1 Lauren 1:1

Bowling with Sisters Amituanai, Ness, Phillips

1. And behold, the time had come for the Sangay sisters to make ready their houses.

2. For behold, Chuseok had come to pass. And now Chuseok is a tradition, peculiar to the Koreanites, in the which the people feast upon food constructed of various forms of rice.

3. And behold, the sisters were both foreignites, one in the service of their God but separate in culture (the one being from the promised land, the other being from the outer darkness of Australia) and thus had not been versed in the ways of the Koreanites.

4. Notwithstanding, they still ate a ridiculous amount.

5. And it came to pass that their hour of reckoning had come. The time of the yearly cleaning was again upon them.

6. Yet all was well, for they had hearkened unto the words of the Lord's anointed and stored up cleaning supplies for days.

7. And it came to pass that in the ninth hour of the sixth day they began their labors.

8. And it came to pass that in the thirteenth hour of the sixth day they still had not moved from the square foot of space near the sink. And thus it was for a day and a night and a day, and they saw no sun during the space of that time. And the space beginneth to stink unto them; a stink like chemicals that no one should ever come in contact with began to make itself known into them. 

9. And it came to pass that the sisters gave up and ate Koreanite snacks. 

10. And it came to pass that many miracles occurred. The Americanite was given power from on high to conquer her fear of fashionable Koreanite students and cry repentance unto them. The Australianite was given power to teach a grandma the Word of Wisdom. 

11. (Behold this was hypocrisy in the Australianite, for in the very moment that she cried repentance unto this grandmother the Americanite sinned in her heart and thought about that amazing chocolate monstrosity they had devoured that morning, disregarding completely any law of health they had received from heaven.)

12. And it came to pass that they taught a really prepared investigator.

13. And behold, this investigator inquired unto the Lord concerning His will and ways.

14. And behold, the sisters experienced much rejoicing because of the righteousness of this Koreanite woman. She was so righteous. So very, very righteous and God loves her so much.

15. And behold, President Sonksen made a grave error.

16. President Sonksen, though walking in the ways of the Lord, allowed those under his stewardship to go bowling in honor of Chuseok.

17. And behold, Korean missionaries couldn't bowl if the pins were painted neon orange and running straight at them, and the bowling ball was programmed to hit them. 

18. But despite their shortcomings, the Korean missionaries found great joy in finding each other strong in Christ (if not strong in bowling). 

 

Anyways, it was a great week. I learned a lot about finding joy in the journey! If you have joy in your mission, you want to work. You want to work harder. And the harder you work, with the more joy you have, the less hard it feels until it doesn't feel like work. Missionary work is funny that way.

Love you all!

xoxo

Sister Bell