Thanksgiven

Well, it’s been a week. Indeed, 7 whole days. And things happened during those 7 days. Many things. None of which were noteworthy. So to save all of you from straining your eyes any longer, I’ll keep this short.

We had our own Thanksgiving dinner, which was alfredo, so it was pretty good. My only issue down here in Oklahoma is that people with their wacko accents call it “Thanksgiven”, instead of “Thanksgiving”. And it’s their accent, I know, but I think the thing that gets me is that what they’re saying is still something grammatically correct in English. “Thanksgiven” is like giving thanks, but past tense. As in the thanks has already been given. So they aren’t giving thanks, they’re saying they already have, and that’s not the move. The move is to always be thankful. Always be giving thanks. But yeah, these people are something else.

Then in the sad news department, we were going to have a baptism but the person had a family emergency come up outta nowhere, and we’re gonna have to push it off for a bit. But it’s cool because it’s all gonna work out. Eventually.

That’s pretty much it for me. I’m gonna be staying here in Woodward for 6 more weeks at least, and getting a new comp named Elder Grace. Never heard of him. Keep rocking it out there in the collapsing world we live in. There’s really no peace on Earth, but there’s peace in Christ.

Over and Out

SHOUTOUTS:

• The Pilgrims – Let’s hear it for the pilgrims. These guys are chillin’ in North America, just trying to survive, and they get help from the Native Americans there, and then they’re like, “Yo let’s have a big ol’ party.” AND THEN THEY DO AND IT’S LITERALLY PASSED DOWN FOR GENERATIONS. Crazy stuff.
• Native Americans – Those pilgrims would’ve gotten mad wrecked if it weren’t for my guys in America before them. They helped them survive and let them live here. What a bunch of real ones. Shoutout to my Native American friends.

I Had COVID.

Well, now that we’ve cleared that up, let’s talk about what happened this week.

I was peer pressured into trying Vienna Sausages, and what a ride that was. When you’re trying to get me to eat something, telling me it’s been in a can for over a year and it’s “just like a cold hot dog” definitely doesn’t help. But to make the whole thing worse, as I was reaching in to pull out a stick of “mechanically separated chicken” (which the can says is the first ingredient), I spilled cold hot dog water all over my leg. Oh my, it was rough. Everyone was laughing at me, and I was just a sad man covered in hot dog juice. And to clarify, this wasn’t an in-person audience, it was over a video call with some other missionaries. But yeah, it wasn’t a good time. Oh, and the “sausages” tasted like Satan’s toes. Definitely not a fan.

Other than that, it was Elder Miller’s birthday this week and for the first time in forever, members finally brought us food. It was a miracle! So we finally had something we could eat, which helped.

We’ve been inside because of COVID, but we’re pretty much cured, and we get out on the 25th. Other than that, just been working hard over technology with video calls and stuff.

Thanks for reading gang, and have a grateful week!

Over and Out

It happened again….

THE RAFFLE:

SHOUTOUTS:

• Kenny – My man got his email hacked so now he’s got a new one and is back on the emails. Keep those pirates at bay, my friend.

Sick Boys doing what Sick Boys do

Well, I guess we’ll start with the latest and greatest news: I’m sick. In both senses of the word. One too many kick flips… So the last few days have been us lying in bed either sleeping or studying. And since we can’t access the internet, it’s a lot of studying. I was the one who got sick first, and I had a sore throat, which was about it, but then Elder Miller got sick and suddenly he had 4 Corona symptoms, so they made us go get tested for it. I would’ve gotten away with not having some hoodlum shove a 6-inch Q-tip up my nose, but Covid Boy had the symptoms and we got our noses excavated because of it. There are literally no other missionaries in the entire state of Oklahoma with Covid, so we might just be celebrities pretty soon. I still believe that we should all just embrace this stupid virus and weed out the weak. Just let natural selection take over and see who can pray harder.

