Well. It's official. I've spent more time in the field in my
apartment proselytizing than outside. Yay! That was sarcastic if you couldn't
tell. But, actually it's been good. This week has been fun. We were able to do
service this week! That's why we moved our p-day to today. Ed did it last
Wednesday and yesterday. We were working at a Corona testing sight, directing
traffic and telling where people to line up. So if there ever was a time that I
got Corona, now would be it! Coronawesome! We had to wear masks during all of
it, and me being as smart as I am, decided not to put on sunscreen last week.
So my entire forehead was sunburnt, but the lower half of my face was white
because of the mask. It looked really attractive in my opinion. Lol, jk.
So, we could some big news today. I'm getting a new
companion! In the next 3 weeks or so, we are getting 30 or so new missionaries
who served somewhere foreign, who are being reassigned to this mission. I don't
know anything about my nee companion, but the exchange will probably happen in
the next day or two. I'm sad to split with Elder Trezise, but we'll still see
each other. The plan is that they'll just split the area, so we'll both be
staying in Sugar City.
In other news, a few funny things that happened this week. I
was talking to Elder Fa'aumu during the service project. He is from Tonga, and
thus his skin is darker. I asked him "Why don't black people get
sunburnt?" His response was "The sun is my brother! He is nice to
me!" I thought it was the funniest thing, especially in his Tongan accent.
Another funny thing happened when we were doing a video chat family with a
family in the area. The family is super quiet and passive, while their youngest
girl who's probably like 5 kept screaming at us. She accused us of having a
secret. We were hiding gold or something. She then proceeded to claim we should
be in jail because we hid the gold. The rest of her family remained quiet and
looked bored. It was pretty funny.
It's starting to be
super beautiful up here! Spring is really coming in force up here. It's super
nice weather, and Elder Trezise and I actually started doing our companionship
studies outside. The beauty reminds me of the many blessing I should be
grateful for now. This may not be exactly the mission experience that I
imagined, but it's still great. I get to laugh, teach the kindest people, and
enjoy in the beauty of a wonderful place. I'd invite you to think on the
blessings in your life. Be grateful for the small things, and it will make the big
things seem less difficult.
Interesting fact. In 1995, potato plants were taken into
space with the space shuttle Columbia. This marked the first time any food was
ever grown in space. That's one potato that I could enjoy. A space potato. A
spatato!
Pictures:
1. Filming a video for Elder Trezise to just a facebook
event. Our mission is starting to proselytize a lot more with facebook now.
Gross. I don't like social media. However, it does show a beautiful view!
2. An idea of what it looks like when we teach. You can
probably see th sunburn mark on my face.
3. Filming a video of me singing a song for facebook. You
can also see a sunburn on my face in this one.
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