I don't have too much to say in this one but there was a couple events I wanted to document.
Yesterday we had a general authority come to the mission. His name is Elder Schwitzer of the seventy. He's pretty new. He was a great speaker. He mainly talked about repentance and how to help those we work with do so. It was good to know that true repentance is true conversion. They also talked about listening. I'm not a good listener. If you focus in on people when they talk, and listen to their needs, concerns, feelings, thoughts etc. you'll be able to help more and you'll develop a far better personal relationship with those around you.
Yesterday also, we were at a less-active lady's house. She's pretty old and she wants to come back to church but her family is very Catholic and is controlling. You know, basic Catholicism stuff from the dark ages (I went there). Then, her son in law came in, drunk as a skunk, and told us to "Beat it." That was funny because I hadn't heard anybody say that in a Bostonian accent, so it was cool. I felt like I was in a movie. He looked like the Situation from Jersey Shore. He had the tan lines, the greasy hair, and the tight shirt to match. Oh, and an old Lexus. Anyways, he started cussing me out about a modern day prophet and said that "Jesus is in your heart" which is true, but he's missing something. He also said that "Jesus is the man" which sort of made me man. You can say things like "Blake Griffin is the man" or "Snoop lion is the man" but when you talk about the Savior of mankind like that, it's just disrespectful.
Anyways, another average week in Grand Rapids. We had a car so we avoided the bus. So, I didn't get molested this week.
Tune in next week,
Damon.
