Dear Family,
Well, first off, Happy Birthday last week Kylie!!! I remembered all day that it was Kylie's birthday and I remembered while I was reading the e-mail Mom sent me, but I forgot to write it down! So Kylie has 2 new pet rats. Maybe we should buy a snake and feed them to it. I think that would be more excited. You had better watch out for the Black Plague!!
It's a good thing we live with a member, because all the libraries are closed! I am using the Randall's laptop to e-mail today. This week my companion got sick for the first time in his life. He was sick from Sunday to Thursday. He didn't really know what he had, all he knew was that his head really hurt and he was really really weak. He didn't know what was going on with his body, because he's never been sick with anything before. He kept having really quick body temperature changes. One time in the middle of the night he woke up and showered twice, then he put on his white shirt and tie and tried to go back to sleep. It made me laugh, but I could tell his mind was definitely not working right. The rest wasn't so fun for me though. Lets just say its pretty easy to get bored when you are stuck indoors and the only thing you can do is read. I did enjoy all the reading time though. I read the entire book of Acts. Now I'm in Romans...Paul uses some complicated language sometimes but I still love it.
Unfortunately reading so much really messes up your eyes. I've noticed that my eyes have gotten a lot worse and I'm sure I need a new prescription. I talked to Sister Allred about it a week or 2 ago and she said that the mission insurance doesn't cover it. At a walmart around here I saw a sign that said a basic eye checkup was $50. That seemed like a lot and my eyes aren't too bad, so I'll probably just wait and if my eyes really effect me with driving or anything.
I got my package full of socks and 2 shirts and a fortune teller. It made me laugh. It's supposed to start getting hot next week, so they will come in handy when I have to start showering 2 times a day again.
Yesterday we had a big thunderstorm randomly come by. The thunderstorms still amaze me every time. It takes about 5 seconds to go from sunny and not raining, to pouring rain. The rain drops are huge too. When they hit our car windshield they drops are bigger than a quarter. I love it when it rains though...it makes things more fun.
Oh yeah...last week we ended up going for a little tour in Reliant Stadium where the Houston Texans play. Unfortunately that day they weren't giving out full length tours, but the guy there felt bad for us and gave us a half length tour for free. We walked around on the field, which is actually just a cement floor right now, and we went into the visiting team locker room and their coaching areas and all that stuff. It was a really fun P-day activity. Now I want to go to Minute Maid Park and to the place where the Rockets play...I forget the name. I'm going to make sure I go to those places before I leave Texas.
That's funny that you guys are singing random hymns for sacrament meeting. They did that in our ward for a week or 2 and it didn't go so well either. I think its fascinating to be in a different ward. Every ward does things so differently. Nearly every single week here they have 2 youth speakers then 2 more older people speak. I also found out that every month they have a topic for sacrament meeting. Now that I look back I think that might be how most wards do it, but I never realized it. I thought it was so weird when I first got here that all they ever talked about was temple marriage. I wondered what was wrong with this ward and why that's all they ever talked about. They also have a transition hymn after the closing prayer where everyone sings a hymn, except for the teachers get up and leave and go prepare their classroom for their lesson. The good part is that a member of the bishopric stands at each door and shakes everyone's hand as they walk out.
We had 3 investigators at church on Sunday and 3-4 less active people were working with. That made me really happy. I'm pretty sure I talked about Maria (the lady with bad depression). She came to church. That was really good to hear. We had a member stop by to give her a ride. A lot of people talked to her at church to.
This morning we had a memorial breakfast and a 2 mile walk. Maria went to both those too. We skipped the walk and just went to the breakfast. It was delicious. There were unlimited donuts and cinnamon rolls and fruit and drinks. Then at 1 today were going to go to a Tongan member in a nearby ward for a BBQ. Elder Taufa served in that ward when he first got here and this Tongan member wants to do a big BBQ for him for he leaves. Then tonight we are having dinner at a members home who always feeds us steak or something really good. So were getting fed 3 huge meals today. That's what I call a good P-day. We're probably going to go play football or softball in between the BBQ and dinner.
