Week 55: New House

Hey everybody!! 

This week was the bomb. We have been adjusting to our new area. It is small but cool. There is not a single paved road here its all just sand, which makes it super hard to walk, and a lot hotter in the afternoon. There is so much dust that gets into our eyes. The members here are also super awesome. There are only 3 families and they are super excited that we are here. We live across the street from one of the families and they are always giving us food. Every morning the mom comes and delivers us breakfast, then at night they make us eat dinner with there family. Its the bomb, I'm just worried that I'm going to start putting on some weight. So my comp and I have gone running in the morning with a member at 6 am. Its been fun, but I'm pretty lazy so we will see if I can keep getting up, lol. Also we live in a full on house. Members were living there but they moved out but left everything in the house. We have a fully furnished kitchen, living room with couches, we had a nice flat screen TV (but our zone leaders said we couldn't have it), we have a nice speaker system. The only problem is the bathroom is horrible, the toilet doesn't have a cover so we have to squat over the toilet to use it, and there is no shower, so we fill up buckets and dump cups of water on ourselves. It sucks. But this Wednesday they should fix it up. 

Two stories: 

Since its a brand new area we are opening up we haven't had appointments so we have been knocking A LOT of doors. And one afternoon a door opens and its a 20ish year old girl and she's like, you guys are Mormon's right. She then told us that she heard we don't believe in God and worship idols, and said she's super confused. And that she has been waiting for us to knock on her door so we could explain to her about our beliefs. It was super cool, and I felt like God really did send me to this area for a reason, to find people who have never had the chance to talk with missionaries before.  

Other story we were teaching a lesson, and at the end the lady asked me a question, and what I heard was ¨ En su pais hay otros plantas?¨ (in your country are there other plants). I was a little confused cause I thought it was obvious and kind of a dumb question, so I told her yes, we have different types of plants in the states. Then she asked ¨Y hay riñones¨ (and are there kidneys). And that got me super confused, because I knew that a riñon is a part of a body but I couldn't remember what organ. Then I didn't get why it related to plants. Then in hit my mind she said transplantas (transplants) and not otras plantas (other plants). It was a really embarrassing mistake. Then she asked me if I could help get a transplant for her husband. 

That's about it for this week! It was super cool! more to come! Everyday is the best day ever! 

Love, 

Elder Luke Gruber