Hey Family and Friends,
This week went as fast as the one last week and not a lot
has happened in between but I will fill you guys in on some things! The week started with saying goodbye to the
people who were leaving the zone. That
included Elder Healey and Elder Faas, two of my best friends in the mission and
homies that I have grown really close to. We have a Christmas activity for the
whole mission December 9th so I will be able to see them both before
they end their missions and since Elder Healey lives in Kaysville and I have
plans to live together with Elder Faas in college I will be seeing them both
after! I also was reunited with my
companion from the MTC, Elder Haynes, because he is now in our zone. He is the same little fireball that he was in
the MTC but now we can look back and laugh of the times that we had back
then. I am living with Elder Patino,
Elder Stevenson and Elder Stevenson’s new companion, Elder Ruiz. We were in the same zone a year ago in Coronel
and I wrote about doing some exchanges with him there, he is a good guy.
The week started off absolutely freezing even though we are
in Spring and it rained a ton. Walking
around in the freezing cold and rain doesn’t even faze me anymore and I know
that I will miss it after the mission, well maybe :) This week was one full of service and I
absolutely love to be able to fill our schedule in with service
activities. A funny experience, a member
called us and asked us to be at his house in the morning because he needed help
moving something. We showed up and right
as we did, this truck backed in with some sort of machine in the back. It was a machine that you use to make
tables. Which is what this member does,
and it is BIG… and HEAVY! Literally it
was the heaviest thing that I have ever lifted in my life. There were 6 of us and it was the hardest
thing ever to get it out of the truck and back through this little passage to
the back yard of the members home. We
are lucky Elder Ruiz who is huge got transferred into the sector because I
honestly don’t think we could have done it without him. The member was yelling orders at us a million
words a minute while we were lifting it to try and guide us haha, it was quite
the scene. I came out of it with only a
smashed finger, I feel lucky, God was definitely looking out for us on that one
because anybody could have lost a finger or toe.
From there we went over to the hours of a member where we
offered to clean all around her house that probably hasn’t been cleaned in 3
years. It’s weird how much I enjoyed
pulling weeds and reorganizing things. I
can’t wait to have my own house and my own yard, which surprises me that I say
that also because I remember talking with my parents when I was younger telling
them how I never would have a big yard or anything like that because I hated
weeding. Haha
Another funny story:
there was a part where we were going to take out this giant stick that
was supporting the “garage” but we weren’t sure about it. We placed rocks underneath the part that we
thought would fall in and then planned to take out the stick. Instead of taking it out slowly, ensuring
that nothing would go wrong, my companion just kicked it out. I stood there in utter disbelief thinking the
whole thing was going to fall in on itself but everything went well and now it
looks a lot better. We pass by that
house in the mornings and didn’t plan on stop helping until everything looked
good and clean but then tragedy struck.
Saturday morning my companion woke up with really bad pains in his back
and he can barely walk. We have been in
the house all weekend with the exception of leaving to eat lunch and church. We have an appointment with a doctor today so
we will see how it goes and what’s wrong.
I think he just lifted something wrong when we were doing yard work but
not sure.
Other than that, I’m pretty sure we have eaten lentejas
which are like smaller sized beans almost every day this week for lunch, but
gotta be grateful that the members give us lunch :) I also got a call from Elder Casperson this
weekend and he was with Brian and one of my favorite families from
Coronel! I was able to talk with all of
them and it was really great. Very
grateful for everyone that I have met on my mission and the experience that I’ve
had. That’s it for this week. I love you all and hope all is going well
back home. Much Love, Elder Clay
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