April is going by kinda fast. March was really slow for me,
but this month is gonna finish soon.
Today was interesting, we ran all over the place like crazy
people, listening to lots of crazy people say a lot of crazy things. Love it.
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| And we found a "Beauty Saloon" with the latino spelling of my mom's name! |
But we did get to do our Weekly Planning, so that was
important, and we had lunch, where we ate cow tongue. That was the first time
in my life that I ate that. The whole time I was trying to figure out what
muscle of a cow is symmetrical, somewhat circular, big, and had very fine
muscle groups. But I decided not to ask until afterwards. Honestly, it was very
well prepared and not obviously a cow tongue on your plate, so I was impressed
with Hna Ana and her cooking skills. It was very clean and well-cooked and the
guisado sauce tasted better than normal. So I think I could actually eat it
again if I needed to. But I can add that to the list of interesting foods I've
eaten as a missionary, right up there with fish eyeballs and chicken livers.
Mmm!
Then we went over to another member family and shared a
message with them and they gave us green mango juice. It tasted like a cross
between limonada and grass. Very planty tasting, but sort of tangy and sweet. I
thought it was good, Hna Cruz loves it. You just take a bunch of green mango's,
wash them and take out the seed, and blend them up with some water and sugar.
Leaves lots of little mango skin bits all over. But it's good. Also goes on my
foods I've tried list.
And we visited another member family and listened to the
grandma talk for quite a while about a range of topics, and then we steered the
conversation back to the message we were sharing. We didn't eat or drink
anything there.
Then we went and found another member family that is somewhat
inactive that is living next to an active member family that he dad is one of
the brothers of other members in our branch (they gave us the reference) so we
had an interesting visit with them. Good people, just kinda stressed me out
with all the noise of children running around and flickering single-bulb lights
and the Evangelical church literally right next door having music practice.
But we were able to get to know them a little and share a short message with
them. We'll come back on a day where it's a little calmer.
And then we finished up the night with a Relief Society
fireside, basically, so that was nice. The Evangelicals kept on practicing the
whole time, but we were able to hear the message that was shared and we all
felt all warm and fuzzy afterwards. And that was our day.
But, apparently God only made the pretty things when He
created the world, and Satan made the frogs and snakes and icky things because
they are bad. Which is not true, because God made all things with a purpose,
and Satan is not capable of creating things, let alone life in the form of an
animal, even if you think it is ugly.
And the fact that my name is in English and not Spanish
still confuses people. Not every single thing about a person gets translated
over when you serve teaching in a different language. And it's actually the
English version of a German last name, so that's even more
confusing because then they think that I'm from Germany
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