Family!
TORNADO!!!!!
Yep, that's right, I,
Elder Foote, saw a tornado with my very own eyes! We were contacting a
referral in a town out west, and as we left their porch, this crazy siren went
off! It was super loud! Everybody came out of their houses, and they
were all looking around trying to figure out what was going on.
Then we saw it. It wasn't a full-blown tornado, but it was a funnel
cloud that started to come down from the clouds! It was amazing! I
hope the pictures I took do it justice... And yes, instead of heading
indoors, we stood outside and took pictures. =) It didn't really amount
to anything though; after about 10 minutes it went back up into the cloud and
disappeared. But still!
While I'm on the topic
of the weather, I finally got a taste of the humidity everyone said I would
feel. We had a few days where it was so humid I sometimes thought I could
see the water! Also, I got to experience one of the crazy Ohio
rainstorms. I thought I had seen rainstorms in Utah, but the one we were
in was insane! We had to pull off the road it was raining so hard, and
afterwards there were inches of water left on the road. It was awesome!
Thanks for the
package! I got it last Monday after we got back from
emailing. It was perfect! I did think of something else I
need. I don't need it right away because Elder Graf has one, but in the
future sometime, could you maybe send me a card-reader thing. I think Dad
has one; it's that thing with the USB on one end and a place for a memory card
on the other. It would help to have one.
No strange food this
week. The members either feed us at their homes, or they give us gift
cards to nearby restaurants. So I've had a lot of Subway and Chipotle
this week. =)
As for the work, it is
hard. Finding Spanish speakers in Ohio is an ongoing challenge.
There are only a few central areas where they live, and over the past few years
those areas have been tracted by missionaries many times. So finding
people who haven't been talked to before is hard. We tried a new
technique a few days ago. We got the phonebook, looked up every Hispanic
sounding name, plugged the addresses into our GPS, and went contacting!
Needless to say, we are trying to get the members more excited so we can get
some referrals from them.
While we are out, we
run into all sorts of people with all sorts of beliefs and stories. A few
days ago we talked to some guys from Sudan who had come to Ohio only a few
months ago to get away from the wars over there. There are lots of
amazing people and stories out there.
But yeah, we just keep
plugging away for now. We just have to keep in mind that the Lord
sent us here for a reason. In a training meeting last week President
Porter said something to the effect of: "The Lord doesn't make
mistakes." I know that's true. I am where I am for a reason,
and if we keep working, we'll find the people the Lord wants us to teach.
Well, that's about
it. I hope you all have a great week and good luck with your last week of
summer Katie and Trevor!
Love,
Elder Foote
P.S.
Oh, I almost
forgot. I might need a bike. It's not anything urgent, but I've
been passively looking for a bike shop around here. Just thought I'd let
you know.
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| The apartment |
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| My amazing baking job... |
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| A giant statue of Jesus as seen from the freeway. A few years ago it had it's arms raised upwards, but it got struck by lightning, so they rebuilt it with the arms down. If you look closely, there's a lightning rod on the head now... |
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| Crazy rainstorm. Picture doesn't do it justice. |
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| TORNADO |
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| Southern Patriotism in Dayton Ohio... |