About 3 months ago I was in a district meeting with President Loveland, and I had everyone read Christ's charge to the 12 and 70 when he sends them forth to preach, because there is a lot of stuff there that we can apply to ourselves in missionary work. President Loveland then brought up a story about a mission where the president had a set of missionaries go forth without purse or scrip, and how they at first struggled and could only focus on that but when they turned their focus to the work, they always had what they needed. So I thought that would be cool to try out, see how I could do.
Now after having gone 3 weeks with no food or money I am starting to not like that idea so much. So the moral of the story is 2 things, one "beware of pride boy, your eternal soul is at stake"(Restoration DVD for those non-missionary types), and be careful what you ask for because sometimes it doesn't turn out the way you were expecting.
Also learned this week:
Don't step on cardboard boxes while walking downhill
Football games don't go well with missionary work
Don't leave important things like scriptures at the library
Don't ride a bike with a flat tire
Remember where you left your wallet
Don't drink dirty water
I guess I learned a lot this week.
We did have a Zone conference this week which was amazingly spiritual as usual. And it is always a lot of fun to see other missionaries and meet with President and Sister Loveland.
I hope you all learned a lot this week too!
With Love,
Elder Shepherd
(Mom's note: I have no further details on any of the above mentioned "learning experiernces" but he says he is fine.)
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