My mission experiences between January 27 and 31, in the New York New York South Mission. This area was Sunset Park Brooklyn.
Personal History
I’m going to categorize my life history here.
Brad Wilcox – You have your youth
If you have read my blog, you know my family has a special love for Brad Wilcox. I saw a talk come across my YouTube feed today. It was by Brother Brad Wilcox and was titled “There is a Hurry.” He gave the talk at Ensign College maybe 2 years ago. I was very moved by several points he made.
What is the meaning of life?
What is the meaning of life? We may live a lifetime and may still not completely know. As members of the church, we like to think we have a better understanding than the regular person, we are here to gain a physical body and be tested, to see if we […]
NYNYS Mission January 20-26, 1997
January 20, 1997, Monday Well, wow. What a day. We worked, worked, and worked, and nothing. But, we got some good referrals. We had planned first but then went to eat at Taco Bell (PS, not just to eat, but to hear white boy music…) Well, we got there and […]
Spiritual Peaks and Valleys
The real goal is heeding and following every prompting from the Holy Ghost.
One Step Forward Two Steps Back
That was the theme of yesterday, One Step Forward, Two Steps Back. I started the day fasting. I was super hungry, but it was going well. At maybe 10 or 11 AM I was visiting with our HR manager when my boss walked in and offered me some almonds. We were in the middle of discussing firing someone so my mind was engaged elsewhere. While sticking out my hand, I said, “Sure.” A few minutes later sitting at my desk, while swallowing my last almond, I realized I had just eaten in the middle of my fast. I wasn’t very pleased with myself.
Theological Debates
I came across a video on YouTube the other night. It was some dude who was asking people to debate him. Sure enough some Latter Day Saint returned missionary decided that he was up to the challenge. I listened to 10 seconds of it and could tell you that it […]
Tithing
I paid my tithing last night. There is generally a day each month towards the end of the month when I sit down and reconcile the family finances. This happened to be last night. As I did this last night, the thought came into my head, as it does each […]
Stupor of Thought
That is what I felt I had all weekend. I wanted to write something, and nothing would come to me. In fact, I had one moment I thought I had written something semi-wrong and controversial and I worried about it and worried about it. I searched through my website to see if I had written what I thought I had written, but I must not have because I couldn’t find it. I guess it just wasn’t a good weekend to be writing anything.
NYNYS Mission January 14-19, 1997
New mission journal entries. NYNYS Mission January 14-19, 1997