Hey Everyone! This week has been a very exciting week! I love and miss you all!
General Conference:
What’s the Best thing that happens every first weekend of April and October? General Conference of course! Was this conference great or what?! I have a confession to make. This was the first general conference that I was able to watch all five sessions and really pay attention. I am so grateful for the opportunity to watch all five sessions on Temple Square. For the Saturday morning and afternoon sessions I was able to watch them at the Legacy Theater inside the JSMB. That is the next best option next to the conference center that the Young Elders have on the Mission. In both the morning and afternoon sessions I knew NINE people that sang in Mormon Tabernacle Choir and The Missionary Choir. Shout out to my Quail Hollow Ward buddy Josh Gray for being the main camera focus around five times in the afternoon session! The Young Elders of the Mission had the awesome opportunity of attending the Priesthood session at the Conference Center. Our tickets said Plaza One on them. Plaza one is the closest Plaza to where the General Authorities walk out. For some reason they moved the Elders to Plaza two. So me, my companion, and two other Elders were obedient and moved. The rest of the Elders snuck back over to plaza one. I was glad that we stayed at plaza two for a number of reasons. First, we had a better view of the pulpit and we were thirteen rows back from the First Presidency. Second, I met some cool brothers from Australia and The Netherlands. My favorite reason of all is that I had a cool moment with Dieter F. Uchdorf. He must have seen me smiling because we made eye contact; he smiled back, nodded his head, and gave me thumbs up! So be obedient because you never know when you might get thumbs up from a General Authority. On Sunday my companion and I went back to the JSMB to watch the two sessions in the Legacy Theater. In between sessions we walked back to our apartment for lunch. On the way there and back I ran into the Ika Family! It was great to see them! My favorite sessions in this conference were both the Saturday and Sunday afternoon sessions. Personally this was the best conference yet!
Monday:
So anyone who knows me well enough, knows that I tend to sleep walk and talk. At some point you could probably have conversation with me and I would never know it even happened. On Sunday night my companion was lucky enough to experience this. I remember waking up with suit in hand I guess I thought that it was morning. The only reason I woke up is because my companion asked me to turn off the light. I was confused until I looked at the clock. Only then did I Realize that it was 10:45PM. Don’t worry it gets better. When I woke up on Monday morning I couldn’t find my top sheet. I didn’t have time to find it so I just made my bed without it. Later that day Elder Young and I were talking about the funny story that had happened the night before. I told him that I do funny things in my sleep all the time. He told me that I did it twice. It didn’t surprise me. He said I was trying to get ready again. [Well I mean I love the work that I’m doing, but missionaries need sleep.] He said he saw me putting my white shirt in my laundry bag. Then it dawned on me. It wasn’t a white shirt at all; it was a white bed sheet. Sure enough there it was in my bag.
Tuesday:
Tuesday was all in all a good day. It started off by seeing my sister Sarah (Sarah works at the JSMB). I gave her the “I’m doing well” Sign. She gave me the “Family is doing well” Sign. At one point during the day I went to the Missionary clinic to get some Advil. I saw the scale and was curious, so I weighed myself. Well I’ll tell ya folks, if you stop eating when you’re bored you may just loose around ten lbs in two weeks! It sure did work for me. Yeah that made me pretty dang happy. [BIG Crew Reference: “Heeeeeey Thaaat’ss Preettty Gooood!”] That night I asked my companion if I had said anything in my sleep. Well here are some quotes:
1) “I need a shirt.”[Stands up and lays back down.]
2) “I like this place, they have all the nickels.”(This one sounds like something they would say in Bad Lip Reading)
3) “I like this one for Name Work.”
4) “I just don’t want to spill.”
Wednesday:
I woke up Wednesday morning and I started my morning routine when a song popped into my head. It was a good ol’ country song called “You’re gonna miss this.” I first heard this song about a week before leaving on the mission. It talks about the hard parts of life that you grow to love, and end up missing. I thought to myself “I need to think of this when I’m having a rough day.” [Sorry for that random intro.] Wednesday went well. I worked hard in the Family Search Center all day. At one point I even got a package from Mom and Dad! I was so excited to open it but I had to wait because I had my first Elijah choir practice. The Elijah choir is our very own Mission Choir that sings in every Monday morning devotional. During my first practice I sang with the basses. After practice I talked to the choir director Elder Bear because I could not hit some of the lower notes. He tested my voice, and as it turns out I am not a bass at all. Believe it or not I’m a tenor! Who knew? It was definitely not where I thought I’d be. One of the songs we are singing in a few weeks is “If You Could Hie to Kolob.” It is one of my favorite hymns because it is so beautiful. When choir practice ended I went back to my apartment to open the package from my parents. I was so excited. I was extremely grateful to find some of my favorite food items and recipes from home. Some of these items were a little out of my missionary budget for now so it was great to receive them. My parents are the best!
Scripture of the Week:
13 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, I know that if ye shall follow the Son, with full purpose of heart, acting no hypocrisy and no deception before God, but with real intent, repenting of your sins, witnessing unto the Father that ye are willing to take upon you the name of Christ, by baptism—yea, by following your Lord and your Savior down into the water, according to his word, behold, then shall ye receive the Holy Ghost; yea, then cometh the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost; and then can ye speak with the tongue of angels, and shout praises unto the Holy One of Israel.
Contact Information:
If you want to hand write me letters, my address is:
Elder Christian Dietz
JSMB Third Floor East Wing
15 East South Temple Street
Salt Lake City, Utah 84150
If you wish to Email me my Email is:
Elder.ctbdd.Dietz@gmail.com [DON’T FORGET THE D! ctbdD.dietz.]
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| General Conference Picture: I personally think you can tell that I’ve lost some weight if you look at my face. To me it looks thinner. |
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| My Companion Elder Young and I at Priesthood Session. |
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| The Organ from 13 rows back. |
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| I saw a familiar face! |
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