But yeah, other than that let’s see what happened…

Not much. Some dogs started fighting at some person’s house while we were having dinner with them, and it was intense enough to draw blood, so that was pretty wild. Literally we’re just been sick this week though, so nothing really fun happened. Unless you count drinking water as an invigorating activity. I might– I’ve been chugging water for days on end and it’s off the rails.

But yeah, that’s pretty much it for me. I just want to get better so I can actually be doing something. You get so bored sitting around watching the same church videos. But we’ll beat this stupid virus, whether it has a crown on it or not. Then I can get back to having a blast running around talking about Jesus with everyone.

Hope you guys have a good week!

Over & Out

Rain or shine, sickness or health, the raffle continues:

SHOUTOUTS:

• Dinosaurs: Once these big ol’ lizards walked the earth; now they’re just bones or juice that makes your car run. Pretty crazy stuff, thanks dinosaurs.

Serve City

Well this week rocked! Not gonna lie. It was a blast. The best part was this massive service project we got to do. Two weeks ago, when we got a bunch of snow (which I considered to be the greatest gift from God), others saw it as a wide-scale disaster. Which I mean it was, since it literally destroyed most of the trees in Oklahoma City, but c’mon, look at the bright side. But I guess I should explain how those trees got destroyed. So Oklahoma is just an indecisive little goober of a state, and instead of having either rain or snow, it has freezing rain. Which is just snow and rain combined, from what I’ve seen. And this rain falls, and then freezes on stuff. So it looks pretty sick, since everything gets encased in a thin layer of ice. But that ice adds up fast, and it’s usually too much weight for the wussy tree branches to handle, and they straight just break off the tree.

So it caused a bunch of trees to break, and then they finally decided to call in THE CAVALRY. We got 150 missionaries there and we got to do service for SEVEN HOURS. It sounds like a lot, but it was actually so much fun. We’ve been stuck inside forever and we can barely see other missionaries, so getting to see most of my friends around the mission was a real treat. Then yeah, we had straight 7 hours of picking up branches on Friday. Such a good time. I feel bad for the 100 missionaries that didn’t get to go to the service. That’s the biggest gathering of missionaries since Corona hit. The biggest group until then was about 30. And now we got over half of the missionaries in Oklahoma all together. Oh man, what a blast.

Yeah, that was truly the highlight of my week, if not this month, but you probably want to hear about all the other things that happened. Well, nothing really out of the ordinary. I was showering one morning and the shower bar just fell on me, so that was fun.

Other than those, that’s about all that’s happened with me. Just having fun teaching people here in Woodward.

Hopefully this week is filled to the brim with madness and wonders, but I can’t tell you for sure. Have a great one.

Over and Out

SHOUTOUTS:

• Everyone reading this with the letter E in their name. Way to be.

I Speak for the Dead

Well, we got to speak at a funeral. A funeral of someone we had never met. Never even heard of. But since she was a member of the church, we spoke at her funeral. Definitely an interesting experience. What do you say about someone that you never knew? It’s a rhetorical question. You talk about how you can find comfort and peace in Jesus Christ. There’s never a bad time to talk about Jesus Christ.

The work here is going good. Things are picking up and we’re actually just gonna go even more hog wild this week. We also had to bike in the snow because life’s an adventure. The problem is that I have one of those diet bikes, where the wheels are thinner than paper and you actually just sink right into the snow and spin out every time you try to pedal. So it was a bit more of a bike walk on the uphills, and a bike slide on the way down. But we did it. You bet your badgers that we did it.

As far as good stories go we don’t really have any…

But I guess we’ll keep this email nice and short, for all those people out there with busy lives. Enjoy the pictures this time, it actually worked.

Over and Out

SHOUTOUTS:

• Great Value – I’m sure we are all familiar with the Great Value brand, but let me tell you, it has carried us thus far here in Woodward. When you can’t afford quality, and you just need enough food to survive, Great Value has your back. Beggars can’t be choosers, and are we not all beggars?

Pics:

• The piano adventures of last week
• The snow of last week
• Also, I think that’s the happiest I’ve ever looked in a picture