Hello Hello,
Glad to hear that everything is okay up in the great state of
Wyoming. Stinks that y'all didn't get to have any fireworks. That's pretty
lame. Hey guess what though? Now you know how I have felt for the past two
years. Ha ha ha. No fireworks at all. Funny that Dad and Shawn mowed a lawn
this past week, because we did too; and OH MY GOODNESS, it was crazy. I'll have
to tell you about it later in this email. Other things to address: I would
really love to hear the edited version of Grandpa's "heart to heart" with
Shannon. I think that that would just make my day. The story of Patrick is
hilarious. I love that kid. "Wild cows" ha ha ha I love it. Also I would like
to let you know that I can relate with the bug bites that you have all over your
legs. I have been attacked by chiggers and mosquitoes for the past month and a
half. Isn't it just the best?!?! Also, I would like to know what inspires a
person or group of people to name their restaurant "Tootsies".
So this past week was great. Here's the updates:
Monday, July 2nd- It was my companion's birthday!!! Yay! So what did
we do? We sat in court to support one of our good friends here. We waited for
over three hours only to find out that her hearing was going to be rescheduled
for a later date. Awesome. I love the judicial system. It's my favorite. We
were supposed to play some volleyball and have a BBQ with our investigator for
my companion's birthday, but our investigator's wife ended up having a baby. So
that plan didn't really work out. Funny that the baby was born on his birthday
though. Our investigators asked us if we would like them to name the kid after
my companion and I. Like Michael Cameron Jacklick or Cameron Michael Jacklick.
Ha ha ha we didn't know what to say. We told them to name the kid whatever they
wanted to because it was THEIR baby. I really didn't want to get into the
business of naming kids and stuff yet. I think that that day is very very far
in the future. They ended up naming the boy after the mother's father. Always
a safe decision.
Tuesday July 3rd- Nothing much to report on this day. We taught a
couple of lessons, everything went according to plan. We did learn a
Marshallese game. It's the same as the "Down by the banks" game where you slap
the hand of the person next to you, but the rhyme is definitely different. It
goes something like this: Big Mac yellow big kore ba cran pa achi cola rock o
la sunday ippen la bamba and then you count 1-10. I still don't really
understand it, but hey...it's fun.
Wednesday July 4th- Elder Sproul decided to plan today so that we
could exchange with Mt. Pleasant on Thursday to conduct a baptismal interview
for them. So after planning Elder Sproul and I had a lesson with a lady named
Shirley. We had planned to watch Finding Faith in Christ with her and discuss
how we build faith in the Savior. The only problem was her sound wasn't
working. We were really pressed for time so we couldn't stop to try and fix it,
so we improvised. I knew that Elder Sproul had been in children's theater
growing up and I sure know how to act like a child, so we put our acting skills
to the test. We turned the subtitles on and read and acted out the entire 29
minutes of the movie. It was spectacular. After that lesson we went to eat
lunch at the Branch President's home. Delicious. Couldn't have asked for a
better spread of food. The rest of the day we spent teaching or proselyting.
It was great. Have you ever tried to contact someone when one of those firework
fountain things are screaming at you? It's really fun, you should try it.
Thursday July 5th- We did some service for some people in the area.
One member, one non member. We mowed the lawn of the member and then borrowed
his lawn mower to mow the lawn of the investigator. The second lawn hadn't been
mowed for months. Not at fault of the investigator. Unfortunately they do not
have a lawn mower. So my companion and I go at this yard with nothing but a
mower and a weed eater. Good gracious. The grass, weeds, and shrubs were all
taller than me. I ended up having to do a wheelie with the mower to chop all of
the grass, weeds, and such in half first, only to come back over it three of
four times, each time decreasing the angle of the wheelie to cut the lawn to
appropriate length. It was a task. Took all 4 hours of weekly service to do
it. I wish that I had took before and after shots cause it was crazy. Then
after that wonderful escapade we realized that we did not put on bug spray
before mowing. Worst thing ever. I have so many bug bites it's not even
funny. But hey, there's good news to come out of this. Our investigator didn't
get fined by the city and they now know that we love them equal to the number of
bites on our legs. Hundred fold.
Friday July 6th- Took a trip to DeQueen to teach some of our
investigators that have moved there. The lessons went very well and they are
still excited to be baptized on the 28th. After those lesson we came back to
Broken Bow and taught lessons, and contacted until the end of the night.
Saturday July 7th- We attended the marriage class taught by Branch
President with our investigators. Everything is going really well with those
lessons. The couples attending are scheduled to be married on the 20th and
baptized on the 28th. It's really exciting stuff. After the marrriage class we
went to a few lessons and tracted for a couple of hours. Our favorite part of
the day was while we were out tracting. My companion and I had knocked all
along one side of the street and then switched sides to go back down the other
side when we heard someone call out to us. My companion heard them say, "Y'all
come over here when you're done!" He then turned to me and said, "Elder!
That's awesome. We're totally going over there after this door. I asked,
"Elder? Are you serious?" He said, Uh, yeah, they just said to come over when
we were done." I said, "Oh, I thought that they said. 'Don't come over here or
I'll get my gun.' " Well...it was an interesting contact to say the least.
Don't worry we're fine.
Sunday July 8th- We met with a lot of our investigators after the pot
luck at church. The lessons went well for the most part. Kind of hard to teach
with 5 or 6 little Marshallese kids stealing the objects for your object
lesson...but it was good.
sorry...out of time.
love,
Elder McNinch
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