Life in the Mission
IT's so so great here!! As you talk to everyone you start to find out everyone is related to everyone!! Someone's boyfriend's sisters aunt's uncles' one legged dogs owner. Or something like that, it's just so funny to me!!!
But the work is already beginning to get rollin here!!! We got a set for baptism this passed week!!!!! He is set for August 2nd, he's in a part-member family and they came to church on Sunday and Had a really good time!!!
It had me on pins and needles before church started because we start at 10 and there was about 20 people in the chapel. I was like darn it, but then through the opening hymn and announcements I looked around and saw two of our investigators and three of our less-active families that we had worked with this passed week!!!
So the sunday turned out to be a really good one!!! This week should be pretty busy as well, we have Zone conference on Tuesday, with our Area 70 visiting, so it should be really good, of course they always are really good. Things are going great here!!!!
Help with sins with the new Purity Reports
Our Mission President is giving us a new assignment: no sins of the heart, and no sins of action. Basically, like Jesus says, if you even think of a sin, it is a sin. Our wonderfull and inspired Mission President wants us all to be so so pure, and to help us, he's established a new protocol: Purity Reports.
All companions have to fill out a Purity Report every night. In the report, we are supposed to let our President know of any sins or transgressions are companions have made during the day. Doing this will grant us the freedom from Sin, and help us all be better missionaries.
This has already transformed the mission. With so many reports coming in everyday, the President had to get 25 new office elders to handle the new work load; it's already paying off!!! The President says that sins are way down, and the spirit is stronger then ever.
I feel so, so good. like I'm really doing the work good and strong. I try not to sin, because my companion is watching, always watching, but I really don't want to sin at all, so no probs.
Pray for me,
Elder Gandy
Why Do LDS Missionaries Wear the Same Clothes?
Dear Elder Gandy,
Why do LDS Missionaries wear the Same Clothes? Every LDS missionary I've seen always wears the white shirt and black pants. Why? Is there some kinda strict dress code you have to follow? What if you don't want to wear those clothes? - Minnie S.
My Dear Minnie,
Yes, it's true. LDS Missionaries have to wear the same clothes. They usually wear a white shirt, black pants, a black name tag, a tie, black socks, and some business shoes. Why do we have to wear this?
LDS missionaries are just like the Three Amigos
I'll answer that with a question. Have you ever seen the movie, The Three Amigos? In that movie, you will find your answer. To make a long story short, three amigos, or three friends to us english speakers, had to fight the infamous El Guapo, who was a very evil man set on destroying a small town and eating all of its goats.
But the Three Amigos stood up to El Guapo. How did they do this? Easy, with a trick. The Three Amigos had everyone in the town make costumes just like theirs. So every single person in the town looked just like one of the Three Amigos.
When El Guapo came to town to get the three amigos, they were shocked at seeing all of the 'Amigos' in the town running around, shooting, and going up the stairs. They couldn't believe their eyes, so they kinda went insane. In the process, the town's people shot and killed El Guapo and his men.
What does this have to do with LDS missionaries?
I hope you can see now why every single missionary wears the same clothes. We're all in on a really large trick. We do it to fight El Guapo, or his boss, Satan. You see, in every town, and in every village, you will find LDS missionaries. And in every town, and in every village, they are all dressed the same!
Isn't it wonderful!! We do it so when Satan appears in a town or a village, he'll be like, "No way, I just saw you LDS Missionaries in the other town?! You can't be here and there! Ahhh, I'm going insane!!"
Bam. Dead. We got him. Tricked him so, so hard.
That's why we all dress the same. Just like the Three Amigos, we will shock the Satan. We will get him. And he will be fooled by our clothes and he'll never ever know we're all different people on the inside.
Pray for me,
- Elder Gandy
Why do LDS Missionaries wear the Same Clothes? Every LDS missionary I've seen always wears the white shirt and black pants. Why? Is there some kinda strict dress code you have to follow? What if you don't want to wear those clothes? - Minnie S.
My Dear Minnie,
Yes, it's true. LDS Missionaries have to wear the same clothes. They usually wear a white shirt, black pants, a black name tag, a tie, black socks, and some business shoes. Why do we have to wear this?
