4/17/1990

Interesting. To start the day we had mugi (wheat cereal). And before that we even got up at 5:30 and went jogging and did some other various exercises. I think I am a bit out of shape but it woke me up pretty good and I was in a good mood this morning. I think that that partly came from the hour of study that we get in the morning to go over the gospel. It is great to learn more each day. Afterwards, we had training at the church and everyone except me had an interview with Church Chourou, the Zone Leader. I think I need to talk more to the Lord to work out the things that I feel inside. After we finished lunch we are fasting to see 100 baptisms this month- And we can do it! Then my companion needed to come home because he was sick. I figured that this would be a good opportunity to study some more, so I hopped in Elder Messicks futon where it was warm and I started reading a Marvelous Work and a Wonder. Interesting. Then I thought I would just close my eyes for about 5 minutes - but guess what? That is not too effective. I think I was out for about 2 hours. One neat experience that happened before I zonked was there was one of the trucks that drive around playing weird music was parked outside our apartment. After 10 minutes or so, while I was trying to study it got a bit annoying. So in a sense I started to pray for it to go away. And as soon as I finished, the music stopped! It was a great thing that helped build my faith.