Week 15: Tornado

So this week's been kinda crazy, but I don't have tons of time because we were bust today.

Endoscopy

I mentioned in an earlier email how I choked on my steak at the Texas Steakhouse. Well that's happened about 5 more times since then, I just haven't wrote about it. One was even at a members house, and that was just embarrassing. Anyways, because it's been happening repeatedly, I called the mission nurse, and she apparently doesn't want the missionaries choking on their food, and so we've been working to schedule an endoscopy. Basically they're gonna check out what is up with my throat, and if something else is going on, or if I just need to chew better, and so I'll be cutting my meat real small until them. Of there's something up with my throat then I might have to get surgery on it, but I won't have to go home for it.

Tornado

We had a few tornado warnings, and although it didn't actually hit us (it hit towns nearby), we saw the clouds circling above us and we didn't wanna drive right under it, so we drove to the church and parked there. The weather was kind if crazy, and afterwards, I guess my mind was just elsewhere because I didn't see this stupid white pole and I scraped the side of the car on it, ripping off some black stuff. 

It was really embarrassing because it was my first day driving but that's OK. We're getting a new car tomorrow lol. The day after, the president told all the missionaries to go at the church because of the weather, and that was fun. We set up a fancy table and talked in British accents for a few hours, which was pretty fun.

Obedience

So, a quick thought. Through something my brother shared, I stumbled across D&C 58:6. Verses 3 and 4 are really good too, so go read those, but verse 6 says this. 

Behold, verily I say unto you, for this cause I have sent you---that you might be obedient, and that your hearts might be prepared to bear testimony of the things which are to come.

I liked this because I've been focusing too much on receiving a witness, and not enough on being obedient. But you very rarely recieve your witness or your testimony if you haven't been doing your best to keep the commandments. This is because until we need to prepare for it, because the testimony and the witness we recieve will demand a lot from us. If you're not ready for the witness, you won't get it, and you become ready to recieve it by keeping the commandments. God wants to give you the weight of his glory, but he doesn't want it to crush you. This is why we have to work so much, so that we're strong enough for it. The Crown of Glory is coming, but only to those who have prepared themselves for its weight.

Also, I ate that cricket!