YOU KIDS GO TO BED!

May 14, 2008

I sent this first part LAST WEEK but it says it got returned so I am
resending it... and then I will have this weeks at the end!

This week has actually gone really well! I have gotten more focused
and made it my focus to not waste any of my class time and time when I
am supposed to be studying! I have actually been quite successful at
doing so and it has helped me alot. Especially in my spanish. The lord
is blessing me for doing a better job of being more dedicated and
focused. with that said I have also decided to make sure I have more
fun during non educational times like from 9:30 to 10:30. The whole
language is starting to come together for me. It seems like it is
making more sense and I am doing a better job conjugating and
communicating. I am even understanding most of what my teachers say
when they talk to so that is definately a nice thing. I taught for the
last time in English yesterday... it is spanish from here on out which
is kinda nuts! Next week we teach the whole first discussion in
spanish which will be kinda nuts. We got a whole new group of Elders
last week and they are AWESOME!!! I spend that hour of free time at
night just bouncing around rooms and chatting people up. its really
fun.

Kinda a cool story;

My district was starting to be disobedient in some small things but
they were things in which you deliberately choose to be disobedient in
and so I had to think of some way to address it without being stupid
and boring or coming across as self righteous. So I formulated a plan
which has worked beautifully so far. I got everyone together and told
them that I understand and I would rather do those things from a fun
point of view but that I cant if I am going to be honest with the
branch president. I then asked them if they respected the branch
president and they of course said yes. So I asked them if they
respected me and they said yes, so I explained that it is kind of
embarrassing to go to the president and tell them that my district is
not being obedient and asked that if out of respect for the me they
would be more obedient. They understood where I was coming from and
now they are fully on board and they do not to seem to be mad at me at
all. It was kinda a different management technique but since they know
I wanted to have fun too they really did not seem to mind changing a
couple things. It was actually kinda fun to have an opportunity to
problem solve... Here everything else is scheduled and planned for you
so those opportunities dont come up often.

Overall things are going great! I love my zone and we all have tons of
fun and staying focused. Thanks for everything,
Elder Scott Stiles