Happy belated Thanksgiving! its been a true blessing to
be in missionary service this time of year. Between yesterday and Sunday Elder
Nielsen and I were appreciating the 3 turkey dinners prepared by the great
families here in the ward. Sunday evening after a long fast we went from being
super hungry to really full. Sister Nourabuena had a group of relatives over
at the time and she fed us a large amount of turkey, salad, and potatoes.
I finished that easier then I thought I would,
but after that the Goddard family fed us a great big plate of turkey, ham,
stuffing, cheese potatoes, and ice cream with pumpkin pie for desert. I probably
finished a 3rd of that and would have been sick if I ate more. I felt bad I
didn't finish it but they didn't seem to mind. Elder Nielsen finished his but
got sick during the night. He woke up in the middle of the night
and just about threw up.
Sister Wu fed us a turkey lunch on Monday. Along
with the turkey there was a spicy Indonesian soup of some kind that was
delicious. By the way, Sister Wu's son Corban is going on his mission to Manila
in the Philippines.
With all these dinners now past, there will likely be
more come late November providing I have an American companion! The
ward seems to want to see if they can make me fat before I go home!
Physically, I don't think I've changed much at all on my mission. When you
see me in person, I'll probably just look like the same
scrawny kid I was before. Beyond the lunch though, the rest of the day was
tough. Tracting wasn't doing a whole lot for us, so we moved on to street
contacting where there was barely anyone walking around in the rain.
Well, enough about the dinners- oh wait nevermind,
there's more. On Friday the Rodrigues family had a baptism for their son
Oscar who just turned 8. There was a huge taco dinner afterward and a bunch of
their friends and family showed up, many of them not members of the church. We
had some great conversations with them and explained a lot of what we do.
Sister Wu invited one of her friends, Emily who has taken quite a bit
of interest in the church! We'll be teaching her the first lesson on
Thursday. Emily's family lives right inbetween the Rodrigues
and Bishop Ashton oddly enough, so there's already plenty of fellowship.
Jignesh has been progressing slowly but effectively. He went
to regular sacrament meeting for the first time on Sunday and he's made a
lot of friends. He loves what the church teaches and promotes and wants to
invite his family to join him in his investigation. Thus ends another week
in the field. I hope you all enjoy the coming week.
Elder Maclean Samis
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