Well...enjoy your 3 day weekend! I was going to send pictures of the Dor's baptism through my e-mail this week, but this laptop doesn't have a USB port, so I can't. I'll do it next week though. Have a good week!! I love you all and pray for you every night!!
Love,
Chase
Monday, May 25, 2009
Monday, May 18, 2009
Received Mon, May 18, 2009
Dear Family,
I’m at a library in pretty ghetto part of Houston, so I’m making sure to type my e-mail in Microsoft word in case the internet messes up on me again. We’re planning on going to Minute Maid Park, where the Astro’s play and take a tour of the place. I think it will be a pretty fun activity.
I’ll start out with the highlight of the week: the Dor’s baptism yesterday! It was a really good baptismal service. The room was packed and the members gave some great talks. I’m not sure if I’ve explained this, but the father works in Miami and he flew in so he could see the baptism. He was really touched at the baptism and had a really good experience. It was a pretty long baptismal service because there were 4 people who got baptized, all 4 of them had to get confirmed because the father had to go back to Miami early Sunday morning, and they had to be welcomed into Young Mens, Young Womens, and Relief Society. The two daughters, Mendy and Pascale, gave their testimonies at the end of the meeting. It was a memorable experience.
The Dors live next to 2 families they are related to. Some of the cousins have been there when we have taught some of the lessons and they love it. One of them gave the closing prayer and he prayed that he could come to church to see the Dors confirmation and baptism. Both of the cousins that were there last week asked if they could get baptized too. Unfortunately the father in one of the families there is trying to become a pastor of his own church, so they got into a big fight because everyone except for him wants to come to our church. Finally the husband told his wife that if they went back to the church again he would divorce her. So we are staying clear of that situation. It is really sad to see that like 10 people are behind held back by 1 man. That’s ok…I know in the future they will have a chance to join the church.
We got our transfer call this morning: no changes. For me and my companion at least. One Elder is getting transferred and one elder is training. This is my companion’s last transfer and he’s always made it a goal to leave an area better than he found it, so were going to be working hard to find more good people to teach. This transfer should be a good one. My mission president will be leaving at the same one. They’re going to leave on June 26.
I got Mom’s “Guiltless Spaghetti” package. I thought it was pretty funny. Pictures are always fun to get too. Whats even funnier is that it seems like everyone here loves to make us spaghetti. For a whole week we ate only spaghetti and pizza. I’ve had some delicious meals recently though. We had porterhouse steaks & shrimp one night. There's a really good steak restaurant around here called Saltgrass and they used the Saltgrass steak spice to season the steaks. That’s probably the best steak I’ve ever had.
I know I’ve asked this question before, but if I was told the answer, I forgot. I’m starting to get bored of my food and I remembered (again) how Dad taught me to make omelets. I was wondering if Dad could remind me of how you do it. All I remember is that you put some eggs in a frying pan, let it sit, put some cheese and ham and whatever stuff you want on one half, then flip the one side on top of the other side. I’m pretty sure that’s how you do it, but I’m not sure if you have to put water in there or something.
Here’s a last couple of random thoughts. Since coming on my mission and especially being in this area with this companion, I’ve started to love the bible a lot more. My companion would read the Bible all the time back at home (ironically he would really read the Book Mormon very much) and he knows so many scriptures from the Bible and all the stories. The people here love the Bible and when they see that you know the Bible, they respect you a lot more. So almost every day in my personal study I’ve been reading the Bible. I found my new favorite scripture in the Bible too. Its Ephesians 6:10-18.
I’ve also learned to appreciate good weather. The weather here is awful. The difference between humid heat and dry heat is that in the humidity the air all around you is whats hot, so even in the shade its burning up. You instantly start sweating. In dry heat it’s the sun that’s hot. In the shade it’s a little cooler and when there's a breeze it feels good. When there's a breeze in humidity it just blows the warm air around. These last 2 days have been really nice weather. My companion got sick for the first time in his life, so yesterday I sat in a chair in the back yard and read general conference talks. The wind was blowing and it was cool…that was good weather. Whenever Nana and Bumpa would come to visit us they use to always say how nice the weather was. I didn’t really understand it because that’s how it was every day…now I definitely know what they're talking about.
