Well well well, what is THIS?
Nathan is blogging?
what what??
Well its been a while since i've posted a real long in depth post so i thought that i'd make a nice long one and recount some things that have been goings on recently in the crazy life of Nathan.
so i guess i'll start most recent and then work my way backwords.
TODAY:
just now after trying FOREVER to get this Designjet HUGE wide format printer of Rob's working, i finally got it! The computer didn't want to recognize the printer and then it didnt want to install the driver and then it didnt want to align the paper and blah blah blah it prints now.
=]
uh. ok so this morning i got up for church only a little late,
and Rob came by with the car so i could take it to church,
WELL, if i had found a close parking place, i might have made it on time for the sacrament, but i wasnt on time. so i missed taking the sacrament, well its okay cuz at least i was there for the rest of the talks. AND well okay this directly leads into the next story.
because i was late i decided to just wait out in the foyer area, and well after the meeting we always have our announcements, so while the annuncements were going i felt this was an okay time to get my tithing money in order and slip it in my envelope. well to get this in order required me to pull the money from a few different places and because i'm ocd about the bills i had to make sure the larger ones were first and the $1 were last and then make sure they were all facing the same way. all the while i am doing this pretty low key, right in my lap and not drawing attention to myself at all. well, as i was finishing up and slipping it in to the envelope a guy come up to me and is like (and i'm paraphrasing here): " 'scuse me sir, can you help me? i need help, who do i need to talk to to get some help? i'm just hungry and i've been walking forever and my feet hurt and i need to clean myself up and get some rest." and so i quickly shove my money in my pocket and tell him oh yeah no problem i know exaclty the guy we need to have you talk to. that'd be the bishop, i can introduce you to him as soon as they are done doing announcements, and i stand up and walk with him to the door to the chapel, and he says that he can't really wait but that he just needs a little help, and i assure him that the announcements will be over soon, i point out the bishop and tell him if we get separeated that is the bishop and thats who we gotta have you talk to. so eventually the announcements got over, a tad longer than i had previously thought they would go, but nonetheless we make it to the front of the chapel where the bishop is with only minor traffic issues and not getting separated. i shake the bishop's hand and say bishop, this is my friend and he needs some help. the bishop starts off with well okay so what can i do for ya? and the guy says well i need some help i've been walking all day and i'm hungry and etc etc. well the bishop thought i meant that by friend i knew who he was, and at this point i still didnt even know his name. well the bishop was like okay well we have some food after our meetings, you're welcome to stay and join us. and the guy was like, oh no i can't stay you dont understand i have a problem right now and i can't wait. i need some help getting to the hostel and i dont have time cuz they will be filling up fast and i need a place to sleep. well the bishop was like okay well idk what to tell ya i cant give you any money but you're welcome to sleep here till dinner time in a couple hours. and at one point the bishop had mentioned to me, okay nathan why dont you introduce him to the missionaries? and so at this point i kinda started backing away cuz the guy sat down and looked like he might try and stay there and sleep. so the bishop vacated as well. when i finaly made my way to the door i saw that the patriarch found his way to the front and might be talking to the guy. so i find the missionaries, say hi to the greenie and tell them that i met a guy in the lobby who says he needs some help. and that i introduced him to the bishop but the bishop couldnt really do anything and that the guy probably just wants money but that they should talk to him anyways and see if they can help him out spiritually but not to be offended if he thinks that his physical needs need to be met first, like sleep and eating. so we make our way up to the guy and he's alone on the bench, i guess if the patriarch had talked to him that he was done now. and so i was like my friend i'd like to introduce you to the elders. and he's like oh i just need to face it none of you will help me. and so the elders were like well what can we do for you. and he's like i just need to get some money so i can take the train to the hostel and stay at the hostel for tonight and get myself cleaned up and sleep. and the missionaries were all well okay we'll see what we can do, and the guy was like oh i'm sick of all this red tape blah blah blah. and the elder was like, no red tape idk what ur talking about, i just need to see what i can do to help you. and the guy was all i'm hungry and i'm dietbetic and i just need somewhere to sleep and eat. and the elder was like oh i'm dietbetic too do you need anything? and he was like i'm all out of (fill in this blank with whatever pill he mentioned) and the elder was like, oh thats the oral pill? so type two? and the guy said ya. and so the elder was like, well i dont have any of that but i have a granola bar in my backpack if you'd like it. and the guy gladly accepted it and the elders said they'd go see what they could do and they'd be right back. so i sit down next to this guy. and i'm like okay so you're from new hampshire ya i've been up there oh man its gorgeous what brings you down here and he's like oh i came here for work, there is no work up in NH, and at this point one of