May 14, 2012

Well this was a nice week. Something I forgot to mention from last week; we went bowling at lovely Tustin Lanes as a district and I really wowwed the crowd with a big 177. My perfect form and great ball spin really won the whole district over. But anyways that was last week. This week started on a tragic note. My back had been hurting me a lot over the last few weeks so I decided to make my virgin trip to the chiropractor. The chiropractor is a stake President in Irvine or something, so he's used to seeing whiney missionaries in his office. Well they took X-rays on Monday and brought me back on Tuesday with the diagnosis. And I have something called Stage 1 Spinal Decay. I have no idea what that means really. Basically, my neck doesn't curve enough and my lower back curves way too much, so I think I'll have to go to chiropractors a lot in my new adult life to get it straightened out. I have a theory that once they fix me up, I'll be 4 inches taller. Can't wait! But right now, it is a little painful. I'll going back today to get another ajustment.
As far as the work goes, its pretty slow right now. I went to a Leadership Meeting on Tuesday, where President Bowen basically told to drop all our weak investigators to focus on getting some real good baptisms. Which leaves us with a very small teaching pool. So right now it's pretty much knocking all day everyday. Pretty boring. But we'll find "los de oro" in no time. Maybe.
3 good things about the week?
1. Got to talk to you punks.
2. Got a nice spinal ajustment on Monday. I'm going back today at 6.
3. Met some pretty funny people this week. A lot of whack-o's.
Something funny that happened?
Well we were going to visit some old investigators. And we stopped and parked our bikes in front of this one house and all of the sudden this big crazy Chicano-Cholo guy runs out of the house, grabs Elder Prieto's bike and takes off running. I was shocked. And then after running off a few feet, he turns arounds, laughs, and says "HAHA I'm just xx with you! Come on in white boy, lets talk about God." It was super weird haha. He had a real potty mouth. I learned about 7 new Spanish swear words in that lesson.
Investigators? (name and +)
That dude's name was Mario. He didn't invite us back.
And that's it.
You mentioned Cinco de Mayo in last week's letter and the friend newsletter.  What did you do to celebrate?
Nothing really. There was just a big party over there on 4th street and main. It was pretty crazy.
Do you have another appointment for your back?
Yes, today at 6.
Any idea what kind of item you want for your bed to help with your back?
I have no idea. I'll ask Dr./Pres. Francis today.
Do you need me to send you a couple of new memory cards?
Um sure. That'd be sweet.
Grandpa asked me if you try to reactivate people in the ward?
Every once and a while. Pres. Bowen actually discussed this in our Leadership meeting on Tuesday. He wants us to focus on baptisms first and let the home teachers do the reactivating.