The Q & A
Alright, shoutout to all the people that sent me a question. Your reward is fame without limits, because I’m going to put your name next to the question.
But first, my week.
It’s been good. We teach people about Jesus Christ, and how to be happy and find hope because of Him. It’s great. And in the process of helping out other people, I’ve been able to learn more about Jesus Christ, and become not a schmuck. The Atonement of Jesus Christ really can change lives, and I know that because it’s changed mine.
So the mission has been a great time. Wouldn’t trade it for the world.
Now, to answer all these wonderful questions. We’ve got the name of the person that asked it, their exact wording, and then my response. Buckle up.
My Dad:
Q: What’s something you’ve discovered is unique to Oklahoma? A phrase people say, a store that’s nowhere else, a food…?
A: “Fixin ta” Which is used in the context of planning on doing something. “Fixin ta drive the tractor.”
There’s also water towers all over the place, because this entire state can be used as a level, so they need to make water pressure.
The word “Y’all”, and I’m sure most everyone getting these emails knows my stance on that word, and that it belongs in the garbage.
Q: What are some things you learned from your companions? Not just gospel stuff, but life skills too.
A: Elder Miller how to be a better person. Elder Grace taught me a better way to tie my ties. But honestly, I’ve learned a whole lot more than I can write. They’ve all been great.
Q: What’s the best thing about being a missionary?
A: Everything. Getting to focus on serving people, testifying about Jesus Christ, not worrying about life, meeting crazy people, meeting super cool missionaries, it’s all a blast.
Q: Have you gained weight during the mission? Are you in better shape than you were, or worse?
A: I think I’ve lost some weight, but we don’t have a scale. I’ve definitely worked out more and can do more push ups than I used to be able to do sooooo….
Q: Who’s your favorite person in the scriptures, and why?
A: In the Book of Mormon: Captain Moroni or Ammon. In the Bible: Elijah
Q: What food do you miss the most?
A: Outback Steakhouse. Specifically the mac and cheese that you can get as a side
Bryce:
Q: What are you doing when you get off the mission? Going straight to Utah for college? Gonna work for a while in Montana?
A: Not 100% sure. I’ll have some time before college starts, so probably hang out with my family and figure out the rest when I actually get there.
Ethan:
Q: Where’s the backflip my good sir?
A: It’s been over a year since I got to throw down in any gymnastics, but I’ll get it when I get home
Eliza:
Q: What kind of bear is best?
A: Pandas. Easy answer, those guys are so chill
Keaton:
Q: What’s your favorite block in minecraft?
A: Raw Oak Wood
Makenna:
Q: What’s your favorite food to eat lol?
A: Whatever I’m feeling in the moment. Right now, probably the mac cheese I was talking about earlier. But also I like pancakes, bacon and sausage
Sister Field:
Q: If you could replace your voice with any actor’s, who do you choose?
A: Tom Holland. And the only reason I say that is because as sick as it would be to sound like Morgan Freeman, T Holland is the only actor who is a similar age, so my voice wouldn’t sound freakishly weird.
Mom:
Q: When is your release date?
A: September 23rd
Q: Your favorite scripture used to be 1 Nephi 3:7; do you have a different favorite scripture now?
A: I have too many favorite scriptures to count. But 3rd Nephi 5:13 is way good right now.
“Behold, I am a disciple of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I have been called of him to declare his word among his people, that they might have everlasting life.”
Q: We’ve been studying a lot of church history in seminary; do you have a favorite church history person or story?
A: John Tanner, look him up
Q: Do you still ride your bike?
A: We didn’t get our bikes back until 2 days ago, so no
Q: Have you ever been to Braum’s Ice Cream & Burger Restaurant?
A: Braum’s is overrated, don’t @ me. It’s good, but not good enough to claim that it’s “the best.”
Nate:
Q: What is the most “Oklahoman” thing you’ve seen?
A: A guy wearing sunglasses, a shirt with some Trump thing on it, and an American flag attached to the back of his electric Walmart shopping cart
Q: What was the most colorful food you ate last week?
A: Sour patch kids, or this “Spanish” rice that a family made, but said it was “Gringo rice” because it was made by white people.
Kyra:
Q: What is your favorite weird fact?
A: You can’t breathe through your mouth if you stick your tongue all the way out.
Now put your tongue back in your mouth
But actually: It takes about 7 years to have every cell in your body replace itself
Q: What are some ways to grow your faith?
A: Act as if you have more faith. It’s like a muscle, so just exercise more faith. Which is MUCH easier said than done.
Derek:
Q: What’s something you learned on your mission that you’ll never stop doing?
A: How to be 100% responsible
Q: What’s your favorite Conference talk?
A: “Bless in His Name” Henry B. Eyring
Q: What is your best seminary experience?
A: So we did this game where the teams were divided up in the class, and there were like, 5 teams. The goal, as my dad said (He was the teacher) was to “Get the most points.” And in order to get points, everyone can choose whether to raise a green thing, or a red thing. If everyone raised a green thing, all the teams would each get 100 points. If all the teams raised a red thing, nobody got any points. BUT, if someone raised a green thing, and another team raised a red thing, every team that raised a red thing got 200 points. So we did this game, and of course, we all talk about raising green. So we show what we chose, and everyone has red. Wow. So trustworthy. Then we have the next one, and my team was like, “For real, let’s all raise green.” And then our team did. AND NOBODY ELSE DID. I had zero trust in the rest of the teams. But then a few more rounds of all red, so then we give everyone another chance, and we’re like, “Ok, ALL of us raise green, deal?” And EVERYONE is like, “Deal.” So our team raised green, and EVERY OTHER TEAM RAISED RED. My trust in everyone else in that room dropped into the negatives. And it was not coming back anytime soon. But at the end of the lesson, my dad talked about how the goal is to “Get the most points.” And the way we would’ve gotten the most points would’ve been by always raising green, and that if Jesus was in this game, He would’ve raised green every time. And it felt SO GOOD to know that we were on “Team Jesus.” And the rest of those teams were failures, who chose to follow the “father of all lies” himself.
Aaaaaaand yeah. There we go. That’s kinda long, but it was fun. I know the raffle was supposed to happen today, but we are going to do that next week. Because I forgot. And I’m going to have to do something with Kleenexes in the video. You’ll see, I’ll explain it. Anyways, that’s going to be next week. Thanks for reading and sending questions!
Over and Out