Last thing: the name of the guy that got drafted into the NFL is Michael Bennet. He’s actually on the Seattle Seahawks. That’s what I’m told at least.
Ok…that’s all for this week. Sister Randall is going to send off a package with my memory card, and shirt for me today, so that should be coming this week sometime. Have a good week…I love you!!!
Love,
Chase
I’m at a library in pretty ghetto part of Houston, so I’m making sure to type my e-mail in Microsoft word in case the internet messes up on me again. We’re planning on going to Minute Maid Park, where the Astro’s play and take a tour of the place. I think it will be a pretty fun activity.
I’ll start out with the highlight of the week: the Dor’s baptism yesterday! It was a really good baptismal service. The room was packed and the members gave some great talks. I’m not sure if I’ve explained this, but the father works in Miami and he flew in so he could see the baptism. He was really touched at the baptism and had a really good experience. It was a pretty long baptismal service because there were 4 people who got baptized, all 4 of them had to get confirmed because the father had to go back to Miami early Sunday morning, and they had to be welcomed into Young Mens, Young Womens, and Relief Society. The two daughters, Mendy and Pascale, gave their testimonies at the end of the meeting. It was a memorable experience.
The Dors live next to 2 families they are related to. Some of the cousins have been there when we have taught some of the lessons and they love it. One of them gave the closing prayer and he prayed that he could come to church to see the Dors confirmation and baptism. Both of the cousins that were there last week asked if they could get baptized too. Unfortunately the father in one of the families there is trying to become a pastor of his own church, so they got into a big fight because everyone except for him wants to come to our church. Finally the husband told his wife that if they went back to the church again he would divorce her. So we are staying clear of that situation. It is really sad to see that like 10 people are behind held back by 1 man. That’s ok…I know in the future they will have a chance to join the church.
We got our transfer call this morning: no changes. For me and my companion at least. One Elder is getting transferred and one elder is training. This is my companion’s last transfer and he’s always made it a goal to leave an area better than he found it, so were going to be working hard to find more good people to teach. This transfer should be a good one. My mission president will be leaving at the same one. They’re going to leave on June 26.
I got Mom’s “Guiltless Spaghetti” package. I thought it was pretty funny. Pictures are always fun to get too. Whats even funnier is that it seems like everyone here loves to make us spaghetti. For a whole week we ate only spaghetti and pizza. I’ve had some delicious meals recently though. We had porterhouse steaks & shrimp one night. There's a really good steak restaurant around here called Saltgrass and they used the Saltgrass steak spice to season the steaks. That’s probably the best steak I’ve ever had.
I know I’ve asked this question before, but if I was told the answer, I forgot. I’m starting to get bored of my food and I remembered (again) how Dad taught me to make omelets. I was wondering if Dad could remind me of how you do it. All I remember is that you put some eggs in a frying pan, let it sit, put some cheese and ham and whatever stuff you want on one half, then flip the one side on top of the other side. I’m pretty sure that’s how you do it, but I’m not sure if you have to put water in there or something.
Here’s a last couple of random thoughts. Since coming on my mission and especially being in this area with this companion, I’ve started to love the bible a lot more. My companion would read the Bible all the time back at home (ironically he would really read the Book Mormon very much) and he knows so many scriptures from the Bible and all the stories. The people here love the Bible and when they see that you know the Bible, they respect you a lot more. So almost every day in my personal study I’ve been reading the Bible. I found my new favorite scripture in the Bible too. Its Ephesians 6:10-18.
I’ve also learned to appreciate good weather. The weather here is awful. The difference between humid heat and dry heat is that in the humidity the air all around you is whats hot, so even in the shade its burning up. You instantly start sweating. In dry heat it’s the sun that’s hot. In the shade it’s a little cooler and when there's a breeze it feels good. When there's a breeze in humidity it just blows the warm air around. These last 2 days have been really nice weather. My companion got sick for the first time in his life, so yesterday I sat in a chair in the back yard and read general conference talks. The wind was blowing and it was cool…that was good weather. Whenever Nana and Bumpa would come to visit us they use to always say how nice the weather was. I didn’t really understand it because that’s how it was every day…now I definitely know what they're talking about.
