So there was a mass shooting in DC this week. That was scary.
Also we crashed a drug search. That was fun.
Threatened with jail time while tracting? Normal.
Free dinner, now THAT's exciting news!
I'll explain. So me and Elder Ni were just chilling in Subway enjoying sandwiches we got off a gift card when I saw the TV in the corner displaying "MASS SHOOTING IN DC". Considering I could walk there on a P-Day and several of our missionaries were actually in DC at the time we freaked out. I feel sad for the people it happened to, but I don't have a lot of info so I'm not sure exactly what happened.
Also, we pulled into a little street of town houses only to find two police cars parked down the street. We got out to walk to a lady we've been helping out (the one that called me angelic before but then took it back because she said I was to "diligent" to be angelic) and I said "Hey, wouldn't it be funny if the cops were outside Janis's house?"... they were. The landlord called the cops to search her room for drugs and to evict her. He couldn't take her smoking at 3am and waking up his family with the smoke and she wouldn't stop. The police wouldn't let us in and wouldn't take the time to listen to two people that know her better than anyone else on the scene. They left empty handed like we knew they would. Janis wasn't even there at the time. Poor woman. She had her house searched by cops, is involved in a court case fighting her siblings over her parents money, is scheduled for major heart surgery, got evicted from her house, and found out her mom died all in the same week. SO! If you think your life is hard, think again. To make it worse we can't find her now. I'll keep you posted.
Also we were out tracting in the same place we found Patti (OH! I haven't told you about her! Hold on!) and some guy told us if we kept tracting the police the "patrol the complex" would throw us in jail and fine us. We kept tracting. Still alive, no worries. Few doors down we found a guy who was baptized a while ago and wants to take us out to dinner to talk about the church because he hasn't been in a while. Reward for perseverance? I think yes!
Ok, coolest story ever! Last week we tracting for at least four thousand hours straight and nothing happened. Closest we came to success was this guy named Kay that used to be a catholic priest but switched to Buddhism and talked with us for half an hour about how if Jesus ran for president half the Christian world wouldn't vote for him. In other words, last week wasn't very successful. Well last Monday we were tracting some more and Elder Ni being the inspired missionary he is said "I think I wanna try this prayer approach I learned a while ago". I thought it was weird but he went for it. Basically he was going to offer to leave a prayer on the house of the next person that opened. Well the very first house we knocked on turned out to be Patti Saylor. She accepted Elder Ni's invitation, and after we had said the prayer we looked up and her eye's were tearing up! We offered to teach her and she accepted! BOOM! We taught the restoration and about the spirit. She said she felt the spirit while we were teaching and when we invited her to be baptized she said it is something she would be open to! Awesome! She even tried to hug me after the lesson but being a missionary I was (so awkwardly) like.... uhhhh I'm not really supposed to hug you. If I wasn't a missionary I totally would but I'll just go for a handshake! We've taught her the second lesson now and she called baptism a "favorable thought" and wants to bring her son who is a 30 year old former quadriplegic to church as well.
Great week. We also found some guy who told us he knows how to fix the economy and explained it to us in depth. And me and Elder Ni made some awesome food, and we taught primary sharing time. Pictures of the food are included!
Oh! Ok, one more thing. Sorry this has been a crazy week! I might get my visa soon! It should come any day. Definitely within three weeks according to Denmark but that was the guess for another elder who went to the consulate after me. So I could be shipping out anytime because they are expecting the visas of me and a few other people soon. It's actually scaring me to think about going to Denmark. I know it'll be so much fun and I really can't wait but it's kind of like going cliff jumping. I have that nervous feeling of leaving something solid that I know I am comfortable with like the DC mission (tell John congrats for his call to the almost as good DC North mission!) and leaping into the adventure ahead. I hope my Danish is where it should be because I will certainly need it. Anyway, I can't wait. I always liked cliff jumping anyway ;)
Tak for reading min silly emails and tak for writing me! Det betyder a lot to hear from you people! Really though.
Vi ses!
Pictures - The weird scribbles are Amharic, they speak it in Ethiopia. That picture is of the second Amharic Book of Mormon I've placed on my mission. I don't know how anyone can read that stuff! and the other one is the great home made meal of Chicken Flavored Rice, Mashed Potatoes, and Spaghetti that me and Elder Ni crafted the other day. It was marvelous.
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