And the other package came on Friday, which was very
exciting. I had just told Elder Denham a couple days earlier that I wish
we were able to afford Nutella, and lo and behold, Nutella was in my
hands and it was miraculous. Actually, I had been doing pretty darn good
on keeping my food in the apartment healthy until Friday, but that's
okay. I'm using the Nutella on wheat bread, and I'm rationing the candy
and Oreos, so it's all good! Men are that they might have joy, and sugar
can definitely bring joy. I'm also really enjoying the USB drive I got.
There are some interesting choices on there, but it's mostly
appropriate. I'm not sure how much Elder Denham enjoys the Muppets or
the old school Disney soundtracks, but I've had to listen to his
Christian rock the past few weeks, so I don't really care.
All in all, even thought the work technically got
harder, I felt much better this week. I was feeling happier, I had the
spirit more, and the days went much faster than the previous week. So
that was good.
Elder Denham is district leader, so on Monday night,
he went on exchanges with the Concho elders. Concho is to St. Johns as
Levan is to Nephi. Anyway, that left me with St Johns' Spanish speaking
elders Monday night and all day on Tuesday. I'd say only about a third
of the people they visit speak Spanish, but it sure was awkward when we
were talking to Spanish speakers. I kind of just sat there, minding my
own business, and the people we were visiting would see that and have
fun teasing the gringo that can't speak Espanol, but it was still a fun
day.
Wednesday we did a lot of cleaning, which is good
because our fridge smelt like a wet fart from Satan. We found some nasty
green meat and some purple provolone cheese in there, so that was fun.
Needless to say, it smells just fine now. That night, we also picked up
one of the zone leaders from Snowflake so he could go on exchanges with
us for a day.
So Thursday was spent with Elder Buckley. I was also
in desperate need of a haircut (I'm sure I had the longest hair in the
mission, if not the entire missionary force), and Elders Denham and
Buckley gave me a hard time about not just taking a pair of electric
clippers to my head like most of the missionaries here do. I have my
dignity though, so I made us go to a barber. The barber here is only
open on Thursdays, so that's why we weren't doing it on P-Day. The
barber takes a freaking 2 and a half hour lunch though, so we had to go
to like, a beauty salon that charged me an embarrassingly high amount of
money. Also, I learned you have to tip haircutters, so that was weird.
Nothing too exciting happened the rest of the week.
We've been trying a lot to find new people to teach since none of our
investigators are progressing, but it's hard to find new people too. But
last night, we visited a family and had them go through their Facebook
friends for referrals, and we got TWENTY FOUR new referrals, so
hopefully at least a couple of those work out. We're aiming to get a
baptism before September 15th when Elder Denham leaves, so we better get
to work.
That sucks about the Subaru. But Provo Beach sounds
fun. I've heard a lot of good things about that place. I was excited to
hear about Tag's call to D.C., and apparently Ryan Hatfield was called
to Virginia, so that's also awesome. Good luck on your student teaching,
Mom and Aaron!
And remember that the church is true. Because it is.
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