go apply more, I go apply more! So hooray! Sunburn down to a minimal tan/burn in 3 days. Miracle.
I got zero mail this week.
Our investigators are flakey and haven't been showing up to appointments or keeping comittments, so that's been frustrating. It's hard when someone says they'll do something and then they don't... It's real bothering. So don't do that!
Alright, enough of the negative. We're moving on!
Good:
On the 4th of July, our Mission President, the beloved President Porter, had everyone in the mission find a public place and go draw out the Plan of Salvation in chalk! Missionaries in other missions have done it, and so we thought we'd give it a whirl! It was AMAZING! It was so much fun! So we went to a park in downtown Fort Wayne, with about 18 missionaries and we chalked out the Plan of Salvation. It was amazing! I had really awesome pictures, but refer back to the first "bad" bullet... Thankfully my best friend was there, Sister Sofele, and she took pictures and was kind enough to forward them to me. Yay! (: All hope is not lost! We met a lot of new people, and were able to teach so many people about the Plan of Salvation. It was such a neat experience. It was a good 4th of July. We did however have to be in by normal time, so we missed the big firework show. But from the sound of it, it was great! Haha (:
My sunburn is now a "Clara tan." And my arm is now 3 colors. So that's fun! My shoulder is super white, my bicep is white, and my forearm is "Clara tan." Haha!
For the activity in the park, one person in each companionship wore pants, so that they could bend down and draw, and so I got to wear pants! That was great! I got all dressed up for the 4th.
Found out that interviews with President will be tomorrow! Hooray! Those are great (:
So that's it. The good and the bad. It all makes up for the other.
Here's a story:
We met an investigator at the park, Adam. He reminds me of someone I'd meet in Oregon, like in Ashland. He's got tattooed sleeves, a sweet beard, is super spiritual and kinda out there. He reminded me of home. Hahah. Well we got talking and he said he'd come to church. Sweet! So we asked a member to give him a ride, well we get to church and we find out that that member couldn't take him, so he asked someone else.. Someone who wouldn't really do well with Adam. Well this other member picked him up, and by the time they got to the church, Adam was MAD, he was offended by some things said, and did not want to be there at all. The member got awkward and just left him outside. Ah! So we went and found him, finally calmed him down, explained that it was all a misunderstanding, but he just wanted to leave. He's about 15 minutes from home in a car.. And he was about to walk home! So we asked another member, who is awesome! And he came out and talked with Adam and we finally got things cooled down. Adam said he'd still want to meet with us, he said that he could see something different about us, that we had Christ in us, so he wanted to set up another time where we could talk more about the church. Well this member took him home and ended up giving him a Book of Mormon. It was crazy, but awesome! We have to be so careful with what we say to investigators, they take what we say as what the church says, and that's not always the best. Thankfully it all worked out and it was happy. I'm excited to meet with him again.
That was pretty much my week. It was pretty crazy hectic. Haha. But fun (: Just like a mission and life are.
I hope you're all doing well. I love you all so very much. Keep being the bestest family ever!
Love,
Sister Clara Kay Dunn.
Premortal life!
The creation up top! And also, that's me to the right! Haha, yay! Taking my pictures.. Thank goodness for Sister Sofele following behind me taking the same pictures. haha!
The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, and the Fall of Adam and Eve. (This is what I was in charge of drawing. Yay! If I do say so, that's a good looking tree!)
Earth life!
Jesus Christ makes Salvation possible! Faith, repentance, baptism, Holy Ghost, endure. Also, the elders. haha.
The Spirit World. Paradise and prison.
Resurrection. We all get perfect bodies!
Judgment!
Celestial Glory. Where we live with God and Jesus Christ and our families forever! Happy (:
Terrestrial!
And Telestial!
And Sister Sofele and I sitting on a bench! Haha (:
The Fort Wayne Zone and our Plan of Salvation chalk drawing! GO TEAM! (:
Friends on the Fourth (:
So.. Those are all the pictures I have for you! Haha. It's been quite a week! I love you all lots!
Hope you had a happy 4th!
No comments:
Post a Comment