10 April 2013

LESSONS MY  MISSION HAS TAUGHT ME:

1.  When you take down the garments from the clothes line, there is a right way and a wrong way to do so.

2.  Groans and small shrieks are welcome coming from someone on the exercise mat.

3.  Hearing rooster crowing during sacrament meeting and having a stray dog run through the "chapel" is acceptable and expected.

4. Chartering a plane to carry all the "things" we need when you come to see us, is acceptable and expected.

5.   The water and power go off on a regular basis, especially when it is most inconvenient.

6.  Being "fashionably late" is accepted, and called "being Dominican".

7.  At times, the water coming out of the kitchen sink, from the local plumbing is as hot as the water coming out of the  "electrically heated" water.

8.  Cockroaches, little flying bugs, lizards, shadows, sticks, and anything else that is not immediately identified can probably cause screams and terror in companions.

9.  Senior missionaries are often housed on the twenty first floor with no elevator.

10.  There is nothing like serving in a foreign country, being influential in the lives of others, and  growing to love, appreciate, and grow closer to your companion and Father in Heaven.

NOTE:  Before I started to write this list, I told my companion, that I was going to shower.  Then I said I had this list I wanted to write down before I showered so I wouldn't forget it.  As I began to shower, the water was turned off and then the power.  Bonnie had to bring cold water in to rinse out the soap out of my eyes, head and hair.  "Dominican"

This is a partial list.  

Once again I do not have pictures to accompany this blog.  But here is a picture of the temple where we are going this Saturday.