On the bright side, along with the heat comes the sun, and that really makes me happy. I love feeling the warmth of the sun soak into my skin, though I do prefer that without the soaking of the seat into my clothes. Oh well! I'm still in the most beautiful place I've ever been and I'm incredibly blessed to be here, so I actually don't care that much.
Well, nothing too exciting happened this week. 4th of July was a thing, but only to the 6 of us missionaries here in Singen. The missionary couple had us over for pulled pork, chips, watermelon, etc, and we all got a little American flag to take home. So now that is somewhat ironically sitting right by my little Switzerland flag on my desk.
So I got a little curious and had a little fun with the iPad this week. For my personal study, I downloaded the first few copies of the Ensign (the monthly magazine the LDS church publishes) dating back to 1970. The stories and articles written in there are some of the most interesting things I've ever read - Partly because some of the things they say in these older copies are so blunt and honest that some people today might choose to be offended by them - and I love it. It's becoming one of my favorite things to study. I highly suggest either finding the old copies online or downloading them into your Gospel Library app and reading them while you brush your teeth, eat breakfast, wait in line, etc. Fill your mind with uplifting and encouraging messages instead of pointless mind-numbing video games. challenge yourself to learn something new (Gospel, religion in general, or even just history, because history is actually really cool) before you allow yourself those moments of thoughtless screen time (which I do understand, really).
We all have so many resources right at our fingertips. I firmly believe that we have such technology to benefit out lives and strengthen our relationships with family, friends, and God. It all depends, however, on house you use it. WIth the integration of iPads into this mission, I've been learning a lot about how to use technology for good, how to use it with a purpose, and also how to use it without wasting time. I don't think I'll go back to using technology the way I did before my mission. I'll use it,k for user. I'm sure I"ll still play games on my phone and have Instagram and such, but I think I"ll use it a lot differently.
Sorry this email is a bit shorter than usual, and kind of rambly. I'm honestly completely beat by the heat and the work this week.
I hope you all had a good week. Keep in touch. :)
Here, have a picture! On transfer day, I spent a couple hours with Sister Bishop. We got a kick out of our names. :) That's our picture at the top.
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