There`s two kind of surprises in life. Good and bad ones.
Have you ever been a new freshman on a football team? You`re eager to do SOMETHING you just don`t know what or how to do it. So you just watch the guy who has the ball and you run after him as he runs towards the sidelines. You`re gonna get him, you`re sure of it, you`re making the line of attack then... you hear two footsteps and BAM! You get slammed in the chin (or the ear if I was a little shorter) and the next thing you know you`re looking at a blue/ green vertical horizon and you think you accidentally ran into a wall. Blind sided. BAD SURPRISE.
Have you ever got done with a tiring day of school or work and then walk out to the parking lot to find that you left the keys in the locked car or your battery is dead? BAD SURPRISE.
But on the other side, have you ever shaken a box of cereal and it feels really light, like it`s empty? Out of hopeless desperation you pour the cereal in a bowl to find that you have just enough for a good bowl of cereal. GOOD SURPRISE.
Have you ever stressed out about a test only to find that they moved it to another day? GOOD SURPRISE.
And that`s how my week went too. A bunch of good and bads.
We went to some member`s house to eat lunch on Tuesday only to find that they weren`t there because that morning they had been trying to deposit money in the bank only to be assaulted! There were a few shots fired between the robbers and a guard and the husband got hit over the head and passed out and the wife got pieces of a broken window in her eye. But they didn`t steal the money!! Bad surprise. But it shows that there are many things more important than money.
Tuesday night we got home only to find that we had no water. Bad surprise. We woke up Wednesday to find a receipt saying that I haven`t paid the water for 2 months so they cut the water. Woops. So we payed on Thursday, (Wednesday we showered in the bishop`s house, Thursday we washed ourselves in the church sink) and then we attached the hose of the bishops water tank and carried it up to our bathroom window on the 3rd floor. Good surprise. I bathed myself in a cold bucket of water on Friday morning. Que rico. Then we waited for an 1 and 20 minutes to get a taxi to take the two new elders to the embassy so that they could go to Mexico.
But then we found a new investigator and she seems really interested. Good surprise!
We had a few problems with some missionaries in the zone. But we helped them repent. Bitter sweet surprise.
Some members took Elder Dearden and I to Subway to eat some sandwiches. It`s been a loooong time since I ate sweet onion chicken teryaki. Good surprise.
And thus the week has gone on. It was pretty good overall. Just some ups and downs but I`m happy enough.
I know that none of the stuff I`ve mentioned can compare to the passing away of JoAnn's dad or Ty`s knee. Tell them I`m sorry. How`s Kyle doing? How are they all doing?
That`s awesome that Branson`s back and that he had a great mission. I`m proud of him. And you can tell him que estoy bien, dandole! And that`s about all I can say.
But how`s the family? Cold? That`s miserable. I`m thinking I`ll be living in southern California or maybe down south. I enjoy Colorado summer but the other three seasons are rough.
Um do you know anything else about the new card? Tell me if you get this letter. Help me know what I need to do better and give me a kick in the rear. I love you guys! Have a great week!
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