LDS missionaries are just like the Three Amigos
I'll answer that with a question. Have you ever seen the movie, The Three Amigos? In that movie, you will find your answer. To make a long story short, three amigos, or three friends to us english speakers, had to fight the infamous El Guapo, who was a very evil man set on destroying a small town and eating all of its goats.
But the Three Amigos stood up to El Guapo. How did they do this? Easy, with a trick. The Three Amigos had everyone in the town make costumes just like theirs. So every single person in the town looked just like one of the Three Amigos.
When El Guapo came to town to get the three amigos, they were shocked at seeing all of the 'Amigos' in the town running around, shooting, and going up the stairs. They couldn't believe their eyes, so they kinda went insane. In the process, the town's people shot and killed El Guapo and his men.
What does this have to do with LDS missionaries?
I hope you can see now why every single missionary wears the same clothes. We're all in on a really large trick. We do it to fight El Guapo, or his boss, Satan. You see, in every town, and in every village, you will find LDS missionaries. And in every town, and in every village, they are all dressed the same!
Isn't it wonderful!! We do it so when Satan appears in a town or a village, he'll be like, "No way, I just saw you LDS Missionaries in the other town?! You can't be here and there! Ahhh, I'm going insane!!"
Bam. Dead. We got him. Tricked him so, so hard.
That's why we all dress the same. Just like the Three Amigos, we will shock the Satan. We will get him. And he will be fooled by our clothes and he'll never ever know we're all different people on the inside.
Pray for me,
- Elder Gandy
Really Real Truth
I was actively proselyting on the internets yesterday when I came across a person's site that really, really needed the gospel.
Truth is Delicious
He talked all about truth and how people understand truth in the church. That's easy, so I left a comment to tell him exactly what truth is and how to find it.
It's simple, because it comes from above. And by above I mean the attic of the Temple.
From the Temple, we understand the real knowledge of Truth. I call it the Marshmallow Theory of Truth. The Marshmallow theory of truth asserts the following validity claim of knowledge:
Truth is like a Marshmallow; it tastes good. It smells good. And it can help get you friends.
Who doesn't like Marshmallows?
Likewise, when you're camping, you have to place truth, or marshmallows, in between two facts, one on the top, and one on the bottom, of course the facts are graham crackers of reason.
Doing it this way, you have a 'smore' of veracity, which even Satan himself cannot undo.
That's how people see truth. It's simple.
The gospel is all about truth, or marshmallows, that satisfy the soul. Once we understand how yummy and sweet marshmallows can be, we don't ever, ever want to stop eating them. And if we're lucky, we'll be smart enough to use our graham crackers of reason to get a meal from the word of God. It's that simple. Truth is simple, it's not hard. It's soft and white, and sometime after you chew it, it's gummy and delicious.
Pray for me,
- Elder Gandy
Truth is Delicious
He talked all about truth and how people understand truth in the church. That's easy, so I left a comment to tell him exactly what truth is and how to find it.
It's simple, because it comes from above. And by above I mean the attic of the Temple.
From the Temple, we understand the real knowledge of Truth. I call it the Marshmallow Theory of Truth. The Marshmallow theory of truth asserts the following validity claim of knowledge:
Truth is like a Marshmallow; it tastes good. It smells good. And it can help get you friends.
Who doesn't like Marshmallows?
Likewise, when you're camping, you have to place truth, or marshmallows, in between two facts, one on the top, and one on the bottom, of course the facts are graham crackers of reason.
Doing it this way, you have a 'smore' of veracity, which even Satan himself cannot undo.
That's how people see truth. It's simple.
The gospel is all about truth, or marshmallows, that satisfy the soul. Once we understand how yummy and sweet marshmallows can be, we don't ever, ever want to stop eating them. And if we're lucky, we'll be smart enough to use our graham crackers of reason to get a meal from the word of God. It's that simple. Truth is simple, it's not hard. It's soft and white, and sometime after you chew it, it's gummy and delicious.
Pray for me,
- Elder Gandy
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