Last thing: the name of the guy that got drafted into the NFL is Michael Bennet. He’s actually on the Seattle Seahawks. That’s what I’m told at least.
Ok…that’s all for this week. Sister Randall is going to send off a package with my memory card, and shirt for me today, so that should be coming this week sometime. Have a good week…I love you!!!
Love,
Chase
Friday, May 15, 2009
Received Monday, May 11, 2009
Wow Mom, that was a pretty good e-mail considering we just barely talked on the phone yesterday.
The heat here is getting pretty bad. Every day is supposed to be 88-90ish degrees throughout this next week. I’m going to leave my watch on every day and see how bad of a watch tan I can get. I can never manage to get one, I think it slides around too much. I can see the faint outline of my watch on my wrist already, so maybe I’ll be successful this summer.
Here’s the story about a lady named Maria Solorzano. You might remember that about a month or 2 ago me and my companion went biking in the pouring rain. My companion’s pedal was about to fall off and we needed an allen wrench to fix it, so we were trying to think of a member nearby. My companion remembered an address of a convert that lived just around the corner. Neither of us knew anything about her, and Elder Taufa had just happened to see her address earlier that day. Well when we knock on the door a lady answers and she told us that her daughter joined the church a few years ago and now she’s at BYU-Idaho. She was really nice to us, so we went back a week later and we found out that she is going through some really difficult times (I might have told you some of this already in past e-mails). We shared scriptures, and gave her a blessing and gave her a lot of advice. Well, for the past 10 days she’s been in the hospital because her depression got so bad that it could have become fatal. While in the hospital she thought a lot about everything we talked to her about, and about how she felt. Last evening we visited her (she’s back home now) and she said her daughter just got engaged to a member, and they plan on getting married in the temple. She wants to be a part of it and she knows that she this church is the right place for her. Shes seen miracles happen in her daughters lives and she always gets a good comforting feeling when missionaries or members of the church come by. So she committed herself to come to church next week and she wants to start taking the lessons and hopefully get baptized. That was really exciting because we have been praying a lot for her. I can't say I expected this to happen though.
In other news, I heard a week or 2 ago that the gay guy named Ryan that we were teaching in Galveston now has a baptismal date. That is pretty amazing and a huge change to make.
Nope, I haven’t gotten the spaghetti letter yet, but I’m sure its sitting in the mission office, so I’ll get it on Friday.
Ok, well that's about all for this week. It was fun talking on the phone yesterday. Have a good week, I love you!!!
Love,
Chase
The heat here is getting pretty bad. Every day is supposed to be 88-90ish degrees throughout this next week. I’m going to leave my watch on every day and see how bad of a watch tan I can get. I can never manage to get one, I think it slides around too much. I can see the faint outline of my watch on my wrist already, so maybe I’ll be successful this summer.
Here’s the story about a lady named Maria Solorzano. You might remember that about a month or 2 ago me and my companion went biking in the pouring rain. My companion’s pedal was about to fall off and we needed an allen wrench to fix it, so we were trying to think of a member nearby. My companion remembered an address of a convert that lived just around the corner. Neither of us knew anything about her, and Elder Taufa had just happened to see her address earlier that day. Well when we knock on the door a lady answers and she told us that her daughter joined the church a few years ago and now she’s at BYU-Idaho. She was really nice to us, so we went back a week later and we found out that she is going through some really difficult times (I might have told you some of this already in past e-mails). We shared scriptures, and gave her a blessing and gave her a lot of advice. Well, for the past 10 days she’s been in the hospital because her depression got so bad that it could have become fatal. While in the hospital she thought a lot about everything we talked to her about, and about how she felt. Last evening we visited her (she’s back home now) and she said her daughter just got engaged to a member, and they plan on getting married in the temple. She wants to be a part of it and she knows that she this church is the right place for her. Shes seen miracles happen in her daughters lives and she always gets a good comforting feeling when missionaries or members of the church come by. So she committed herself to come to church next week and she wants to start taking the lessons and hopefully get baptized. That was really exciting because we have been praying a lot for her. I can't say I expected this to happen though.
