Elder Baird's Something About Socks: WEEK 58 MUZHA: The one with a new friend* *a human one. Not a duck. Or a lizard. But a human.

What's up guys it's the husky here back with a new exciting episode of BRONZE LEAGUE EMAILLLLLLSSSSSSS

So this week has been quite the adventure.

Mostly in the fact that I have a new companion.

Other than that it's been pretty chill.

After going to the zoo on Monday, Tuesday happened. Said bye to all my friends that were leaving.

Then Monday happened. I mean Wednesday. Honestly I should probably just go back and edit that, but since when have I ever edited my emails!

So then Wednesday we did stuff. Like give cards to people cause Elder Sun was leaving. And after a great English group we went home for the last night of the reign of Elder Sun. And thus was the 14th day of the 10th month of the 2020th year of the time according to the reign of the companions.

And thus on the 15th day of the 10th month of the 2020th year of the reign of the companions. During the reign of Elder Sun. The companion seat was given to Elder Zhao. With commandment to protect the ward and the friends we are teaching.

And this in the 15th day of the 10th month of the 2020th year in the reign of the companions, the reign of Elder Zhao began.

And guys Elder Zhao is awesome! He's super old, both mission-wise and age-wise, and he is just wise in general. He loves the work and he loves being obedient.

And so things have been going pretty great!

But that doesn't mean that it's not the process. We picked him up Thursday afternoon and so began the new transfer. And things were going really well, but that doesn't mean that change wasn't hard.

That afternoon I just had to take some time alone. So I went to the bathroom and just sort of started to panic. Not sure why, but change is indeed hard.

And as I sat there panicking the Holy ghost was like pray. Duh, I thought. And started to pray. Then as I was praying for help the Holy Ghost was like "no you're doing it wrong...Gratitude."

So I started a gratitude prayer and I started to feel a lot better.

Gratitude is important my doods.

Then Friday and Saturday happened. I'm sure stuff happened on those days. Maybe it was a dream... Not sure....

Then Sunday happened and we got a new bishop! That was a shock. But our pour old bishop was 76 years old and really needed a break! And I love our new bishop. We then had a great coordination meeting that went awesome. I'm excited for this new ward spectrum.

Anyways then Sunday ended and Monday happened.

Got up and talked to the fam. Went to choir practice. Practiced the piano cause I'm playing in a fireside in two weeks (more on that next week 吧）

Then after lunch we went out to Costco as all good missionaries do. And as we are walking around my companion just decides to let me know that we're training and our new trainee just got here

So yah. I now have two companions.

Granted one of them is currently in quarantine for the next two weeks. But after that we are living in a trio. With a brand new companion.

Needless to say I'm a little shocked because nobody decided to tell me this. I guess they thought that as long as my companion knew I didn't need to. Oh well.

At least I do now.

And then we went home and I wrote this letter.

Yah that's pretty much my week my bois. I love you guys a lot and stuff. So yah!

Love,

Elder Baird

Something about socks 1

So. Last Monday our bishopric 1st counsler took us out to dinner. And this was the story he told us.

5 years ago he was less active.

Be hadn't been to church for over 25 years.

But he wanted to lose weight.

Sooooo he said a prayer went to bed and when we woke up he had lost 50 lbs

Lol Jk.

He started to run. And run. And run. And he found out he loved running! So he started 5ks. Too easy. 10 ks. Toooo easy. So he tried a marathon. Still too easy. So he decided he wanted to do an extreme marathon.

Now this isn't like a normal marathon.

No this man got on a plane and flew to the Sahara Desert. And ran a 7 day 150 mile race.

He had never prepped for this kind of race before and he had brought the wrong shoes...

So by the end of the first day all of his toenails had peeled off. Everyone thought he would quit. And so did he.

He woke up the next day and did something he hadn't done for 25 years.

He prayed.

He prayed that the pain would be relieved so he could get to the ext checkpoint and then give up.

He then ran to the checkpoint and was about to give up when he heard a runner next to him, a professional, say he was giving up. So he asks him, "Can I have your shoes?"

And this guy just gives him his shoes and they fit perfectly.

This man then runs the rest of day two. When he gets to his tent at night and one of his tent mates says, "I don't believe in your God, but he is helping you."

That's when he realized all the miracles that had happened that day.

He then went on to finish the whole entire race becoming one of the oldest people (50) to ever finish the race.

He then got back to Taiwan where two days later he was called by the temple president and asked to become an ordinance worker. The temple president had no clue who he was, just that his phone number was on his desk.

He accepted.

And from that time he has been active in the church.

Now as I listened to this story I was just shocked the whole time. But I learned a couple things.

First, when we pray to relieve pain, God will give us new shoes. We don't always get the answer we want, but we always get the one we need.

I also learned that God doesn't ever leave us. For 25 years this man had not prayed. And in the middle of the Sahara Desert when he was finally humble enough to pray, God heard his prayer. and answered it.

I thought that this was amazing.

Sometimes it feels like God waits until we are in the middle of the desert with 5 grueling days ahead of us of straight running before he answers us. But this man said that in all the times before that, he was never humble enough to pray or to have faith to receive an answer. And sometimes this is what happens. It is in the middle of our deserts that we get help because it isn't until those deserts that we are humble enough to ask for it and really mean it.

I don't know.

I thought it was an awesome story!

Something About Socks 2

Sorry I don't have enough time to write this. Next week maybe!

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