Family,
As I was looking over
this past week for some things to write, I realized that this week was
completely full of completely random things. There's no real central
theme to anything, it's just all a whole bunch of different experiences woven
into the normal routine of teaching and trying to find people to teach.
So here's what I've got:
· I gave a 54 year-old Costa Rican man a haircut
as part of my P-day.
· I ate hamburgers cooked by convicts at a 96%
African-American ghetto party.
· I ate the spiciest food I've had in my entire
mission to this point. The lady who fed us (an investigator I found in my last
area that is progressing really well) said that she liked super spicy food, and
we didn't believe her. She wasn't lying. Luckily she gave us some
watermelon juice to extinguish our mouths...
· I cooked my first carne asada while wearing a
sombrero.
· Talked with a less active about how when she
tells everyone she's from Ecuador, they always ask her what part of Mexico
that's in...
· Frustrated an elderly woman from India when I
didn't put my arm around her for a picture...
· Learned that people say funny things when they
are both drunk and high. The guy I talked with said, "I was going to
get baptized when I was 12, but I ended up going to the Spaghetti Warehouse
instead." and "I could probably quit smoking weed whenever I wanted
to, but the keyword is probably." Word of wisdom exists for a wise
purpose.
· Used my skills from my 11th grade drafting
class to create a floor plan of a house in order to help an investigator get a
materials estimate for the installation of electricity into his house.
· Helped a man who speaks no English buy paint
at Home Depot.
· Found a new investigator while filling up the
car with gas.
· Talked about the Book of Mormon with a
Catholic priest
· Ate raw shrimp. (in a Mexican ceviche)
So yeah, pretty random
if I do say so myself. Never a dull moment in Dayton Ohio, that's for
sure.
E---- is getting hit
with lots of temptations as his baptism gets closer, but he isn't letting any
of them stop him. I think the reason he's been able to resist so much is
because he has been very faithful with his reading in the Book of Mormon.
I know that the scriptures, especially the Book of Mormon, have great
power in helping us to avoid temptation.
E---- came to church
yesterday wearing the church clothes we had found for him; he looked just like
a missionary! I'm super excited for him!
That's about it!
Hope you all have a great week!
Love,
Elder Foote
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| Elder Foote as the Sombrero Wearing Chef |
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| Elder Foote finds Elian reading the Book of Mormon in the bus station... |
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| Elder Foote The Barber |
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| Indian lady as I hover my arm over her shoulder... |
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| Indian lady trying to make me put my arm around her... |
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| Missionary in Training |
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| Notice the convicts in the background... |
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| They think they are special agents |
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| When the spanish zone gets together for meetings... |