In other news, I heard a week or 2 ago that the gay guy named Ryan that we were teaching in Galveston now has a baptismal date. That is pretty amazing and a huge change to make.
Nope, I haven’t gotten the spaghetti letter yet, but I’m sure its sitting in the mission office, so I’ll get it on Friday.
Ok, well that's about all for this week. It was fun talking on the phone yesterday. Have a good week, I love you!!!
Love,
Chase
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Received Mon, May 5, 2009
That was a good letter this week. The griffin stories always make me laugh. Zak sent me a good update as well.
I figured the “”I got it” email was just saying that you had gotten my e-mail. I think you sent me an e-mail about the swine flu while I was checking my e-mail so I knew that you were online. I think there's a delay though because I didn’t get the “I got it” til the next week.
The brick idea is working well. It was actually our Ward Mission Leader who did it all. People are already building the house. Just about every day we go to one or two active members and remind them about bishops challenge to invite members into their homes, so we’re really trying to keep everyone’s desire to do missionary work up, and its been going well. No teaching opportunities have come out of it yet, but people are asking questions and slowly opening the door to the gospel. This has also helped us to gain the trust and respect of our bishop. A few months ago he was saying how this area needs more than one set of missionaries because it is so big and a lot to handle. This last week he changed that thought and he wants us to get more miles in our car so we can work our whole area. He really trusts us and he knows we can do everything he wants.
Our area is huge, I don’t know if I’ve ever said that. From one side of our area to the other its around 50 miles 1 way, so we don’t get to go out there very often. By the way, yes that was a typo, we don’t eat at our bishops house for breakfast every day, I meant every Saturday. Every Saturday morning before we go and play soccer we eat breakfast at the bishops house. Sometimes he buys donuts…those are the best breakfasts. I actually just went to buy some donuts. I spent like 3 bucks at McDonald's, then used a bag of change I have to get some donuts across the street. The lady there was a very talkative Vietnamese lady. We must have done a good job entertaining her because she gave us each an extra donut.
While were still on the subject of food, I have to tell you about the huge breakfast I had. Last week I ate all of my cereal so I couldn’t have cereal for breakfast for like 2-3 days. It was weird not to have breakfast for cereal. I obviously missed it because on Tuesday morning after I bought more I ate over half a big box of Apple Jacks and nearly drank a half gallon of milk. That was delicious. I calculated that to be about 1400 calories.
I had some more bike troubles this week. Its not really surprising to me anymore to go to get my bike and see that the tire is flat. The only problem was that I had a really difficult time trying to patch this hole. 2 patches popped off and I only had 1 left, so I put that last patch on, then got some electric tape and wound it around there several times. When I pumped it up, I saw that there was another little hole, so I wound some electric tape around that hole too. I’ve ridden on my bike 3-4 days now and my makeshift patches are still working. I’m pretty proud of myself for that. I do have to give credit to that Guatemalan guy named Angel in Galveston that fixed my inner tube using masking tape. He gave me the idea.
This week we had Zone Conference. It was really good. This is our mission presidents 2nd to last Zone Conference. But like all our other Zone Conferences it got reeeally long. We were at the building by 8:30am and didn’t leave til 5:00pm. They did feed us lunch, so that was good. It gets kind of hard to pay attention for that whole time, but I learned a lot of good things.
I have a kind of funny story. Somehow in our conversation a month or two ago I told Elder Taufa about how I got diarrhea really bad in Galveston. I came to find out that he had never had diarrhea in his life. So he asked me exactly what it was and I told him. (I’ll leave out my explanation of diarrhea). He said that he wished he could have it to experience it. Bad idea. Yep he got bad diarrhea this week. He thinks he got it from some old Mexican food that was in our fridge for a few days. He pooped constantly for almost 2 days. We could barely get out to work when he had to come back and use the bathroom. He couldn’t really use a members bathroom because it would stink up the whole house, so we always had to come back home. He thought it was pretty cool at first. Then he got tired of it. I couldn’t help but to laugh at the whole thing. I still remember when he had it the first time he walked out of the bathroom and was like “Woow…that was so cool. I think I got diarrhea!” He has a little accent that makes everything funnier too.
