All right. There was an experience I wanted to share last week but because of time restraints I wasn't able to write it so I'll do it now.
We were putting metal sheets on the roof of a barn that was high up (around 10 feet) and we were supposed to screw screws on there to keep them in place. Near the very top the roof increased in height and slope (it got more slanted; it went from a slope of -1 to -4 (on a graph)) and the sheets we were placing were heavily rusted and so there were some parts that the rust had created a hole in the sheet and when you put pressure on it you could see the ground and how high up we were.
Anyways, my job was to screw screws at the very top of the roof and in my path to get close enough there were several rust spots that didn't look in any way safe enough for my to put my weight. So, I was looking at this task and thinking how impossible it seemed when I thought of the advice that we were given when we first climbed on the roof by the member.
It was: "Always look where the screws are; Those screws let you know where the pearls are underneath and those are the spots that will support your weight."
So, I looked forward and I saw the pearls (wooden support beams going across the length of the roof) and when I then moved my leg to a spot where the pearl ran under, it held my weight. Then I was able to get to the top and finish my task.
Oh, we had Stake Conference this last week and Elder Holland and President Packer spoke (it was broadcasted from SLC, just so you're aware) (did you know they did that?) It was nice to hear them talk in person and not just a CD from 2008 General Conference (that's the CD my companion has that we've been listening to).
Today I bought a Mormon Tabernacle Choir anniversary collection (4 different albums) for $9 and a fancy Disney watch on clearance from $60 to $15) (it has Goofy on the front) (I feel like I'm the customer that stores love and are drawn into the merchandise and just have that urge to buy it.)
Anyways, my day to day life goes like this. Wake up at 6:25. Excercise for 30 minutes during either flexibility or strength excercises switching off. I then take a shower and eat breakfast. I have an hour of study time that I use sitting down on the floor (becasue I don't like the desk in the apartment) and read from the Book of Mormon for 30 min and the second half I study whatever I feel like I need most of. We then have 2 hours of companionship study consisting of: hymn, mottos, missionary handbook study, planning lessons, and doing the new missionary training program that tells us what to study. We then have lunch (since it's 11) and then we go out and do stuff (sometimes we have appointments with less-active or investigators, but most of the time we either try to get a hold of people on our potential investigator list or go out finding). We then have dinner at 5-6 normally at a member's home and we share a thought with them and then at 7 we have our exchange. This exchange is a member coming to our apartment and we go to appointments with them. We go back to our apartment at 9-9:30 and we plan for tommorrow for 30 min and then we have 1 hour (or less depending on how late we get back) to write in journals and so forth. Then we go to bed at 10:30 and that's our day. Any questions?
Love,
Elder Mullen
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