Family!
It has been a long
week, but at the same time a very short one. Time is a really weird thing
as a missionary. Anytime you look back, it feels like things have just
flown by. I'm nearing the end of my 6th transfer in this area, and it
doesn't feel like I've been here anywhere near that long.
Well, I don't have any
super long stories this week, just a bunch of small ones I'll share real
quick. Here goes:
First off, that St.
Patrick's Day package was awesome! Thank you so much! We liked it a
lot. I especially liked that rainbow licorice thing with the coins.
That was cool.
From my branch
president this week I learned about the art of interrupting. It seems
like most of the people we teach either don't talk very much, or they talk a
whole lot. We went with our branch president to someone that talked a
whole lot. Afterwards he told us that there is a skill that you have to
develop when talking with people; you have to learn how to interrupt them, but
interrupt them nicely. It's kind of hard to do that sometimes in a
different language, but that's something I'll have to try to develop: the
art of interrupting.
We were teaching a
lesson this week with a brand new investigator that the other Spanish elders
had referred to us. Right at the end of the lesson as we were getting
ready to leave, we heard a knock on the door that sounded pretty
familiar. We were at the door, so I opened it, and it was the other Spanish
elders! They were super surprised to have us open the door of this house
in Dayton! They had forgotten that they gave us this guy as a
referral. It was a pretty funny situation.
We taught a person,
and at the end of the lesson she gave us a pack of frozen tripe. We still
haven't attempted to cook it...
I learned a super
awesome saying from one of the members this week. She said that if
someone tends to forget things a lot, you can say "A ti te voy a mandarte
traerla la muerte", which translates to "I'm going to send you to
bring death." If the person is super forgetful and you send them to
bring death, they'll forget to go get it and it'll never come. I think
that's the logic behind it... Anyways, I thought that was interesting.
I had to change my
first bike tire! We were burning through our monthly mile allotment at a
pretty crazy rate, so we planned a day this week in which we were only on bikes
or out with members. It was the legendary "0 mile day!"
But yeah, my tire went flat and I had to change it.
One of our less
actives is moving into a house (which is closer to our apartment then their old
apartment was!), so we spent a bit of time helping them scrape off
wallpaper. So now I know how to do that...
We had an investigator
spend a few minutes telling us about the difference between Hispanic and
American time. She said that Americans tend to be more punctual, whereas
Hispanics tend to arrive at least 10 minutes late if not later.
Ironically, she was telling us about this after we arrived to our appointment
with her 15 minutes late... So I guess by her logic, I'm Hispanic!!!
There's a few little
stories for you. So many things happen each day it's crazy. I hope
all is going well there at home.
Have a great week!
Love,
Elder Foote
p.s. I got my camera back, so I'll include the pictures from the temple.
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