Happy Birthday Uncle Jay! Hola mis amigítos y familiares! Firstly, I´d like to thank the young women of pleasant second ward for the card and Tobasco Chipotle sauce! That is a great act of charity, of which all should follow suit. Thank you young women of Chandler, AZ. Secondly, we had two baptisms this week. I´ve already explained a little bit about the two we baptized, but it is just so strange and amazing that I have written the story like 3 times in my journal already and I still struggle to believe it. The two are med students here in Nicaragua. One is like 30, nicaraguense, speaks english because he had a tutor for a few years, but just learned english by watching movies in english hahaha The other, Jeffrey, is 70 years old. From Michigan. Studying to be a med student in Nicaragua. He left his family in the states to come here, married a Nica that doesn´t speak english. He says the only thing she knows how to say is ´Jeffrey, need money.´ hahaha But she helps him out a lot, always cooks and cleans, and does the shopping and what not. He is a grad student from some university in Michigan I believe and he is just hysterical. He said ´The only spanish I knew when I came here is what I could remember from the Taco Bell menu!´ He is always picking on my companion hahahaha because my companion is so chill that he speaks a bit slow sometimes and has the appearance of thinking slow, but he doesnt. He just speaks clearly. My comp asked Jeffrey ´Was Woodstock in the 60´s or 70´s?´ Jeffrey just stared at him, appalled and asked ´Are you american?´ Hahaha And the jokes just kept coming afterward. I love being with him haha. He also loves jazz and swing music. We were talking about Count Basie and Glen Miller Sunday at church. Wow that brought me a many memories. But its just a straight miracle that they decided to be baptized now in their lives. I am so intrigued by the plan of our Heavenly Father to bring them the gospel at this time in their lives. They are sponges, learning everything they can, reading everything they can (they read a ton. and they assisted Institute every Friday and Saturday too) haha Its amazing. To celebrate, Elder Parrish and I went to a ´fancy´ restaurant we have here in our area. Its called Eskimo. And it was great. Looking over the menu, there were a few 4 or 5 dollar burgers and sandwiches. I was having a hard time choosing when I asked, ´Do you do halfsies?´ ´Oh YES! That´s a great idea!´ Haha I just said ´Im glad we both have girlfriends... we learned well.´ Thanks Rinna, because of you I could both a club sandwich and a bacon burger. Then I had a banana split for dessert. Delicious. And worth the 8 dollar bill. This weekend we have 2 more baptisms, Hermano Fransisco and Hermanita Maria. The brother is of age too, about 60 and is awesome. He isnt working and lives alone, and we visit him about every day to share something. He doesnt know how to read, so we always read with him the scriptures. The other is a niece of the family we baptized a few weeks ago. She´s also ready to be baptized. So, by the end of this next week, Elder Parrish and I will have baptized 8 people together in 1 transfer. That´s the most people I´ll ever have baptized in one transfer. 1 transfer is 6 weeks. There is power when the Kens are together, let me tell you... hahaha Hope you all enjoy this week! Im going to have a great dinner of rice and beans, be jealous. its actually quite appetizing (even moreso when we pour a bunch of bbq sauce on it). See ya! PS Thanks JayJay for writing! I loved hearing from you! Gracias por tu ejemplo y felicidades por comprometerte. -- Elder Mann Nicaragua Managua Sur La Mejor Misión del Mundo
Posted on: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 22:47:53 +0000
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