Don't Do Dumb Things

Unto all peoples and all dedicated disciples of the strange Elder Angus Chronicles: Pay heed to the great words presented in the subject of this letter. These are the very words a wise leader once told me that we should live our life by. In reality, it was actually just a phrase he used teaching us about safety in scouting activities, but I like to think it extends  to all parts of life. :P

Anyway,  I'll just let y'all know first off that I really love my family, even if it is in my own strange way. They probably understand the gravity of this statement more than anyone else, just because they are the sole witnesses of the "sealed portion" of this letter. >:P Of this I will say no more. However, I will say that my love for others has been sky rocketing as well. Each week we receive a letter with the names of all the people baptized in our mission during the week, and although I'm in a different area now, I always search for the names of people I taught. You have no idea how happy I was this week to see the names of a family show up! Yahoo! ... Unfortunately I'm sitting at a public computer, so these shouts of joy were oppressed into mental jubilee (I like this word). 

This week has been substantially colder. When people say it feels cold here, they're not lying. For this my faith in God has strengthened dramatically, because only he could help someone like me leave the cozy confines of my bed at 6:30 in the morning. Unfortunately, for all the cold you feel here, it never drops below freezing, which means no snow here. :( Oh well.  However, along with the cold this week, we've also done a few things differently.  Mainly: contacts. This week alone, we did over 120 street contacts. O.O I wouldn't believe this number myself had I not been doing all of the contacting. Just for all of you to understand how big of a change this is, think about me. How much do I talk? How many people do I talk to? How often do I leave my comfort zone? If you know the answer to all these questions, this is one more witness to the power of God. Truly there is no other explanation for how someone like me could walk up to a group of five strangers in conversation and invite them all to be baptized. Hehehe That was a fun contact. 

Anyway, I'd like to leave you all with a thought, knowledge vs. wisdom. In a world like today, knowledge is somewhat easy to come by. With all of the professional courses one can take, you could learn just about anything from underwater basket weaving to astrophysics. Wisdom, however, is more important, because wisdom defines how we use our knowledge. Many people that I've met think that knowledge gives them power. In this they are right! Knowledge is power! But I have a step more. Wisdom is happiness. How can we think that God doesn't exist, that work is more important than family, that worldly desires are greater than service and charity, or that the so called "worldly wisdom" is greater than the commandments of god. To be learned is good, but only when we hearken unto the council  of our Lord, Savior, and God. Jacob 6:12 "Oh be wise! What can I say more?" 

Well, "that's all I've got to say about that."

Elder Angus

Oh, and thank you for everything, prayers and letters alike!

Words of the week:

Piada (Pee-ah-duh) Means joke.

Trocadilha (Troh-kah-dil-yuh) Means pun. I've learned a few of them, but I always forget. Maybe I'll give you guys one next time.