the clerks sat down behind me and was like bro pederson told me to come here and make sure everything was okay. (meaning i'm going to stay here and keep an eye on things to make sure nothing bad happens) and so i continue talking to the guy. i tell him the elders will be right back, my name is nathan btw. and he tells me his name is Tom. and then he goes to start talking about how he isnt sure where he's going to get help from since it doesnt look like we can help him. and i almost said, ... well have you prayed about it yet? but i didnt. and then as the elders were walking up and begining to break the bad news to him i felt like i needed to say oh well if we cant help, i have a couch and shower and washer if you want to stay with me at church and eat after then we can head home and get you all cleaned up. but i didnt get the chance to say it because by the time i found the right words and the right way to say the words, the elders had said, well we were told we cant give handouts. and that we were told all we can do is offer you this bench to rest if you'd like and some dinner in a couple hours when its done. but tom didnt want to hear it. he was like well okay i guess i'll try somewhere else, i hope that i can find someone to give me something or else i am afraid of who i'll have to take it from and the elders mentioned there were a couple other churches around that he could try there, and tom said one last thing before the elders told him good luck and bye. Tom said, "oh you're all the same (refering to the church), you're all hypocrites"
and that just kind of stayed with me through the next couple of classes. in fact in my next class which was sunday school. i got in a little late, we were reading in third nephi about not turning away he that cometh unto you but inviting him in and praying with him. and in the lesson we talked about praying for those ppl we meet even the ones we dont know, or we dont even talk to. the lunch lady, the person sitting next to us on the train. a coworker etc. and then in elder's quorum John Sue-Ho taught us a lesson about when Joseph Smith got dragged out in the middle of the night and tarred and feathered and because of the cold one of his babies had died. and he also had talked about how the lord suffered all things for us, and why should we suffer when all we have to do is fall to our knees and pray.
SO, needless to say, i've been thinking about Tom a bit today. and i will for sure have a long talk with my Heavenly Father about him tonight. i didnt remember this scripture that is now stuck in my head till after Tom had left, because all i was doing at the time was trying to help a guy out, it wasnt till later that i remembered this scripture and realized that i was doing more than just helping a guy out. "And also, ye yourselves will succor those that stand in need of your succor; ye will administer of your substance unto him that standeth in need; and ye will not suffer that the beggar putteth up his petition to you in vain, and turn him out to perish."
Then came dinner. and i'm sorry that Tom missed out. i'm not exaclty sure what it was but it was some sort of cheese meet lasagna and noodle thing. idk it was pretty good i guess. and i say emallie and tried to shove her cupcake in her mouth :P . and i find out that the two girls that she was sitting with are planning on going to new york in the first part of december so i'm thinking SCORE! and then it was time to go home and rob was there and was like ok where's the car and i'm like oh yeah... bout that... its parked way far away. and so emallie offered to drive me to the car. and well so we got to walk to her car which was pretty far away in of itself and made it to rob's car and i drove it back to the church. and rob was all teasing me about walking with emallie and thinks that she's got the hots for me and i'm just laughing lol . uh. anyways . so we drive home and i get me started on this stupid printer and i eventually get it to work as u already know.
and currently i sit here in a slighty less messy room thinking about how i dont have much time left here and how i wanna at least squeeze in nyc and possibly like the church sites and stuff even if i have to miss out on dc.
I found out last night that the Fung Wah bus goes from boston to nyc for 15 bucks and that i can stay in a (i'd say nice looking) youth hostel for 33 bucks a night. today at church i found a couple of people that are planning already on going to nyc in the first part of december. so i think that we are planning on just going together. so that will be nice. but i'd like to go for more than a day and a half. hmm actually... ya know what....? it could be cheaper. now wait. hear me out ... no wait, hmm idk. maybe. okay no. idk. i was thinking that i could just take the fungwah back to boston and sleep in my own home since its only a 4 hour drive. like see what i mean? like idk. its more of a time thing, four hours is a long time to be saving three bucks. so idk what i shall do just yet. hmmm hummm i might go this weekend just to kinda test out the fungwah and see what i think of the hostel. like idk. leave late enough friday night that i dont need to sleep or early enough saturday that i get enough time to hit up times square and such like the liberty bell and the lady liberty and stuff. hmm.. okay . i think i could do that. yeah. lalalala. okay. i shall unless other plans come up.
hmm okay so i guess since my internet is being dumb and wont let me post i will write some more till it comes back.
auhh.
oh hometeaching! i'm excited cuz i got three appointments set up! so that just means that i need two more and my companion and i'll be all set.
so the next few days will have me reading and choosing the best topic to teach to them.
oh internet is back.
okay so um.
yeah i guess that is all for tonight.
ttyl nite nite.
