Hello,
So I forgot to tell you last week, but this week our p-day has moved to
Thursday for Thanksgiving.
So this week hasn´t been nearly as hectic, we didn´t have to do to much
after the transfers were over. Yesterday, though, we had to drive to a small
suburb to look at some pisos for the Elders that are living there. Unfortunately
the building has a large roach infestation, and the piso is starting to smell
really bad. So we are looking for a new place for them. We went by two pisos
yesterday, and a chalet. So far one of the pisos has been the best option, an
older couple wanted to live there, so everything is new, then they decided not
to for some reason, and now they are willing to rent it to us. So we´ll probably
have to drive down there a few more times this week to look at more and to
decide on which one to rent.
So today is going to be a pretty weird day. We have a normal p-day, but
then afterwards, we are going to have a talent show at 7 tonight, so we actually
may not have very much time to do proselyting work today. Though it should be a
pretty fun and festive day. We are also going to have our own turkey bowl at 2,
this afternoon, so hopefully we´ll get a good group of people coming to that
too. Also, we´ve each been told to bring something for the thanksgiving dinner
that we are all going to have later today, and it´s rather funny because all the
Elderes in our apartment were told to bring chicken, however, last week one of
the Elders (who is rather funny) bought a rabbit ( skinned, without guts, and
without feet, though still with the eyeballs and teeth for some reason, and it
also has it´s head, and the heart is in a separate package.) so instead of
buying some chicken, they cooked the rabbit. So this could be an interesting
Thanksgiving day.
So this last week we got to teach about
17 lessons, even with all the person trafficking (which is really good
considering that it´s about the average for the mission). * I'm inserting a monther note here - the missionaries are not involved in human trafficking. He meant driving all the people around during the transfers. *
Unfortunately we
didn´t have a whole lot of time to find new people, but as of right now we are
trying to inspire the one couple to get separated (the first problem is that if
you are lucky it would take at least 3 months to get married, so you can assume
that it would probably take about 6 months, but they are also having some legal
issues, so they have to wait for some papers to come in from Colombia, but the
lawyer is doing it really slowly to get more money, so it is probably going to
take awhile), the Romanian that we are teaching is basically done with smoking,
he´s just trying to not smoke anymore for his baptism this Saturday.
One day i´ll drive, i haven´t practiced for awhile, but I really need to
get some more practice, in, the main problem though is that I need to set a time
to do it, because all our p-days are really busy.
Well, i hope that the herd of missionaries coming in can be in by this
December/January, but we´ll see. Something weird that I saw the other day though
is that one of the Hermanas that just got her mission call is only 7 days older
than me! (that´s weird, for me at least). It´s going to be a completely
different mission seeing how all of us that are in right now are going to be the
oldest in the mission.
Well, for Christmas, I´ll also look for something
to send to you guys. I thought about sending a leg of jamón, but
that´s actually illegal to get out of the country, so maybe i´ll just send a
rabbit instead. But anything else, I think that I am good for right now, maybe
some American candy or something small.
Well, that´s about all the time I have right now, I really wish that I had
a spare hour or two, there are a lot of letters that need to get sent/read. I´ll
try to do better with sending letters though.
Well, it´s weird to think that Dillon has already come home, I didn´t think
that he had been out that long. But hopefully he can help out with the family in
AZ and inspire them all to get out in the mission field.
Well, until next week,
Elder Johnson
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