Hey all, first day of transfer 2 out of 17. That first transfer went by way fast. FYI, one transfer is 6 weeks and transfers are when they move missionaries around the mission. So this time Fergy and I are both staying in Yerington. We both were about 95% sure we were cause generally when you are getting trained you stay for 2 transfers. So I was glad. Plus we get along great so thats another bonus.
So this past week was good we had fun. We are still teaching all the same people, havent found anyone new in a bit but thats ok. I got to do my first Zone Leader splits this last week which was fun. Some more good tracting stories too.. first off we had a classic missionary story happen. We were tracting and we go into this little gate into a yard and this dog walks up behind us and is looking all innocent so we were like whatever and went and knocked on the door. The dog sprints to the gate, gets his nose in there and rips it open. We were like.. oh no. We ran after them and were praying the people werent home because im sure we looked like idiots.. so we chase after the dog and he just ran. I sprinted after him and went around a corner and finally caught him. So i dragged him back by the chain and right when I got to the gate he jumped and got out of his collar. Ferguson caught him by the neck fat and we finally got him back in. Hopefully no one was watching out of there window..
Another story, we went to dinner with this somewhat less active guy named Dave Hudson. Hes kinda crazy to say the least. We dont think hes completely there. He just has some crazy ideas about uhh.. things. Anyway, so he took us out to dinner at this mexican restaurant and he is just going on and on with all these stories that hes got which are hillarious, a lot of them are too bad to share.. but Fergy and I the entire time were just looking at each other like.. what the crap is this guy doing we're missionaries.. and hes telling us all these crazy and mostly bad stories. It was really funny though. So Fergy has this card called the awqward card that we pass whenever something realy awqward happens. The people have no idea what it means so whenever they do something like that whoever has the card pulls it out and says "oh woops I think this is yours." or something like that and puts it in the others front shirt pocket. Its awesome. Anyways, so we could have had like 15 awqward card passes during that dinner. One of the things he said that I can share.. lol.. was how he was in the marines and stuff. Just randomely hes looking around and hes like "So one of the things in the marines we learned.. was how to make everything a deadly weapon. Everything in this place is a deadly weapon for me." He picks up a cup and hes like "I can strangle anyone with this." Puts it down and Fergy and I look at eachother and try to contain ourselves from busting up laughing. Then he picks up a tortilla chip and we just couldnt hold it in anymore we start busting up laughing. He goes "and I could slit someones juggular vein with this." (basically slit your throat) Oh man it was too much. So I start picking things and asking him how he could with anything. Like straws and hot sauce bottles and stuff. Oh man it was so funny. That guy cracks us up.
Anyways dont worry we were completely safe hes not dangerous or anything anymore. Hes just a goon.
Anyways sorry this email might be kinda long. But I had to share some funny stories. So we have 2 baptisms this weekend, Ken Jackson and Gavin Burrows.
And a lot more to come! Its been going good, till next week!
~Elder Lowder
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