Come On, Persecute Me!!

 เฮลโล Hello!

It's been another week in Alki YSA. We were lucky to have Easter and General Conference this week. Great chance to hear from modern day prophets and apostles. I also got to spend a day in West Seattle on an exchange! 

PERSECUTE ME

We were finding some dots in our area book and as we went to one building, one guy started yelling at us about not soliciting. We calmly informed him that we weren't soliciting, we were visiting some people we had met earlier this week. He kept yelling, but we just kept walking away from him and towards the other building. Neither of the people we tried to get in contact with were home, so it was time for the final test: the person who lived at that guy's building. We confidently walked towards the opening of the building. He was watching his kids (at least I think they were his?) play in the front. As we walked his way, he yelled, "stay back!!! We don't have masks on!" Ok, dude. We were wearing masks, so we really paid him no attention. Then he started yelling about not soliciting again. We calmly told him that we were visiting someone in his building. Even gave him the apartment number and name, but apparently this guy doesn't know his neighbors, because he didnt believe we had actually met anyone there. He was just a stream of cussing and screaming. Even as we talked to a family member of the person we met. He was screaming, talking about calling the police, on and on. The actual guy we went to see wasn't home, unfortunately. As we started walking out, we started filming us, asking for our nametags and stuff. We knew we were protected by the law and this dude couldn't touch us. But when he asked for our actual IDs, we were tired of his crap. We walked away. We were actually surprisingly calm and confident as this guy was harassing us. He uses very colorful language, even around his kids. Must be a sailor. While we were walking away, he said, "you're so full of ___! You're ______ lying! Is lying part of your religion? Go pray about THAT!" He had some real zingers, no doubt about that. But we had places to be, and we clearly already live rent-free in his head.

CONFERENCE CENTER THEATER

Watching conference on a phone isn't ideal, so we made a plan. We got a chord to connect a phone to a TV in the stake center. While we were looking for a room to set up shop in, Elder Knapp jokingly suggested the mother's room. He opened the door and it was actually perfect haha. So we set up in there and had our own theater to watch conference in, complete with a bowl of Cadbury eggs. The Samoan Elders even showed up, so it was a party.

EASTER

Mosiah 3:8-11 reads: "8 And he shall be called Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of heaven and earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning; and his mother shall be called Mary.

9 And lo, he cometh unto his own, that salvation might come unto the children of men even through faith on his name; and even after all this they shall consider him a man, and say that he hath a devil, and shall scourge him, and shall crucify him.

10 And he shall rise the third day from the dead; and behold, he standeth to judge the world; and behold, all these things are done that a righteous judgment might come upon the children of men.

11 For behold, and also his blood atoneth for the sins of those who have fallen by the transgression of Adam, who have died not knowing the will of God concerning them, or who have ignorantly sinned." 

Jesus Christ did rise on the third day. And because he overcame death, so can we. Both spiritual and physical. The prophet spoke about clearing out debris from our lives that are limiting our eternal progression. Find that thing that's keeping you back and clear it out!!

LAST THINGS LAST

- I went to Vashon Island on Monday! Found a bunch of sand dollars and crabs. It was neat.

- My guitar skills are so rusty.

- I love you more than Cadbury eggs!

เอ็ลเดอร์ อ้วน (Fat Elder)

Elder Barrett