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I had an awesome entry planned for Sunday. For some reason, though, I never got around to posting it. Now that I have time, I can only remember one of the two things I was gonna post. Hey, it's a start, eh?
This is something that happened during my mission that never made it into my mission journal. I remembered it because of our lesson in Elders' Quorum on Sunday. We were discussing Elder M. Russell Ballard's talk from the most recent General Conference. His talk was called Daughters of God. Anyway, one of the suggestions he gave in his talk was that husbands should make sure that their wives have time to do things on their own. The exact phrase he used was "Third, give your wife a “day away” now and then. Just take over the household and give your wife a break from her daily responsibilities. Taking over for a while will greatly enhance your appreciation of what your wife does." This might sound stupid or like a huge stretch, but I had an experience during my mission where I was the recipient of a "day away". Well, it was only a "night away", but it was awesome! Here's what happened:
It was November of 2007. I was serving as District Leader in Ville-Marie Sud over the largest district in the mission (at the time, there were six companionships, including mine), and was very stressed with all of the responsibility and adjusting to being in my first French area since May 2006. Elder Nelson was my companion, and at the time, we were staying at the Snowdon apartment because ours was being renovated (and a mouse problem was being eliminated). I talked to Elder Nelson about how I was feeling, and he asked me something about writing in my journal. Since I had to call every companionship in the district every night, I rarely had time to write in my journal, as I usually didn't finish phone calls until 10:00. He asked me if I thought it would help if I could write in my journal. I said yes. Then, he offered to make all of my DL phone calls that night so that I could try to catch up in my journal. As I was writing, an intense feeling of calm came over me, and for the first time in weeks, I was able to relax and not feel so stressed. It helped a lot! I'd like to say that I stayed caught up on my journal, but that wasn't the case. But, I'm very grateful that Elder Nelson was willing to fulfill some of my responsibilities so that I could try to chill a bit. It was one of the most charitable things any of my companions did for me.
Honestly, that's all I want to post right now. I may or may not post later...
Until next time,
~David~
Current Media Experience: "Star Trek: Nemesis" Special Edition DVD
Trenton R. Foust Memorial Quote of the Day: "What are you bumping and grinding to in there?" - me, in response to the music my brother was listening to in the other room last night.
This is something that happened during my mission that never made it into my mission journal. I remembered it because of our lesson in Elders' Quorum on Sunday. We were discussing Elder M. Russell Ballard's talk from the most recent General Conference. His talk was called Daughters of God. Anyway, one of the suggestions he gave in his talk was that husbands should make sure that their wives have time to do things on their own. The exact phrase he used was "Third, give your wife a “day away” now and then. Just take over the household and give your wife a break from her daily responsibilities. Taking over for a while will greatly enhance your appreciation of what your wife does." This might sound stupid or like a huge stretch, but I had an experience during my mission where I was the recipient of a "day away". Well, it was only a "night away", but it was awesome! Here's what happened:
It was November of 2007. I was serving as District Leader in Ville-Marie Sud over the largest district in the mission (at the time, there were six companionships, including mine), and was very stressed with all of the responsibility and adjusting to being in my first French area since May 2006. Elder Nelson was my companion, and at the time, we were staying at the Snowdon apartment because ours was being renovated (and a mouse problem was being eliminated). I talked to Elder Nelson about how I was feeling, and he asked me something about writing in my journal. Since I had to call every companionship in the district every night, I rarely had time to write in my journal, as I usually didn't finish phone calls until 10:00. He asked me if I thought it would help if I could write in my journal. I said yes. Then, he offered to make all of my DL phone calls that night so that I could try to catch up in my journal. As I was writing, an intense feeling of calm came over me, and for the first time in weeks, I was able to relax and not feel so stressed. It helped a lot! I'd like to say that I stayed caught up on my journal, but that wasn't the case. But, I'm very grateful that Elder Nelson was willing to fulfill some of my responsibilities so that I could try to chill a bit. It was one of the most charitable things any of my companions did for me.
Honestly, that's all I want to post right now. I may or may not post later...
Until next time,
~David~
Current Media Experience: "Star Trek: Nemesis" Special Edition DVD
Trenton R. Foust Memorial Quote of the Day: "What are you bumping and grinding to in there?" - me, in response to the music my brother was listening to in the other room last night.
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