June 4, 2009

Today was another slow day. Me and E. Cain started off this morning at each other's throat. It was not a happy morning. We yelled pretty good at each other. It all started at the beginning of comp study. He asked what I studied and what I learned. I told him that I learned/read about doing what we need to do as missionaries and then continually improving. I mentioned that we could improve on our companionship prayers and he said "what do you mean?" And I said "that we need to pray for our investigators by name and be more specific about their needs and how we can help them". He said "haven't we been doing that?" (in a rude way) Then I said something like "can't we improve?" Then it went from there. It was a legit argument. He feels like I've acted like I'm never pleased with anything he does, and I make him feel like a crappy missionary. I feel like he has gotten too comfortable in his ways and is not open for improvement, or maybe doesn't want to take ideas from a greenie. I don't know. E. Cain is awesome. He's just different. I know for sure that I need to calm down, be more patient, and not judge him. I feel like I know what kind of missionary I want to be (obedient, faithful, all that god stuff), and I'm impatient and get upset because it's not happening all at once. I have to remember that it is going to take time. Line up line. Well today we did a district service project in Alamo. It was good. We landscaped the yard of a HUGE house. I twas beautiful but just needed some yard work. Then we had a 2 hour talk with Tine (not really about the Gospel but it was nice). Tomorrow is our big mission gathering!