(Elder Putnam)
Dear family and friends,
What a vibe of a week it has been. Thank you to all those
who shared their stories from their missions or their friends' missions about
inspiration while finding. The training went splendidly.
Monday was very chill in the end of ends. We went to Bible
study and learned about hope. We also met with a new friend Antons set up a
return appointment. Then we found on our way home and ate pelmeņi for dinner.
Tuesday was the classic district counsel, grab lunch in
center, mission devotional, and then go on with lessons or finding if we don’t
have teaching appointments. So nothing crazy there. But exchanges did start
that night and Elder Roberts and I just chatted it up after 9. It was a good
chat.
Wednesday I hit a crazy workout in the morning. For whatever
reason I woke up mad. And then we used that motivation to go finding in Jelgava
for several hours. Although we didn’t see a ton of success, I felt like we had
accomplished a lot and we did well for ourselves.
Thursday we switched back from exchanges, planned our week
for our friends, and drove down to Liepāja for zone conference. We planned
actually pretty efficiently and I set a goal for myself that to develop more
charity and humility I was gonna serve my companions a bit more. That led to 3
humbling graphics on the whiteboard at home. I'll include a picture of them at
the bottom.
Once we got to Liepāja we all hiked over to the church where
we were able to meet Markuss, Vilārs, President Birkenfelds, and Max. It was
super cool to see them and talk with them. Then we went home after eating
kebabs for dinner.
Friday morning, due to the fact that Elder Trollenberg and
I's training was still not completed, we skipped on Baltic ball and worked on
it. We trained on using a map to more effectively find people to teach. The
Zone Conference was uplifting, educating and spiritual. Afterwards, as is
tradition, we ate dinner with President M.T. which was homemade gyros
(literally so delicious).
On Saturday morning I finally got to play Baltic ball on the
beach. We lost one of the chairs so we used two trashcans that were already set
up. I played well for my last zone conference Baltic ball. I did kinda clock
Elder Kane though. He's recovered. Later that day we had a missionary-member
finding blitz where we walked all around Liepaja. I got to meet and talk with
Raitis which was awesome. Later I went finding with Jāzeps and he was telling
me all about the cool stuff that was happening in his life recently. Pretty
cool. After the zone blitz it was tough to say goodbye to Liepāja for the last
time as a missionary. On the ride back I had a beautiful wonderful conversation
with Elder Bastow which honestly changed my perspective on a few things.
Sunday culminated of course with the sacrament. It was hard
to concentrate though since our friend who was sitting next to me kept making
jokes to me. But I just Kobe Bryant'ed that Chris Rock. Sunday was Cozy's
birthday so I got to call her. That was the second highlight of the day (sorry,
Cozy, Jesus takes first place)
Thats pretty much all I have for the week. I'll attach some
pictures.
Conference Talk of the week: The Doctrine of Belonging by
Elder D. Todd Christofferson
Spiritual experience of the week: Taking Elder Philips'
advice and writing down who Christ is to me. I discovered that to me, Jesus
Christ fills the role as the fulfiller of the laws of Justice and Mercy. That
to me is very personal. I know God loves you and I know that Jesus Christ is
our Savior. Have a wonderful week!
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