November 1, 2016
Subject: Reply :)
Hello!
Hey, glad to hear you're
doing well at home. I'll start by answering a few questions. We have a basement
that we store a lot of stuff in, we could fit more for sure (not everything
that was at the apartment we were closing), but we don't have enough space in
the van to feasibly take a whole apartment of stuff with us.
Looking back at the week
it's hard to know what to share. It's been fairly uneventful with office work
and normal missionary work sprinkled in. In the office: I'm caught up on orders
and have the rough inventory that I wanted to make. Knowing what I have is
really helpful so that I don't accidentally order things that we already have
too much of. I just finished organizing everything with driver's license
translations, who in the mission has one and is working on getting a German
license and things like that.
We had a few
appointments with senior couples this week, the Markles and Kirks for example,
who work in the office with us. Tomorrow we have the Kirks coming to us and
will make food for them and they can teach us a lesson! At the beginning of the
week we met with a nice couple in the ward and I was really impressed with some
comments that were made. In the course of our dinner conversation we talked
about some fitness goals that they were working on and during our lesson we
naturally talked about goals in missionary work. The Sister owned her actions
and said that she simply hasn't had enough desire or "has been too
lazy" to exercise. She later made the comment that she uses "the excuse"
that all of her friends are church members to not share the gospel as much as
she could. Without diving into the topics of how we could adjust our goals and
make slow progress instead of no progress, or how she Does share the gospel
with her church friends as well ('cause we all need to hear and feel the
Savior's love and testimonies of it), I'd like to comment on accountability. I
was so impressed that she didn't blame her inaction on anything or anyone else.
There was no, "I don't have time" or "it's not my fault".
She recognized and owned her actions and decisions and was honest with herself.
As a side note, this family does great member missionary work, being a good
example to their friends, inviting people to activities and even to hear lessons
from the missionaries. She recognizes what holds her back and that enables
growth.
The stake president in
Frankfurt is also all about accountability. When Elder Taylor and I asked him
what he would like us to focus on with the missionaries he wanted us to help
the missionaries to develop a good "return and report attitude". We
should finish assignments quickly and correctly, take responsibility for our
actions and be excited to report back as a result of that.
This coming week ends
the transfer over here. We're getting ready for an exciting week of transfer
prep (buying tickets and such) then sending missionaries across the mission
next week. Hope you all have a good one.
Love,
Hayden
I
don't know if Dad remembers, but at some point in growing up I remember being
told not to use the phrase "it's not my fault", thanks for teaching
me to be accountable.
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