Ok, so before we get to the good stuff, let's go over some of the fun things that happened this week.
The other day we were out in
Honey Brook, and naturally I was excited to see what Amish shenanigans
we stumbled upon, as always. We had just pulled up to a stoplight, and
there was a gas station at the intersection. Lo and behold, across the
street at the gas station, is this Amish buggy filling up! It was the
weirdest thing! Just this horse and buggy, chilling at the pump. I
squinted to improve my vision, and saw that the Amish guy was filling up
the portable gas things (for their weed whackers, or lawn mowers or
something) and putting them in the back of the buggy. So, sadly we
didn't discover that Amish buggies actually run on gas and the horse is
just for show, but we are on to them. I should have gotten a picture...
Also, I am not sure if it's cat breeding season or what (isn't that like, year round?) but we have been seeing cats everywhere.
Seriously. We just walk around, and there will be like 20 cats just
lazing around town. Here were some just chilling behind some bushes. One
of them only has one eye, and I wanted to take it home so bad. It's alright though, I can just walk outside and be surrounded by numberless concourses of cats, so I'm still happy.
We
also recreated the Hungry Games, more properly called, the District
Games*, during district meeting this past week. Sister Ballard won,
because she had the knife and an aluminum shield. I only had a pair of
tongs. Don't worry, the knife was actually the Book of Mormon, and the
shield was the Holy Ghost. I realized afterwards that a CLUE set up
would have been just as fun. "Sister Ballard in the young women's room
with the knife" or "Sister Pickett with the volcano burrito in the
kitchen." Good times.
*no humans, animals, plants, or property were harmed in the playing of these games.
One
more random thing. I have been obsessed with making pizzas lately. This
week my favorite one was the Tomavado pizza I made. It was so yummy!
Fresh tomatoes that I picked from some random guys backyard (after
invitation, of course), homemade white garlic sauce, with avocados and
Parmesan cheese. Nom nom nom
But,
the absolutely bestest part of the week (drum roll...) was Maddie's
baptism!! She started taking the lessons with the sisters almost a year
ago. Since I got here in April, she has been trying to get her parents
permission for her to be baptized. Lots of prayer and fasting went into
this. Then, not only did her parents just recently give her permission,
her family came to the baptism! It was awesome. She was also the first
person that I personally baptized (ever) so that was really special too.
The rest of the day I had goosebumps; which may or may not have been
the result of my arms being really cold and wet because I forgot to
bring a dry shirt to change into afterwards, wups. Regardless, it was
fantastic.
Elder Horne
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