Elder Baird's Something About Socks: WEEK 90 XINZHU: (no subject)

Helllllo there.

Another week in the good old apartment. Between lessons, sweeping, eating, sleeping, studying, more lessons, people not showing up to lessons, calling people, more lessons, and playing the ukulele the week has gone right along.

Honestly it's been pretty quick.

Also we had two exchanges this week which was pretty crazy. So I will just get into it then!

Monday was fun. We went swimming.

Well not really.

But it sure felt like it!

We went an played some basketball with the other elders. Just 4 of us because right now we are unable to be in the same room with over 5 people. So it was just the 4 of us.

Then we decided to leave and it was pouuuuring rain! Like soooo bad! And so we biked home, and within 15 seconds we were soaked. Just soaked.

So 25 minutes later we got home just drenched. We were already so soaked that we just decided to go and buy food then. So we walked in the rain. Took a train in the rain. Did everything in the rain. Then we got home and I got a warm shower and it felt so great!

So yah it was pretty great.

Then it was Tuesday and June! Wow! June. I started my fourth journal. Crazy. Then we went down to exchanges in Zhudong. It's kind of out in the middle of no where. So then we had online district council and we had sacrament in our house which was kind of fun. We just tore a piece of bread in half for the two of us, and then we realized it was too big. It's a lot easier to laugh during the sacrament at home than at church hahaha. Oh well. It was still a great experience.

Then we made brownies and muffins! I think it was my first time making brownies so that was kind of an adventure,

Then I practiced writing my cursive S because why not!

On Tuesday we had interviews with President. It is the last one I will have with him as a missionary. I may or may not have cried. That information will not be disclosed at this time.

Then I played the piano for the Peterson which was kind of fun! I played a new song I've been working on! Stay tuned for it in my second piano book coming out sometime this fall!

If you haven't had an opportunity to get ahold of my first piano book "Praises to the Lord" Hit me up and we can talk about getting you one!

Shameless self plug in an email all about my self.

Not that shameful tbh.

SUDDENLY... PINEAPPLES

Then one of the young men in our ward opened his mission call! He's going to Taiwan (believe it or not) And he will be going to the MTC right when I get home so I might be able to run into him or something!

Thursday brought another exchange. Back to back exchanges are exhausting! But I got to go with Elder Qiu who I had never really met before and he is awesome! Wee had a great time together teaching lessons! I loved the way she shared his testimony and about how the gospel had changed him! I'm super grateful for my time with him.

Basically it was a lot of lessons and calling people. Just like normal hahaha

Friday we ended exchanges, and we had our weekly planing session. Then a lesson with a family who was cool. Then two people stood us up. So I swept the floor.

Then I was exhausted from exchanges and so I went to bed early cause I can.

Saturday I woke early and then we went running. 3 miles sucks. But 3 miles in a mask sucks even more. Like a lot. But oh well

Showed my plant off to one of the people we are teaching. He was very impressed by my rosemary. I am too. He sits on my desk and makes me happy. A little bit of the outside world on my desk....

What is the outside world...

Is there an outside? Have we been lied to our whole lives? What if the outside is still the inside. What if this earth is actually just a snow globe inside a giants house. And they just look at us all day and put our snow globe on the shelf. We wouldn't know! Cause we are just living our lives. But for all we know we are sitting on the shelf of some giants house. Who knows?

That's what I've been thinking about lately.

Maybe I've been inside to much...

What's inside?

Are we inside?

Or are we just outside...

Anyways I finished the book of Roman's on Saturday. I love Paul and all, but I think he's got something about food that I just don't get, he keeps telling people not to get offended by your brothers meat and I'm just like, okay Paul we get it, your vegetarian, but what does this have to do with the Gospel.

(Full disclosure we have no proof that Paul was or was not vegetarian, I just have no clue what he is trying to say, in Chinese we say 看不懂)

I had rice and veggies like a real Taiwanese Boi and it was yummy. Eating at home is fun!

We had church today on the sabbath, and it was fast Sunday which is always fun. Always a great chance to exercise our spirit. Show who's really in charge. It's actually how we become perfected.

I heard something by Cleon Skousen (a genius) today that I liked "being born again is your spirit being in control of your body"

And I like that! That is why Jesus gave us the Be attitudes. These are the things that we need to become so as to put our spirit in charge. I'm grateful for the sermon on the mount. Especially that we have the account in the 5th gospel (3rd Nephi folks (duh))

Go and read it. I'm sure you've got time. I mean I do, so don't you?

Wait, the rest of the world isn't stuck inside there house???? Inconceivable!

I met a lot of cool families this week. So that was fun. I love families. Especially my family!!!

Especially my mom!!!!

Because it was her birthday!!!!! She's like 48 now or something like that! I mean it may not be considered old, but it's getting there!!!!

Love you mom :))))

And dad too, just not enough to celebrate his birthday... My bad,,,,

Anyways, I hope you all had a great week! Love you all! Please send me an email, I've got nothing but time. Well actually I have everything except time, but not actually cause I don''t have your email.

I've got nothing but your email, so hit me up!!!

Love you all!

Elder Baird

Something about socks

Jesus said it best in the sermon on the mount. So just go to him!

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