Happy Thanksgiving

(Photos compliments of Elder Pulsipher)

Pday at the mall 

This is where the fun happens on P-days and if we ever have a minute to spare. We have had some pretty intense Foosball games lately, the Spanish Elders have been kicking our butts though. Their soccer skills must help them out with Foosball too or something.

Hello everybody!

As has been FAR too well-documented, "Hump Day" is this week. I'm still in major denial about it, but hopefully, I can drown out the misery with food :) Elder Pulsipher and I have 3 different lunch/dinners lined up, as well as a few appointments later in the day. We're going to be serving in a Soup Kitchen as well, so we'll be around food all day long! 

Things have continued to work out in Waterbury. This last week, I conducted my first baptismal interviews as a District Leader (Brenda and Luis, some of the Spanish Elders' investigators) . We walked in to their house, and Brenda's 10-year-old girl, Michaela was there. She asked what we were doing there, and we explained that we were helping her Mom get ready for her baptism. While I was conducting the interviews for Luis and Brenda  Elder Pulsipher was teaching Michaela about our Church. Well, I came out of the interviews, and Michaela had a baptismal date for 29 December, 2013. It's a great example of how we are beginning to work together as not only Missionaries, but as a Ward at large. We're seeing the blessings of trying to build Zion here in Waterbury!

One night this week, the Longos, a family in the ward, invited us over for dinner. We went over there, and they made some DELICIOUS Brazilian food. And lots of it. They are distinctly Brazilian, but Brother Longo says that Sister Longo should have been born Puerto Rican. She likes to hoop and holler and have a good time, and when you make her angry... FORGEDDABOUDIT! Brother Longo said, "She's Mormon on Sundays, but from Monday to Saturday, she's Puerto Rican." We all got a good laugh out of that :)

As it stands right now, I'll be in Waterbury until January 2nd, but we aren't 100% sure. There are some Missionaries leaving mid-transfer, so there may still be some shake-ups right now.

President Packard came and spoke in our ward on Sunday, and it was incredible! President and Sister Packard both came and gave wonderful addresses. They also brought their daughter, Angela, with them. Angela is a very special individual. She was born 3 months early with a brain hemorrhage. She has recently developed miasthenial gravis, but never complains. She came and gave a wonderful talk about gratitude and counting your many blessings. Not only was that amazing, but President talked to Bishop Marble about how the Missionaries are doing in the ward. Bishop absolutely RAVED about us and the work we're doing and the unity we're bringing. Bishop even asked that I stay in Waterbury for a while longer :) Much of that praise was probably overkill, but it's good to see that we're earning the trust of the ward members.

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!

-Eldah Boone