The Dors baptism is still scheduled for May 16th and they are doing awesome. We taught them the Law of Chastity last week and talked to them about watching good movies and having good language and everything like that. Michelle (the mom) was like, this is what I’ve been trying to teach my kids!! She’s never let her kids watch rated R movies or anything. The kids asked us if there are any movies made by the church that they could watch, so were bringing them The Other Side of Heaven.
Tien, the Vietnamese lady, is still going to get baptized, but shes had to go into Houston for the past few weeks so we were going to choose a baptismal date again for her this week.
That is funny that the JW's are stopping by. Its always funny when they knock on missionaries doors. If they are in their proselyting clothes, the JW's freak out and just walk away usually. Sometimes they'll give us one of their Watchtower pamphlets. They are afraid of missionaries though...every time they see us they turn around and walk the opposite direction. If you try to talk to them they will ignore you. I think just bearing your testimony to them was a good idea.
A preacher from the Pentecostal church came to our church yesterday. I sat by him during sacrament meeting and told him a few things, and showed him a picture of the prophet. I also gave him a Book of Mormon and told him all about it. After Sacrament meeting he took me into the foyer to ask me questions about our church. I think he was trying to scare me and he quoted a bunch of scriptures and things. I finished quoting a lot of the scriptures he was saying and answered all of his questions. He told me he was very impressed with our church services and he was very interested to see what was in the Book of Mormon. He told me he was very impressed with what us young missionaries do. It was a really neat experience.
Everything else is still going really well. We are in week 5 of the transfer now. That means in 2 weeks we’ll get our transfer call. I’m pretty sure I’ll stay here, but you never know.
I also just realized I’m going to hit my 10 month mark in 5 days. It does not feel like its been 10 months to me.
Alright, well I love you all!! Have a great week!
Love,
Chase
PS. I forgot the name of the guy in who was in the NFL draft. I only remember his first name was Jacob. I think he's on the Steelers now.
PPS. I carry a pocket sized hand sanitizer thing with me pretty much every day and I use it pretty often. I did hear there was a confirmed case of the swine flu in a nearby high school though.
I figured the “”I got it” email was just saying that you had gotten my e-mail. I think you sent me an e-mail about the swine flu while I was checking my e-mail so I knew that you were online. I think there's a delay though because I didn’t get the “I got it” til the next week.
The brick idea is working well. It was actually our Ward Mission Leader who did it all. People are already building the house. Just about every day we go to one or two active members and remind them about bishops challenge to invite members into their homes, so we’re really trying to keep everyone’s desire to do missionary work up, and its been going well. No teaching opportunities have come out of it yet, but people are asking questions and slowly opening the door to the gospel. This has also helped us to gain the trust and respect of our bishop. A few months ago he was saying how this area needs more than one set of missionaries because it is so big and a lot to handle. This last week he changed that thought and he wants us to get more miles in our car so we can work our whole area. He really trusts us and he knows we can do everything he wants.
Our area is huge, I don’t know if I’ve ever said that. From one side of our area to the other its around 50 miles 1 way, so we don’t get to go out there very often. By the way, yes that was a typo, we don’t eat at our bishops house for breakfast every day, I meant every Saturday. Every Saturday morning before we go and play soccer we eat breakfast at the bishops house. Sometimes he buys donuts…those are the best breakfasts. I actually just went to buy some donuts. I spent like 3 bucks at McDonald's, then used a bag of change I have to get some donuts across the street. The lady there was a very talkative Vietnamese lady. We must have done a good job entertaining her because she gave us each an extra donut.
