My Heart's a Stereo

 เฮลโล Hello!

How's it going, y'all? Good? That's fantastic news. This week was less eventful, but at the same time it was a lot more eventful. Confused? Welcome to the club.

MY HEART'S A STEREO

Could someone please change the song? So, this hasn't been my week as far as health goes. Last Monday, I slipped on wet grass and hurt my upper back. That's gotten better, and upper back injuries are nothing compared to lower. So we're all good there. But here's the exciting part. During language study, my heartbeat started going nuts. About half an hour into it, I was too sweaty, tired, hot, and lightheaded to keep reading and just put down my book. We called a mission nurse about it, who had us call another one, who had us call another one. This lasted about 4 hours. Just going nuts y'know? The next two days, it was very weak, fatigued, and just overall not super happy. We went to the urgent care and all of my things looked healthy. Blood test, Covid test, almost an EKG, but they didn't work. Everything came back totally fine. I'm feeling pretty much back to normal. Just some excitement, I guess?

LORD OF ALL CATAN

Well, more like Splendor, Cover Your Kingdoms, The Bears and the Bees, paper football, Superfight, and Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza. Elder Stradling's birthday was Saturday, and we got a bunch of new games. Which was great, because we had to be inside while we waited for my covid results. But I found out how to win games this week, I guess. But All Hail, regardless.

HOW ARE YOU MORE LIKE CHRIST

At our Zone Council this week, they asked a very simple question: "How has your mission made you more like Jesus Christ?" And it got me thinking exactly that. Has my mission made me more like Jesus Christ? Does admitting that it has make me lose the humility contest? Maybe. But that question really got me thinking. I still lack in so many areas. I only have a little over a year left. By the end of my mission, will I be closer to where I want to be? Am I trying as hard as I can to get a change of heart? Am I aligning my will with His will? Lots of questions, but I'm not quite to where I would want to be yet. Which is fine, because if I don't have anything to work towards, how will I get better? I'm going to be working hard on it, and I hope you all do too!

LAST THINGS LAST

- ever played volleyball with a D-1 Athlete? You dont stand a chance.

- Elder Stradling is the most consistently lucky person I've ever met.

- barbecue sauce is not spicy.

- we have a new friend in a part member family who wants to be baptized!!!

- The National Parks make straight jams, man.

- stop hey what's that sound all the mammoths are in the ground! But also, just letting you know that I love you!

ใจผมยังไม่หยุด (My heart won't stop)

Elder Barrett