Family,
I saw the highlights of the US game. The US did look good.
This week I had a funny experience. But it helped me a lot. I was put in the role of Father this week. One day my companion snapped at another missionary that we live with because he was bugging my companion. I could tell my companion was upset even before the whole scene. I felt exactly like Dad. When my companion and I left the house, I asked him about what was up. He responded exactly how I would have responded. He told me that the other Elder made him mad. I took the role of the Dad. I told him I didn´t really care about that, I wanted to know why he was upset before he snapped at the other elder. He told me there was nothing wrong… like a typical teenager would say. I then told him about how I felt. We started talking about our feelings and having a heart to heart talk. The look on his face was great. It was the exact same look I would give Dad if he wanted to talk about how I was doing or something like that. So the conversation went exactly like mine and dad´s conversations. Most of the time, when I have those heart-to-heart’s with Dad, I am just hoping something happens so that the conversation ends. My companion looked like he was hoping the same thing. I didn´t feel completely comfortable, but I kept pushing because I wanted to help him out. I would ask a question and then divert my attention to something else as if I didn´t want to hear the answer. I think I know why dad does that. It is more of a nervous thing. The last thing I wanted was for my companion to think I was preaching to him. I wanted him to know that our relationship should just be open and easy. So we talked some more and I shared my experiences of the mission and the things that bring me happiness. By the end, it all ended okay, but it was just funny to see that mine and Elder Monroy´s relationship is a lot like mine and Dad´s relationship. We could talk for hours about football or play tennis or golf or watch tv, but when it came time to talk about life and things like that, it was just uncomfortable. However, the problems got solved and at the end of the conversation, I was glad we had the talk. I think Elder Monroy felt the same. Glad it was over but he could see that it helped. And it helped me out too. I felt a lot better afterwards. This is my little experience for the week.
Hopefully we can have a baptism this week. We have to work a little harder. Training is HARD. The new missionaries don´t understand everything yet so it is hard to get them to do things right. But we are growing. Our obedience is getting better.
I am super grateful to be out here. I have tried to have a more positive outlook on everything.
Love,
Elder McRae
I saw the highlights of the US game. The US did look good.
This week I had a funny experience. But it helped me a lot. I was put in the role of Father this week. One day my companion snapped at another missionary that we live with because he was bugging my companion. I could tell my companion was upset even before the whole scene. I felt exactly like Dad. When my companion and I left the house, I asked him about what was up. He responded exactly how I would have responded. He told me that the other Elder made him mad. I took the role of the Dad. I told him I didn´t really care about that, I wanted to know why he was upset before he snapped at the other elder. He told me there was nothing wrong… like a typical teenager would say. I then told him about how I felt. We started talking about our feelings and having a heart to heart talk. The look on his face was great. It was the exact same look I would give Dad if he wanted to talk about how I was doing or something like that. So the conversation went exactly like mine and dad´s conversations. Most of the time, when I have those heart-to-heart’s with Dad, I am just hoping something happens so that the conversation ends. My companion looked like he was hoping the same thing. I didn´t feel completely comfortable, but I kept pushing because I wanted to help him out. I would ask a question and then divert my attention to something else as if I didn´t want to hear the answer. I think I know why dad does that. It is more of a nervous thing. The last thing I wanted was for my companion to think I was preaching to him. I wanted him to know that our relationship should just be open and easy. So we talked some more and I shared my experiences of the mission and the things that bring me happiness. By the end, it all ended okay, but it was just funny to see that mine and Elder Monroy´s relationship is a lot like mine and Dad´s relationship. We could talk for hours about football or play tennis or golf or watch tv, but when it came time to talk about life and things like that, it was just uncomfortable. However, the problems got solved and at the end of the conversation, I was glad we had the talk. I think Elder Monroy felt the same. Glad it was over but he could see that it helped. And it helped me out too. I felt a lot better afterwards. This is my little experience for the week.
Hopefully we can have a baptism this week. We have to work a little harder. Training is HARD. The new missionaries don´t understand everything yet so it is hard to get them to do things right. But we are growing. Our obedience is getting better.
I am super grateful to be out here. I have tried to have a more positive outlook on everything.
Love,
Elder McRae
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