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| My new companion, Elder Olsen from Idaho. Money Team!! |
It was the first week of the new transfer and Elder Olsen
and I worked are butts off to hit standard. I think I’m doing a good job at remembering
where everything is at since we are still on bike, but it's good.
I have come to really enjoy sleep on my mission haha! Coming in from being out all day and laying
down is just the best feeling. Elder
Olsen is a pretty cool guy. He is from
Idaho, of course. You can't have one
companion not be from either Utah or Idaho, that's just unheard of lol.. Anyways we have picked up a ton of new people
that we are teaching. It has just been
rough because everyone in this area works all the time and are hard to find
time to teach them at home, but the people are great.
Street tacos are so good. I have also come to learn that our
neighbors have parties for like everything, and they all play like every single
instrument. Last party there was a guy with a tuba and my whole wall next to my
bed because I am closest to them was just vibrating with the beat of the music
haha! It was just great, but I ended up
falling asleep so it is all good. Getting
up at 6:30 is getting pretty easy to get use too. It just stinks that we don’t have a car
because we would usually go to the gym every morning.
The ward members in this area are awesome and really do help
with missionary work most the time haha. I have never realized how important it was to
get the ward involved and have that fellowship. This el Nino hasn't come yet,
instead we have been cruising in the 90's and high 80's so it has been pretty
hot. Can't wait for the summer time heat
(sarcasm). Other than that, I am doing
good.
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| Lumpia and pancit... Mmmmm! |
I had filipino food for the first time in three weeks. I am so glad I had it. I was having withdrawals! It is girl scout cookie season out here, and
now that I don't have a mom that tells me to stop eating I have a new mom that
we live with and her granddaughter is a girl scout so I have probably been
through four boxes of thin mints :) Good thing we are on bike haha! We are super busy, and it is really good, but
can be tiring. I love being out here,
and I love being able to help people make a difference in life.
Okay so time for the funny experience I had this week. Elder Olsen is from a small town in Idaho
where there are more cows than people, well anyways we were in the park and
there was a guy that was just on cloud 9. Elder Olsen has never talked to someone who
was high so as missionaries, we walk and talk to everyone so we get to talking
to this guy and he is hilarious. He
randomly asks if I love the Goonies, and I was like, “The movie? of course!” Then he lifts up his shirt and has every
person in the Goonies tatted on his chest hahaha!!! Hope everyone is doing well.
Love,
Elder Pennington
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| Meditation is so relaxing |
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| Front cover of my mission planner. |
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| Back cover of my mission planner. |
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| Trying on Elder Zeng's trendy jackets. |
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| Being my goofy self. |
