June 30, 2014 Temple Again!!!

June 30, 2014

Temple Again!!!

Hola todos!

This week has been pretty cool. On Monday after I wrote, we were going to go and visit some families when we got the call that a couple other elders were gonna come and stay the night with us. And it turns out, one of them was an elder who was in the area before I got here! So we went and visited a family who was excited to see him (I had promised them i would bring ice cream that night, but ice cream is really expensive here, so I brought him instead ;)]. Then, that night, we ordered a giant pizza from Pizza Hut! And then, last Tuesday was Elder Flores' birthday! So we went over to a kind-of less-active's house and ate some great pasta and a tiny little cake! And then after that, we went back to the house, Elder Flores bought another Pizza Hut pizza from money from his parents, and I made brownies! (in cups in the microwave haha). Needless to say, I won't be eating any more this week.

The week had been pretty slow in the missionary work; lots of lessons being canceled, but nothing new. We just have to keep working! We had intercambios on Friday; the district leader, Elder Nordhagen, came here with Elder Flowers, and I went over to his area with Elder Terceros. It turns out, this day, neither companionship had anything to do, so we each went out contacting and we each found some interested people! We will see how it turns out. I was with Elder Thirds in a park when I started hearing all these like gunshots, and it turns out it was just a bunch of people playing a game that looked like cornhole! So it is called mini tejos, the only difference being that they through heavy metal pucks at the other end, where two explosisives are waiting! It was pretty cool, although all that the old people wanted from me was a U.S. dollar haha.

Then on Saturday, Colombia played their next game in the World Cup, so we were forced to be in the house from 2 until 6 in the afternoon. (We still knew what the score was based on the people screaming haha, Colombia won and is moving on!) But then after that, a family that will be starting their business (a little restaurant) invited us to have a family home evening over there! (She wanted the gringo to give a prayer to the building too haha). And we got 3 new investigators! Then as we were walking home, someone on the street stops us and tells me, "Hey, you speak English, right?" So he is a member super less active, who wanted us to come and teach his wife the gospel! So yesterday we had a great lesson with them (Douglas and Mercedes), and we expect to see some progress! 

Then today we went to the temple as a zone! Super great, as usual. Then after that, Elder Flowers and I went over to the Hard Rock Cafe that I found a few months ago! And I ate steak! The first real steak that I have eaten in almost 8 months! So now I am full, and eating too much, but I am happy haha.

Well I need to go! Have a great week! 

Love,
Elder Toombs

Steak at Hard Rock Cafe

I wonder if Nathan misses his motorcycle!