"I guess my ego is pretty fragile."

Well P-Day was pretty neat.  I saw Teresa Richardson at the Bookstore and I told her to say hi to Linda for me.  We walked past Linda's old dorm twice and each time was caught up with some memories.

We are now veterans of one-week.

Yesterday was Thursday and new missionaries got here.  I still feel somewhat new.

Elder Brown and I got some shots yesterday.  He received the yellow fever injection and I received not only that but a re-vaccination of small pox as well.  As usual, the shots never are as bad as they looked.  But let me say they looked bad.

Thursday was kind of a bad day.  I did pass off F-10 which makes five for me but the rest of the day didn't go well.  There is one reason why.  I guess my ego is pretty fragile.  Elder Brown went to get a drink of water from the classroom.  Elder Ostler came over and told me that I should always be with my companion.  Well it was the truth but I didn't take it too well.  I guess the pressure and other things helped but I just felt bad.  I feel as though I were harboring some pretty bad feelings for Elder Ostler.  We had a branch meeting last night.  President Barrett spoke about the martyrdom of Joseph Smith.  After that we had an ambassadorship class.  We talked about perception and then saw a film.  Well by this time I was feeling bad because I didn't feel as though I had the spirit with me.

It was hard but back at the dorms I asked Elder Ostler if I could speak with him.  I told him about today and I said that I was sorry and I asked for forgiveness.  He seemed more than happy to oblige me.  We hugged each other and I felt new love for him.  I also felt a lot better about myself.

Elder Laycock is our District Leader.  He will be great.  I think that he is very humble about his calling.

It's Friday morning and 6:00 am.  I feel good about getting up at 5 or so.  I don't feel guilty taking a little extra time to write in this.  It's time to study.