This is Ben.
That line is for the newly wed.
These past 2 weeks in Moldova have been great. I have
been kissed by 3 women, and only 1 man. Surprisingly, the man was the only
one that went for the lips. I also drank wine, that I was told grape
juice. Apparently it is grape juice if you don't
drink enough to get drunk. However if you drink enough to get drunk,
then it is wine. Somehow in Moldova the chemical composition in grape
juice can change to wine in a matter of minutes. Another fun story was
when I was teaching a lesson on a park bench,
when an old lady DEMANDED our help. She was carrying a bag of wine
bottles to the giant cathedral church. So I thought I could safely carry
them over to help, stay within sight of my comp, and run back. However
when we arrived at the door, I was forced by
the collar of my shirt, by this amazingly strong woman, into the church
and out of sight of my comp. I then witnessed this lady get on her
knees and attempt to kiss every icon saint in the church. To make this
short, in the 2 mins I was in there, I held a
child up to kiss a pagan god, was forced to my knees to pray to Peter,
crossed myself the wrong way twice, and was stared at by about 30 people
who also asked me why I wouldn't kiss the baby Jesus. I finally just
ran out of there Joseph in Egypt style practically.
Other then that, the only other thing new is that I have a
leadership calling, so I plan on using chairman mao and stalin as my
examples of success.
As for a spiritual thought, we had a zone conference on
the atonement. Our president decided if something was going to help
missionaries, or to fix problems, this would be the topic. The
conference was 12 hours long, so I definitely got a better
picture doctrinally how the Atonement works. Just one thing i liked was
the difference between mercy and enabling. To fully use the atonement you
have to use both. Mercy is not getting what you deserve. Enabling is
getting what you don't deserve. I think that
speaks for itself. Don't reject blessings!
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