So I just realized that this blog is called "Junior Year"... strangely enough my Junior Year actually came to an end about two months ago, but I've insisted on keeping this blog going. Unfortunately the fact that this blog is called "Junior Year" means one thing for the near future...ANOTHER blog...sad day. I've enjoyed this blog, and I will keep writing in it right up to the last day of summer, but my last year of high school is coming fast. Registration is tomorrow (as well as my flight to Utah), and then there's less than two weeks until school. It's been fun. I hope you've gotten to know me better over the past year, and I hope that you will keep reading in my upcoming blog (I don't have any idea what to call it). Stay safe, stay close to the Lord and our Heavenly Father, and have an awesome rest of the summer.
This is Zelos,
Thanks for reading.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Successful(ish) Missionary Week
Over the past year I've felt impressed on occasion (about three times so far) to dedicate a week to trying to live (somewhat) like a missionary. I don't go out and wear the shirt and tie, or really go door to door. I spend the week giving up my music and instead listening to church music, avoid the TV like the plague, and use the computer only when I'm doing something resourceful (this time I was a lot more lax than other times, because I did a lot of writing and e-mailing (because I'll be in Utah for the next week)). It's always a great experience, and I would recommend trying a missionary week at least once (yeah it's not the same thing as a mission, but it's still a good week, where you feel closer to Heavenly Father).
Well this week was an odd one. I started with a fast, and surprisingly, even though I was at home surrounded by food, it was the easiest fast I've ever done in my life (and the longest). Another difference between this week and past missionary weeks was the presence of actually missionaries living in my home...one of whom was going home that Thursday, and he got slightly (or more) trunky. Here's a study in human nature. When one person is trunky, all people around them get trunky. By Thursday I was ready to end missionary week early. I toughed it out though, and lasted to the end. By Sunday evening it was a bitter-sweet moment. I was ready to go back to normal life, but I was also really enjoying the spiritual high I had had all week long.
One great thing that came out of Missionary week was that when the missionaries heard that I was doing it they brought all sorts of EFY music and the Joseph Smith and Pioneer Tributes out, so that I could listen to them. Now I've got some church music that's mixed it's way into my other music. That's pretty exciting.
Well this week was an odd one. I started with a fast, and surprisingly, even though I was at home surrounded by food, it was the easiest fast I've ever done in my life (and the longest). Another difference between this week and past missionary weeks was the presence of actually missionaries living in my home...one of whom was going home that Thursday, and he got slightly (or more) trunky. Here's a study in human nature. When one person is trunky, all people around them get trunky. By Thursday I was ready to end missionary week early. I toughed it out though, and lasted to the end. By Sunday evening it was a bitter-sweet moment. I was ready to go back to normal life, but I was also really enjoying the spiritual high I had had all week long.
One great thing that came out of Missionary week was that when the missionaries heard that I was doing it they brought all sorts of EFY music and the Joseph Smith and Pioneer Tributes out, so that I could listen to them. Now I've got some church music that's mixed it's way into my other music. That's pretty exciting.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
P-Day: Adventures in Scottsboro
Well in case you didn't know this, my family has been housing the missionaries from our ward for nearly five months now. It's been a great experience for me, because I've been kind of tired of being an only child, so having two 'older brothers' is always really fun.
Well we've gotten pretty tight (me and the current missionaries), so last P-day (Wednesday) with the Zone Leaders permission they asked me to take me to Scottsboro Unclaimed Baggage. One of the greatest parts about it was that we got to see Elder Butler again (he lived with us from the beginning and was transferred while I was in New York). It was a really fun drive down there (and it was the farthest I've driven from home, with the exception of Utah). We had a lot of fun on the way. And then we got to Unclaimed Baggage. Let me give you a warning here, that place is deadly dull. I don't understand why they wanted to go there, but we did. I spent most the time looking for a CD I would actually like to have, but to be honest, I think there's a reason all of those things went unclaimed. I wouldn't have claimed any of it, except for the electronics (iPods and such). Oh well now I know that it's not a place for me. It was really fun, just getting to spend some time out of the house and driving around with friends. True not a lot of high school students consider driving the missionaries around a lot of fun, but ti was a really great time.
Well we've gotten pretty tight (me and the current missionaries), so last P-day (Wednesday) with the Zone Leaders permission they asked me to take me to Scottsboro Unclaimed Baggage. One of the greatest parts about it was that we got to see Elder Butler again (he lived with us from the beginning and was transferred while I was in New York). It was a really fun drive down there (and it was the farthest I've driven from home, with the exception of Utah). We had a lot of fun on the way. And then we got to Unclaimed Baggage. Let me give you a warning here, that place is deadly dull. I don't understand why they wanted to go there, but we did. I spent most the time looking for a CD I would actually like to have, but to be honest, I think there's a reason all of those things went unclaimed. I wouldn't have claimed any of it, except for the electronics (iPods and such). Oh well now I know that it's not a place for me. It was really fun, just getting to spend some time out of the house and driving around with friends. True not a lot of high school students consider driving the missionaries around a lot of fun, but ti was a really great time.
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