Man, my subject titles are getting worse and worse. I'll do better next week, promise.
We've entered another investigator drought out here. All of the local Universities have started their test seasons, which means everyone is unavailable to meet with the missionaries. I've heard "wo zai liu yue zhong you kong" (I'm free in the middle of June) so many times in the last few weeks, it's starting to drive me nuts. Hopefully we've got a big build up now that will turn out next month, because right now, we're contacting lots. That being said, extra time has two good benefits: 1. More time for tracting and 2. More time to visit members.
Okay, that's actually just one benefit. Tracting isn't fun. But we're meeting lots of people and making lots of friends and that's very much worth our time.
We've had some fun experiences just going to visit members in the ward. That isn't much of an experience we get in the City branch. I've love going up to houses on the ward list and knocking on a door, and just getting to serve whoever opens the door (Ideally we do that at all the houses, but only a few of the random doors let us in, unfortunately). I love the members of this ward and I'm grateful for their support.
We had an exciting P Day today - we went and climbed a mountain with a member in our ward. Great fun. Not a ton of exciting P Day activities in the city, and Elder Wang was always kinda busy getting ready to go home - so we're excited to have a chance to go hit some cool sights. Hanging Rock is a rock formation north of the city. Apparently, years ago, there were some girls who went exploring their on a school trip. Several went missing and came back without their memories. Several more got lost and never were found. Very exciting. Almost no one was there (who visits a national monument at noon on a Wednesday?) and we had a fun time hopping on rocks and enjoying the fog. Maybe not too exciting to all you, but hey. Makes great fun for the missionaries.
It was a good chance to think, up on top of the formation and the adjacent mountain. You see so much farther, the higher up you go. From the right height, you can see Melbourne, 60 kilometers away. Of course, there is a parallel to be drawn. The Gospel of Christ heightens our vision, expands how far we can see. As we put ourselves above the world, we begin to see the world as it is, in the big picture. That being said, even a little fog just above the mountain can block everything and leave you only with the few feet in front of you. Is there ever anything that we let get in our way of our relationship with the Father? What mists creep into our lives that reduce our spiritual sensitivity? We can't let the world get in the way of the things that matter most. Sometimes, they're unavoidable. Trials and temptations come. Things aren't always easy. But just as we trust the sun will rise each day to dissipate the fog, so must we trust that our God in Heaven will give us everything we need to overcome every obstacle that comes our way.
Our zone conference next week is all about prepping for technology rolling into our mission in the next month or two. We're very excited for the changes happening in our mission.
Have a great week, everyone! Congrats to all of the graduating seniors. Super proud of you all. All you prepping missionaries, best of luck! Maybe one of you will get called to Melbourne, if you're super lucky. We can't all get called here, unfortunately. But so it goes. The Lord gives us what we need. We do what we can and He gives us the rest.
Elder Blackhurst
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