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Blood and bones

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This week was a lot of days outside our area and a lot of time with other missionaries. On wensday we were planning our baptismal interviews when we found out that we needed to be at the government building all day renewing my companions non citizens id card. We were there with all the people that came in his group so it was cool to meet all my fathers tc's. We then went to lunch at a place that sells a lot of american food like chickenstrips and fries and pizza. It was amazing having food like that again with a big portion of meat. We were then in traffic forever so we didn't get our interviews til late.  The next day was thursday and where the subject comes from We talked about what to do when people pass out or when they faint in zone conference but we didn't talk about what to do when someone cuts their leg open and it's gushing blood. We had this experience this week with a good friend of ours at the chapel. We go proselyting with a group of y...

Photos from the MTC and first few weeks in the field

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Investigators on Investigators on Investigators

This week kinda sucked because of the hard work we did. I was so tired after every day and was about to die after each day especially the end. We talked to everyone we knew and told them to come to branch conference and invite everyone they know and they did!! We had 80 investigators come and we were constantly trying to find more chairs to fit them all. We had people outside the doors and looking in through the windows because we couldn't fit everyone. We used ever chair in the building. The stake presidency had a class just for new people so they could answer questions and teach small small about the church so we were able to put down a total of 31 new investigators this week.  Baptisms: We have 5 planned baptisms this week. (would have been 6 but we found out as we were filling out the baptism record that he lives with a girl and they aren't married so we need to figure it out first) I had my third baptism on monday (why I am emailing today) her name is sister Theodora ...
Here is Aaron's responses to the questions I asked him this week!   How is your area?  Amazing and huge. We cant walk from one end to the other in one day Is it as third world as we imagined or not? yes and no. there is areas where we jump over rivers then some with buildings How is the food? Have you been able to eat anything or has it all been super weird? Or are you just living off the granola bars still? Haha!  i have eaten everthing i have got so far Carters mom said he was a picky eater, has he gotten used to the food?  he is very used to it now What has been your favorite part about the field so far?  its so much fun just seeing everything What has been the hardest part?  seeing all the money they just waste instead of selling their resources Are you more homesick now than before or has it gotten easier?  its not bad How is the weather?  super hot then rain, if it gets very hot that means it will rain soo...