Nathan is blogging?
what what??
Well its been a while since i've posted a real long in depth post so i thought that i'd make a nice long one and recount some things that have been goings on recently in the crazy life of Nathan.
so i guess i'll start most recent and then work my way backwords.
TODAY:
just now after trying FOREVER to get this Designjet HUGE wide format printer of Rob's working, i finally got it! The computer didn't want to recognize the printer and then it didnt want to install the driver and then it didnt want to align the paper and blah blah blah it prints now.
=]
uh. ok so this morning i got up for church only a little late,
and Rob came by with the car so i could take it to church,
WELL, if i had found a close parking place, i might have made it on time for the sacrament, but i wasnt on time. so i missed taking the sacrament, well its okay cuz at least i was there for the rest of the talks. AND well okay this directly leads into the next story.
because i was late i decided to just wait out in the foyer area, and well after the meeting we always have our announcements, so while the annuncements were going i felt this was an okay time to get my tithing money in order and slip it in my envelope. well to get this in order required me to pull the money from a few different places and because i'm ocd about the bills i had to make sure the larger ones were first and the $1 were last and then make sure they were all facing the same way. all the while i am doing this pretty low key, right in my lap and not drawing attention to myself at all. well, as i was finishing up and slipping it in to the envelope a guy come up to me and is like (and i'm paraphrasing here): " 'scuse me sir, can you help me? i need help, who do i need to talk to to get some help? i'm just hungry and i've been walking forever and my feet hurt and i need to clean myself up and get some rest." and so i quickly shove my money in my pocket and tell him oh yeah no problem i know exaclty the guy we need to have you talk to. that'd be the bishop, i can introduce you to him as soon as they are done doing announcements, and i stand up and walk with him to the door to the chapel, and he says that he can't really wait but that he just needs a little help, and i assure him that the announcements will be over soon, i point out the bishop and tell him if we get separeated that is the bishop and thats who we gotta have you talk to. so eventually the announcements got over, a tad longer than i had previously thought they would go, but nonetheless we make it to the front of the chapel where the bishop is with only minor traffic issues and not getting separated. i shake the bishop's hand and say bishop, this is my friend and he needs some help. the bishop starts off with well okay so what can i do for ya? and the guy says well i need some help i've been walking all day and i'm hungry and etc etc. well the bishop thought i meant that by friend i knew who he was, and at this point i still didnt even know his name. well the bishop was like okay well we have some food after our meetings, you're welcome to stay and join us. and the guy was like, oh no i can't stay you dont understand i have a problem right now and i can't wait. i need some help getting to the hostel and i dont have time cuz they will be filling up fast and i need a place to sleep. well the bishop was like okay well idk what to tell ya i cant give you any money but you're welcome to sleep here till dinner time in a couple hours. and at one point the bishop had mentioned to me, okay nathan why dont you introduce him to the missionaries? and so at this point i kinda started backing away cuz the guy sat down and looked like he might try and stay there and sleep. so the bishop vacated as well. when i finaly made my way to the door i saw that the patriarch found his way to the front and might be talking to the guy. so i find the missionaries, say hi to the greenie and tell them that i met a guy in the lobby who says he needs some help. and that i introduced him to the bishop but the bishop couldnt really do anything and that the guy probably just wants money but that they should talk to him anyways and see if they can help him out spiritually but not to be offended if he thinks that his physical needs need to be met first, like sleep and eating. so we make our way up to the guy and he's alone on the bench, i guess if the patriarch had talked to him that he was done now. and so i was like my friend i'd like to introduce you to the elders. and he's like oh i just need to face it none of you will help me. and so the elders were like well what can we do for you. and he's like i just need to get some money so i can take the train to the hostel and stay at the hostel for tonight and get myself cleaned up and sleep. and the missionaries were all well okay we'll see what we can do, and the guy was like oh i'm sick of all this red tape blah blah blah. and the elder was like, no red tape idk what ur talking about, i just need to see what i can do to help you. and the guy was all i'm hungry and i'm dietbetic and i just need somewhere to sleep and eat. and the elder was like oh i'm dietbetic too do you need anything? and he was like i'm all out of (fill in this blank with whatever pill he mentioned) and the elder was like, oh thats the oral pill? so type two? and the guy said ya. and so the elder was like, well i dont have any of that but i have a granola bar in my backpack if you'd like it. and the guy gladly accepted it and the elders said they'd go see what they could do and they'd be right back. so i sit down next to this guy. and i'm like okay so you're from new hampshire ya i've been up there oh man its gorgeous what brings you down here and he's like oh i came here for work, there is no work up in NH, and at this point one of the clerks sat down behind me and was like