Un tecolpete de camagua

June 13, 2011

Hello fam.

Once again reporting in at the end of yet another slow week. There really just wasn't much that happened, again. Just more of the same, knocking doors, driving around, visiting the same old people with the same old problems. It's getting old.

Actually a couple of interesting things did happened. Firstly we finally are now able to text on our phones. They told us back in September of last year that soon we would be able to text, then they authorized that ability on all of the ZL's phones but not for the rest of us underlings. Well finally this week they announced in Zone Conference that they would finally authorize it on our phones. We think the reason why president waited so long is since he's done in two weeks so he'd authorize and then the new president would have to put up with all of the mischief that will surely follow. We have strict rules on who and when we can text but it is sure that people will start abusing it soon. So far it's actually been going great for us. People Never return our calls, ever, so now that we text people they will actually respond to us. It's pretty amazing. Twas also odd to text for the first time in like almost two years. So yeah, now that we can text I'm sure that baptisms will just start rolling in now haha!

Also we've been sorely afflicted this week. On exchanges I with Elder Armstrong went to do service for Hno. Garza, and old old man who wants to come and do his yard work every now and then. Usually we just mow his lawn and whack the weeds. But this time we were engaged in a desperate battle with the plants all over Garza's fence. There were small trees growing through the middle of it so I don't think it's been touched for several years. Armed with only our wits and two machetes we were locked in a duel to the finish with the many vines, weeds, trees, and shrubbery that held Hno Garza's fence captive. 'Twas a desperate fight in which didst end in a draw. For though many of the enemy combatants were hewn down and cast into the fire after two hours we didst only slay the smallest part of them. Having partially come off as the conquerors we returned and a few days later we found out that a lot of that vegetation was poison ivy. Now it's spread to the whole district and we spend most of our time trying not to scratch ourselves. It didn't get me too bad, only my left arm and ankles were badly effected. Though for Armstrong it's now over his whole body and he definitely got hit the hardest out of all of us. Though it's starting to get bad my companion, Elder Cawley.

Yup, that's pretty much all the interesting stuff that's happened this week. These e-mails just seem to get shorter and shorter. Hmm... Well have a good week.

-- Elder Rice