The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

house with stairs going to the second floor

Howdy my brethren. This week was super awesome at first and then got bad and then good again. I feel like the subject for this email fits this week pretty well. We had zone conference and it was super cool. Also I got kinda sick and almost died. Jk just like a cold or something. Okay here we go.

I made Shepherds Pie

Monday: I'm not sure what I said last time but we met a lady named Jxxxx on Monday who believes in the pre mortal life and everyone in her church says she's crazy. But we were like no that's actually what we believe too. So that was cool. Also we went to the Txxxxs house and had jambalaya. It was really good. Basically gumbo but not in a broth type of thing. But brother Txxx pretended to be a non member for our new companion Elder Torsak. It was way funny. 

Tuesday: Zone conference! 

It was so boring. JK it was really cool. We talked about missionary junk and we all bore testimony on Jesus Christ. Mine was the best obviously. Haha but that was fun we got to eat sammiches and also snow cones and stuff. And we talked to Hxxxx afterwards. That guy is dope. He seems pretty hard on the outside but hes taking care of his son on his own and hes way nice.

Elvis Clock

Wednesday: We went and did some service for Hxxx and moved a bunch of tree branches and vines. Hes still super dope. Said he would read and stuff. We later went and saw Bro. Lxxxxx. I'll be honest I think I fell asleep while we were talking to him. I was so tired out of no where. So uhhh whoops. Then we went to talk to Sxxxxx again and he wasn't feeling well so we talked to his stepdadish person. Hes a British guy who is an astrophysicist. Freakin sweet. I've been wondering what to do for school and stuff and that was be so cool. Then we talked to the Bxxxxx's who are really cool. We had taco soup. I feel like I have had more taco soup than gumbo and it's super dumb. Like the people think that's all we eat. Come on. But they have this dope Elvis Presley clock and I took a picture of it so that's cool. We talked to coach green again. He is sick. Also my head and neck started hurting today so that sucked. But I've been working out my forearms and traps. So soon I will be humongous and everyone will fear me. Jk but soon I'll look buff hopefully.

Thursday: We had interviews with the mission president today. Hes scary Haha. But not really. Hes really nice I'm just new so hes kinda scary. Umm. We got pretty sick today so not much happened. We planned like all day. I can't remember who we talked to.

Friday: Today I almost died. In my head. I felt sick in the morning but it got way better later in the day. We talked to Hxxx again. He's just always working on his yard so you can always find him. Also we moved a fridge for the Walter's. Pretty cool. We had burgers so totally worth it. I was appointed as the leader for today and we've been switching off everyday starting today. I made my companions call me Big Boss for the day hahaha. Felt pretty cool. We went and talked to misty and her family and we answered a whole bunch of their questions so it was super cool. They are super legit. Also we talked to that Baptist lady again which is almost everyone it seems like. But her and her husband are crazy. But they said they would read again so they're legit. 

Driving in the trees

Saturday: we went to the Exxxs and did splits for a while. I stayed at their house and we fixed a hole in their wall. They are so awesome. After that we talked to the Jxxxs for a bit and then went to the Brxxxxs. They made this curry and it was pretty good. Not as good as Zach's but still pretty good. Elder Ladle wanted to leave after an hour exactly so they got kinda mad about that. They started calling him Elder Timekeeper now hahah. We had some way good ice cream afterwards though. Then we went to the Bxxxxxxx's and gave brother Bxxxxx a blessing. Pretty sweet. We talked about the French Huguenots because we're related to them. And finally we went to the Solars house. It was sooo cool. Their yard is huge and their house is pretty big too. Every house in Lousiana is just 1 story though. Rarely an upstairs. But they had some dope interior decorating. Like way nice. I wish I took some pictures. 

Opossum

Sunday: church was good. Fast and testimony meeting. We had 7 new people come it was so cool. Elder Torsak got taken away by the senior missionaries to go help with something so it's just me and elder ladle now. We were starving like all day though. Which sucked hahah. We talked to a guy who used to go to church and he is super cool. He had a music studio in his backyard and it was super nice. A ton of guitars and a few drum sets and stuff. After that we did a youth activity and had them roleplay missionary situations. It was super cool. They are all awesome. There was some non members there so hopefully they liked it.

Well uhhh. Today has been good. I made shepherds pie and it's super good. I'll become the best cook and have big muscles when I get back. Well. Maybe. It's been weird adjusting to the mission but I think it's happening faster than I think so. Cool. I'll add some pictures at the end. I sadly didn't see the ducks too much this week. But it rained on Friday and I saw an opossum. Wild things. Okay cool Gotta Blast

Elder Checketts