Is the scariest principle I've ever learned in my mission. Elder James and
I have been preparing to teach this to our zone this last week, and it's
ridiculous. We found out that out of the entire two years, if you take out
sleep, eating, and other non-work hours, you only actually have SIX MONTHS of
proselyting time. And do you know what happens if you waste just ONE HOUR a
day? You lose a months worth of proselyting time. That's a whole sixth of your
mission down the drain! So, we've had a lot of good discussion lately about how
to use our time wiser, and we've come to a lot of great conclusions.
This transfer is going to be too much fun though. Elder James and
I get along just a LITTLE too well! He's a genius future astrophysicist
(sweet!) which is how we calculated all that ridiculous math. We have such a
similar personality and opinion of things that it's almost silly. First off;
his ENTIRE FAMILY are massive Legend of Zelda fans (Whoo-hoo! That means he
thought my conversion story was boss); the way they usually had fun together was
gathering in the living room and watching their mom play a new one. They also
love board games and books almost as much as we do, so it's a pity they live all
the way out in Washington; I think they'd be awesome friends for yall to have a
game night with. (Actually, when he played the farming game at BYU he realized
that he lives where the game takes place! His stake is actually called the
Rattlesnake Mountain Stake, instead of rattlesnake ridge! We even found out
that on the phone, our voice is scarily similar, we couldn't tell ourselves
apart! Also, on his mom's side he's related to some Cloughs (Nancy Clough I
think) from (Yorkshire?) where my great grandpa is from, so it looks like we're
about 6th cousins. (Mom; could you figure out the tree over there so we could
see how we're related? That'd be awesome.)Keep up the good work everyone, I love you all and know you're doing so great! I'm proud of all of you. Tell the Halladays I wish them well, and I'm very grateful for the example they set for me and my sisters. There's actually a Hermana Halladay in our Zone right now (Wonder if they're related?) I'm praying for you all!