I need to start taking more exciting pictures again...
Hello! It's been a good week. I will share one good experience and one bad experience for lack of focus today due to people speaking/singing in many different languages around me. Internet cafes...
Good: We were talking to this lady on the bus and then this guy comes and sits by us in a way that makes it hard for us to talk to the lady. He asks if we're Mormons and then shakes our hands and says that he's a Christian and wants to learn more about what we believe and to come by his house an hour later. We went there and he was really excited about the Book of Mormon and wanted to read it. We set up to see him two days later, went back but he wasn't available so we'll go back this week. So hopefully he's been able to read and study it.
Bad (but not really too bad): Yesterday after an uneventful day, we were on the bus and this guy comes on the bus stepping on people's feet on purpose and basically looking for a fight. He was muttering curse words throughout. He then tries to "accidentally" trip people walking past him, and starts spitting on the floor of the bus about 5 times. I lean over to him and ask if he'd like a Kleenex, and he just explodes at me and curses me with much anger and tells us "Bible Bashers to not talk to him or he'll put my head through the window." So I turn my head and try to not give him any more acknowledgement. Then he stands up slightly and puts his face really close to my face and threatens me again, to which I point my finger at him and tell him to take a step back (which scared me that I would do that, haha) but he did take a step back and sit down. And then as he got off the bus, he continued to curse us and slapped his hand against the outside of the bus window we were sitting by. So yeah, I'm pleased at how I reacted to that and kept calm, because I was definitely praying I would be calm. :D But don't worry, it probably wasn't as bad as I made it sound.
So yeah, that was this week. It's transfer day next Wednesday or Thursday, so we'll see if I finally move out of Eastbourne. All signs are pointing to "yes", but we'll see what happens. I've really enjoyed it here and parts of me have changed completely in the last 7 months I've been here, and it's been change as in improvement so hooray! I'm really enjoying the mission experience and look forward to what's on the new horizon (even if it is another 6 weeks in Eastbourne :D) So I will talk to you next week sometime. Bye!
Hello! It's been a good week. I will share one good experience and one bad experience for lack of focus today due to people speaking/singing in many different languages around me. Internet cafes...
Good: We were talking to this lady on the bus and then this guy comes and sits by us in a way that makes it hard for us to talk to the lady. He asks if we're Mormons and then shakes our hands and says that he's a Christian and wants to learn more about what we believe and to come by his house an hour later. We went there and he was really excited about the Book of Mormon and wanted to read it. We set up to see him two days later, went back but he wasn't available so we'll go back this week. So hopefully he's been able to read and study it.
Bad (but not really too bad): Yesterday after an uneventful day, we were on the bus and this guy comes on the bus stepping on people's feet on purpose and basically looking for a fight. He was muttering curse words throughout. He then tries to "accidentally" trip people walking past him, and starts spitting on the floor of the bus about 5 times. I lean over to him and ask if he'd like a Kleenex, and he just explodes at me and curses me with much anger and tells us "Bible Bashers to not talk to him or he'll put my head through the window." So I turn my head and try to not give him any more acknowledgement. Then he stands up slightly and puts his face really close to my face and threatens me again, to which I point my finger at him and tell him to take a step back (which scared me that I would do that, haha) but he did take a step back and sit down. And then as he got off the bus, he continued to curse us and slapped his hand against the outside of the bus window we were sitting by. So yeah, I'm pleased at how I reacted to that and kept calm, because I was definitely praying I would be calm. :D But don't worry, it probably wasn't as bad as I made it sound.
So yeah, that was this week. It's transfer day next Wednesday or Thursday, so we'll see if I finally move out of Eastbourne. All signs are pointing to "yes", but we'll see what happens. I've really enjoyed it here and parts of me have changed completely in the last 7 months I've been here, and it's been change as in improvement so hooray! I'm really enjoying the mission experience and look forward to what's on the new horizon (even if it is another 6 weeks in Eastbourne :D) So I will talk to you next week sometime. Bye!