While were still on the subject of food, I have to tell you about the huge breakfast I had. Last week I ate all of my cereal so I couldn’t have cereal for breakfast for like 2-3 days. It was weird not to have breakfast for cereal. I obviously missed it because on Tuesday morning after I bought more I ate over half a big box of Apple Jacks and nearly drank a half gallon of milk. That was delicious. I calculated that to be about 1400 calories.
I had some more bike troubles this week. Its not really surprising to me anymore to go to get my bike and see that the tire is flat. The only problem was that I had a really difficult time trying to patch this hole. 2 patches popped off and I only had 1 left, so I put that last patch on, then got some electric tape and wound it around there several times. When I pumped it up, I saw that there was another little hole, so I wound some electric tape around that hole too. I’ve ridden on my bike 3-4 days now and my makeshift patches are still working. I’m pretty proud of myself for that. I do have to give credit to that Guatemalan guy named Angel in Galveston that fixed my inner tube using masking tape. He gave me the idea.
This week we had Zone Conference. It was really good. This is our mission presidents 2nd to last Zone Conference. But like all our other Zone Conferences it got reeeally long. We were at the building by 8:30am and didn’t leave til 5:00pm. They did feed us lunch, so that was good. It gets kind of hard to pay attention for that whole time, but I learned a lot of good things.
I have a kind of funny story. Somehow in our conversation a month or two ago I told Elder Taufa about how I got diarrhea really bad in Galveston. I came to find out that he had never had diarrhea in his life. So he asked me exactly what it was and I told him. (I’ll leave out my explanation of diarrhea). He said that he wished he could have it to experience it. Bad idea. Yep he got bad diarrhea this week. He thinks he got it from some old Mexican food that was in our fridge for a few days. He pooped constantly for almost 2 days. We could barely get out to work when he had to come back and use the bathroom. He couldn’t really use a members bathroom because it would stink up the whole house, so we always had to come back home. He thought it was pretty cool at first. Then he got tired of it. I couldn’t help but to laugh at the whole thing. I still remember when he had it the first time he walked out of the bathroom and was like “Woow…that was so cool. I think I got diarrhea!” He has a little accent that makes everything funnier too.
The Dors baptism is still scheduled for May 16th and they are doing awesome. We taught them the Law of Chastity last week and talked to them about watching good movies and having good language and everything like that. Michelle (the mom) was like, this is what I’ve been trying to teach my kids!! She’s never let her kids watch rated R movies or anything. The kids asked us if there are any movies made by the church that they could watch, so were bringing them The Other Side of Heaven.
Tien, the Vietnamese lady, is still going to get baptized, but shes had to go into Houston for the past few weeks so we were going to choose a baptismal date again for her this week.
That is funny that the JW's are stopping by. Its always funny when they knock on missionaries doors. If they are in their proselyting clothes, the JW's freak out and just walk away usually. Sometimes they'll give us one of their Watchtower pamphlets. They are afraid of missionaries though...every time they see us they turn around and walk the opposite direction. If you try to talk to them they will ignore you. I think just bearing your testimony to them was a good idea.
A preacher from the Pentecostal church came to our church yesterday. I sat by him during sacrament meeting and told him a few things, and showed him a picture of the prophet. I also gave him a Book of Mormon and told him all about it. After Sacrament meeting he took me into the foyer to ask me questions about our church. I think he was trying to scare me and he quoted a bunch of scriptures and things. I finished quoting a lot of the scriptures he was saying and answered all of his questions. He told me he was very impressed with our church services and he was very interested to see what was in the Book of Mormon. He told me he was very impressed with what us young missionaries do. It was a really neat experience.
Everything else is still going really well. We are in week 5 of the transfer now. That means in 2 weeks we’ll get our transfer call. I’m pretty sure I’ll stay here, but you never know.
I also just realized I’m going to hit my 10 month mark in 5 days. It does not feel like its been 10 months to me.
Alright, well I love you all!! Have a great week!
Love,
Chase
PS. I forgot the name of the guy in who was in the NFL draft. I only remember his first name was Jacob. I think he's on the Steelers now.
PPS. I carry a pocket sized hand sanitizer thing with me pretty much every day and I use it pretty often. I did hear there was a confirmed case of the swine flu in a nearby high school though.
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