This week was full of ups and downs as the title may give
away. But I'll throw you all the highs for right now! Because life is all about
looking at the highs. Even if you can't see them over the skyscraper
architecture of Singapore, they are there!
Last P-day we headed out to an island called "Pulau
Ubin". It is one of the many islands around the island of Singapore
itself. While there we got to rent some bikes and ride around in their mountain
bike park they had which was way sick. Although they don't have mountains and
altitudes like Utah it was still awesome to get some rush trails in! Yes, and
the island was beautiful too for those of you that don't care about mountain
biking. Sandy beaches and what not....paradise.
My comp and I tried a new method of contacting people. We
call it, penny board contacting. Yes it was fun, yes it works.
Turns out if you show the more fun side of missionaries, people are more
receptive to the mission. (Elder Thompson was right....) We basically ride
around a park on penny boards and talk to people that way! Way cool.
Something I am not sure if I have commented on yet is the
FOOD here. It so delicious it's unbelievable. I have to control myself because
there is western food at every corner here. Singapore has actual AMERICAN
restaurants it's amazing. I never thought that good food would be a distraction
from missionary work on my mission. For those of you that serve in Spanish
missions or speak Spanish, you can just ignore this next part. I HAD MEXICAN
FOOD!!! It has been WAY too long haha. I had a genuine burrito and it was so
freaking good. Oh man. My comp has to keep me away from that stuff. Food is
amazing.
On the the non carnal side of things, conference was 'Sick.'
All of conference was awesome and being in Singapore was too. It would
take me hours to write down all the highlights that I thought were the best so
I'll have to refrain. The only thing I will mention is that Jeffery R. Holland
was right. He asked that we would not be so sad about the loss of a spiritual
high we have felt during conference. He asked us to keep that spirit and
continue to strive to feel it all we could. I'll be honest, it was ridiculously
hard. That Sunday after conference was horrible. It was one of those missionary
days where EVERYTHING that could go wrong, went wrong. It was hard to cope
after the spiritual high felt literally minutes before everything went wrong.
But we keep our heads up and move on, and we never let that fire internally go
out. Especially after conference.
Lastly, I had the opportunity this week to really read up on
all the missionaries serving currently right now. At least the ones that are
all friends of mine. It was way cool to hear about everyone experiences as it
is every week. It honestly is one of the most motivating things reading my
buddies and friends experiences. For every bad day, every miracle, and every
sick story, I realize how close everyone is truly. I find it so cool that
everyone is having either the same or completely opposite experiences and yet
we are all learning the same things while out here. Missions are crazy.
Missions are awesome. Especially when you got all your boys backing you up from
all continents.
"On my knees extra long this week for Cameron Forte. Keep strong man. Know that you got a brotherhood of not just football players backing you up."
That's all form Elder Thompson for this week, see ya!
Also, fun picture for you, Elder Monson, grandson of Pres Monson next to Parker, and all feeling the buffet bloat after Chinese buffet:
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