bro pederson told me to come here and make sure everything was okay. (meaning i'm going to stay here and keep an eye on things to make sure nothing bad happens) and so i continue talking to the guy. i tell him the elders will be right back, my name is nathan btw. and he tells me his name is Tom. and then he goes to start talking about how he isnt sure where he's going to get help from since it doesnt look like we can help him. and i almost said, ... well have you prayed about it yet? but i didnt. and then as the elders were walking up and begining to break the bad news to him i felt like i needed to say oh well if we cant help, i have a couch and shower and washer if you want to stay with me at church and eat after then we can head home and get you all cleaned up. but i didnt get the chance to say it because by the time i found the right words and the right way to say the words, the elders had said, well we were told we cant give handouts. and that we were told all we can do is offer you this bench to rest if you'd like and some dinner in a couple hours when its done. but tom didnt want to hear it. he was like well okay i guess i'll try somewhere else, i hope that i can find someone to give me something or else i am afraid of who i'll have to take it from and the elders mentioned there were a couple other churches around that he could try there, and tom said one last thing before the elders told him good luck and bye. Tom said, "oh you're all the same (refering to the church), you're all hypocrites"
and that just kind of stayed with me through the next couple of classes. in fact in my next class which was sunday school. i got in a little late, we were reading in third nephi about not turning away he that cometh unto you but inviting him in and praying with him. and in the lesson we talked about praying for those ppl we meet even the ones we dont know, or we dont even talk to. the lunch lady, the person sitting next to us on the train. a coworker etc. and then in elder's quorum John Sue-Ho taught us a lesson about when Joseph Smith got dragged out in the middle of the night and tarred and feathered and because of the cold one of his babies had died. and he also had talked about how the lord suffered all things for us, and why should we suffer when all we have to do is fall to our knees and pray.
SO, needless to say, i've been thinking about Tom a bit today. and i will for sure have a long talk with my Heavenly Father about him tonight. i didnt remember this scripture that is now stuck in my head till after Tom had left, because all i was doing at the time was trying to help a guy out, it wasnt till later that i remembered this scripture and realized that i was doing more than just helping a guy out. "And also, ye yourselves will succor those that stand in need of your succor; ye will administer of your substance unto him that standeth in need; and ye will not suffer that the beggar putteth up his petition to you in vain, and turn him out to perish."
Then came dinner. and i'm sorry that Tom missed out. i'm not exaclty sure what it was but it was some sort of cheese meet lasagna and noodle thing. idk it was pretty good i guess. and i say emallie and tried to shove her cupcake in her mouth :P . and i find out that the two girls that she was sitting with are planning on going to new york in the first part of december so i'm thinking SCORE! and then it was time to go home and rob was there and was like ok where's the car and i'm like oh yeah... bout that... its parked way far away. and so emallie offered to drive me to the car. and well so we got to walk to her car which was pretty far away in of itself and made it to rob's car and i drove it back to the church. and rob was all teasing me about walking with emallie and thinks that she's got the hots for me and i'm just laughing lol . uh. anyways . so we drive home and i get me started on this stupid printer and i eventually get it to work as u already know.
and currently i sit here in a slighty less messy room thinking about how i dont have much time left here and how i wanna at least squeeze in nyc and possibly like the church sites and stuff even if i have to miss out on dc.
I found out last night that the Fung Wah bus goes from boston to nyc for 15 bucks and that i can stay in a (i'd say nice looking) youth hostel for 33 bucks a night. today at church i found a couple of people that are planning already on going to nyc in the first part of december. so i think that we are planning on just going together. so that will be nice. but i'd like to go for more than a day and a half. hmm actually... ya know what....? it could be cheaper. now wait. hear me out ... no wait, hmm idk. maybe. okay no. idk. i was thinking that i could just take the fungwah back to boston and sleep in my own home since its only a 4 hour drive. like see what i mean? like idk. its more of a time thing, four hours is a long time to be saving three bucks. so idk what i shall do just yet. hmmm hummm i might go this weekend just to kinda test out the fungwah and see what i think of the hostel. like idk. leave late enough friday night that i dont need to sleep or early enough saturday that i get enough time to hit up times square and such like the liberty bell and the lady liberty and stuff. hmm.. okay . i think i could do that. yeah. lalalala. okay. i shall unless other plans come up.
hmm okay so i guess since my internet is being dumb and wont let me post i will write some more till it comes back.
auhh.
oh hometeaching! i'm excited cuz i got three appointments set up! so that just means that i need two more and my companion and i'll be all set.
so the next few days will have me reading and choosing the best topic to teach to them.
oh internet is back.
okay so um.
yeah i guess that is all for tonight.
ttyl nite nite.
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