Wassup!

The right side of the apartment

Wassup! They don't say that here but it'd be cool if they did. This week has been weird. It feels like it's been a whole month when it's only been a week. But also it kinda went fast Haha. Oh so Elder Savage mentioned me in his email so I gotta do the same. I've actually been telling a lot of people the river raft story and relating it to Jesus Christ like in my farewell talk. I haven't told a ton of people in Louisiana but I told a lot of people in the MTC. The weather has been pretty cold for the past few days. Like 50s and 60s. Which I guess isn't so bad compared to Utah hahaha. I really like it when it rains, but then we have to go out into it. 

So Tuesday: we met a cool guy named Tyler and he has read a bit of the Book of Mormon. He said it's a powerful book and that he was blessed for reading it. Because after he read it, a guy he knows bought him a car so that he can get to work without biking like 15 miles. So that was real cool. His mom apparently had a warrant for her arrest. Oops.  We talked to a Spanish fam. And had a Spanish speaking member translate. I think the lesson went really well so it was cool.

Baptist Church

Wednesday: I met a guy name Carl and he is way Baptist. He is hardcore into the bible and had a ton of questions about the BOM and stuff. But later we had like every appointment fall through so we had to go tracking for like ever. We met this pro bull rider guy named JB. He was really cool. He hadn't heard of the BOM because he's not too religious and is always gone. Also later we met a dude named Josh and he just let us teach him a lesson right then and there. Haha it was pretty late too so that was cool. Oh and earlier we taught a guy named Joel and he is really cool. I think he could be baptized but he needs to learn some more.

Thursday: I had super bad allergies and we got told off by some crazy people. One was a Muslim lady who said she believes in 3 gods and they all have names. And then stood there smiling like she just destroyed us. So we were just like alright. And then walked away. Another lady said we were preaching about a fake Jesus. She hasn't read the BOM and was saying it's not true Haha. 

 

A cool road pic

Friday: we met a way cool family who used to be members apparently. Like when they were young they were but now they go to a Baptist church. They said we could come back though and they liked what we taught. Also there's these frogs everywhere that sound like a dude hiding somewhere with a low pitched kazoo. It's pretty funny sometimes. 

Freeway is lined with trees

Saturday: we met a dude while tracting named Kiki. That's not his real name I guess but everyone calls him that. He was exactly what you expect when you think of a southern black man. He was so cool! He was hard to understand a lot, but I picked up a lot of what he said. He used to meet with missionaries and said he was wondering where they went a few days before we showed up. We went later to an appointment but it fell through and we met a Spanish family who had never heard of the BOM and they were awesome. We also met a lady named Virginia. Pretty weird huh? Well she let us hold her pig and that was cool. Oh also we went to a members house and they had a ton of chickens so that was cool too Haha. Also we talked to another fam. And they gave us some chicken wings so that was sick. Also this inactive part-memberish couple. They let us share a message and stuff so they were real cool. Oh and we also chopped these huuuge logs. It was only for like an hour but that was tough. 

Sunday: church was cool finally meeting everyone. We taught an awesome fam named the Ete's and I guess the dad had heard of my dad. So I don't know if you have heard of brother Ete but he might have met you dad. His first name is Rock I think. Or rocky. Anyways later we sang at an Easter musical thing in the church. It was really good. We only sang a small part of one song but that was pretty good too. They had like our whole zone come and sing it was cool. A lot of the missionaries said that's the first time they have done something like that so it was pretty fun. 

Chickens

Alright uhhh yeah. Some things I forgot to add was uhh. The water isn't great here so we use a water filter Haha. Or just drink bottled water. But everyone has a bottle of water I guess it's kinda wild. There has been a ton of tornado, thunderstorm, and flood warnings. At least it seems like it. We had all of those at once one day last week I'm pretty sure Haha. I haven't seen any tornadoes but it was way windy on um Saturday. Also everyone's dang mailboxes are on the wrong side. It's like across the street from where you live which is weird. At least not everywhere but a lot of places. And also whenever it rains and gets way humid my glasses fog up when I get out of the car. It's super annoying Haha. Um. I saw the mission president at the Easter thing so that was scary. Just kidding only a little Haha. I've been surviving off of PB and J sandwiches half the time. But the rest of the time we get fed by members. At least it seems like it. They all want to feed us but there's like a rule where it has to be focused on teaching so people think they can't now or something. They still can. We just have to teach them. But uhh yeah cool. Ok gotta blast.

Elder Checketts 

PS a kid called me elder Jackets and a guy called me elder Sheckeetts like I'm French or something. And most people say Chiclets like the candy. Also a member when he heard my name was like CHECKETTS DON'T WRECK ITS. and that was pretty funny Haha. 

RAIN