HOUGH HAPPENINS: Jake Hough, 8.6.19--week 54

"Answers and Opportunities"

SSSSZZZZZZZZIIIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAA MIIIINDENKI!!!!!!!

This was a week of answers. Well-awaited and needed answers. It was long (haha!) and short. Hard yet manageable. Think that’ll be a common theme for a while. But this week was very eventful and filled with opportunities to grow closer to our Savior and to become one with the Holy Ghost, the Comforter and Guide in this life.

First up I had the chance to do a lot of fishing with Cooper, since Im not doing anything else majorly important haha! We went a total of maybe 4 times, and on the 3rd time or so we went out and I lost 2 spinner lures to a giaaaant fish. Snapped my 4 pound line like a piece of twine. So I go for my medium spinner and take a couple casts and nail a 3.5 pound bass. It was very satisfying to reel in haha! Moral of the lesson: Never (dont) give up! Its too worth it to be victorious in whatever endeavor than to not be.

I went out with the elders to have a new member lesson with Brad, and it was over temples since he was planning to go to the temple in September to do baptisms. The spirit in that lesson was powerful. Breathtaking. May I even venture to add that the veil between the eternal and temporal was thinned just so slightly, as we talked about things of eternal worth. It was what I needed. He needed it too but that lesson was for both of us, in Gods infinite goodness and wisdom. Amazing. Went out with the missionaries with my younger brother and we got dogged (not unusual anywhere I guess haha!) and so we role played with them in the church for a few minutes, and that was also an effective lesson on me. If ya'll ever get the chance to go out with the missionaries do it! It's an uplifting and eye opening experience. You get to glimpse into the lives of God's children that you can help to the tree of life.

Yesterday was the big day in Austin when we met with the sleep specialist. We talked about mission, life, college, adjustments that have to be made to accomodate the hardships of narcolepsy, and surprisingly it looks really good. He knows that I was serving in Hungary, and never said anything about not going back. I just have to start sleeping normally before going forward and Im not doing that. They also mentioned that Narcolepsy is very rare to just WHACK someone as hard as it whacked me all of a sudden. It usually comes on gradually and doesn't manifest as it is now for a while. Years. So counting my blessings it was a hard enough hit that it jolted us to figure it out. Im currently in the first attempt with a stimulant for the day and some sedative for the night. And I can not be in my bed if it is not to sleep haha! Im haveing to completely retrain my brain to think that the bed is sleep. So I'll be tired in bed. It is all really interesting science behind it but ultimately I have to figure it out to get back out on my mission. in the final year. It's coming and I need to do all I can to get back.

I found some work to do while I get my symptoms under control cause, college aint gonna pay for itself! (Say it again!) COLLEGE AINT GONNA PAY FOR ITSELF! Amen. So Im working on that.

Love yall, have a fantastic and spirit filled week. Draw unto Him!

Szeretlek Benneteket!

Jake