January 16, 2023 THE HOPEFULLY NOT SO BORING ADVENTURES OF ELDER WILLIAMSON CHAPTER XIII

greetings, saludo, bienvenidos, and welcome.. every week i am never sure if there will be enough interesting experiences dUrring that week to have an email that people will enjoy reading.. buttt somehow, mOst weeks i have things to talk about.. at this point tho, there is a part of me that is a little bit glad when something goes wrong, even hOpes something ridiculous or crazy will come to pass.. because then i have a good story for later.. welll this was one of those weeks.. i woke up on tuesday morning (the first morning of our week) and i knew that this weeks' email would be at leassst the slightest bit intertaining.. sooo here we go... you know when you wake up around 4 or 5 or so, and you really have to pee, so you get up to go use the bathroom, but it turns out the bathroom already used yOu? leeeemme explain what i mean.. i wake up.. it's around 4:30 or so, and i have to use the bathroom.. buttt i don't wanna get out of bed.. i try to go back to sleep.. half an hour later, i decide "finnne, i'll get uppp".. ok... just imagine for a second, that you're sleeping, and then you wake up.. but imagine it's one of those mornings where it takes you a fAt second to wake up.. like you don't know where you are, you don't remember how you got there, you can't seem to remember your name, or who you are, or your purpose in life.. you don't even know if water is wet, or if a hot dog is a sandwich, or if a taco would beat a grilled cheese sandwich in a street fight... you know those mornings? ittt was wanna those.. nowww lemme tell you, it's a very weird feeling to first of all.. know nothing.. like not a single thought.. and then to second of all step out of bed right into 5 or so inches of water on the floor (especially with socks on, it was an interesting experience).. it was very dark, and the first thing i thought, was "uhhh.. there a hUrricane in the night?".. turns out there was not.. i did that tired stumble you do when you first wake up (i have truly no idea how i didn't ever end up slipping) and i'm sloshing all around, sounding like squidward, trying to find the source of the water, and i found out that the water was all the way out into the main room (our room is a little lower and kinda slants downward as you walk in, so the fact that it was outside of our room was a bad sign) and the water was steadily creeping towards the kitchen and the other elders' room.. sooo i went into the bathroom to see if that's where the water was coming from, and it turns out the toilet was creating the flood.. sooo basically i spent the first 2 hours or so of my morning on tuesday sloshing around, sweeping water, mopping, swimming, probably contracting all possible diseases known to man (literally toilet water).. whichhh honestly, not that bad of a way to wake up.. kinda funny to swEep water, cuz you just feel sUper stupid the whole time buttt.. hey at least we had water for a little bit right?.. later that day tho we had zone council, which was actually pretty fun, just getting to talk to other missionaries and stuff.. and it's fr sooo nice to not still be the nEwest missionaries.. technically i'm still a greenie, buttt i'm not the greenEst at least.. annnd then after all that stuff, we went back and had some lessons.. not very many, because of the time we had, buttt qUalittty! we taught eric again (the one who's been reading and everything) and we taught the second lesson.. he had a lot of questions about it, and we taught him a little about temples too.. he's progressing a ton already, soooo we'll see where he goes!.. we had an FHE with the ward, and eric came, and it was super good, because he was able to see a little of how the ward works, ask some questions (he has a ton, which is the bEssst) annnd hopefully he'll be coming to church on sunday.. i'm getting pretty good at drinking/eating the hot chocolate here.. they have it a lot in the winter, and luckily the ones i've had recently have had less random chunks or whatever.. buttt they make it sooo hot, like to the point where if you even thiNk about drinking it, your tongue will just melt all over the floor.. like sometimes they put it in plastic cups, and you can watch the cup melt and warp, and i'm just waiting for one of these times when it's gonna just melt thru and i'll have another fun adventure to the dominican hospital.. the cinderblock workouts are getting continuously more and more complicated to do (that's what i do here now) because one cinderblock isn't heavy enough to do anything with anymore (congratulations to me, i'm so strong i can lift one singular cinderblock).. sooo i've been trying different combinations of stacking cinderblocks, and random pieces of our old cement barbell (macdonald kicked it into a wall, and it shattered into many pieces).. and it's difficult, because (idk if you've tried this, buttt) it's just the tinnnniest bit uncomfy to grip multiple jagged chunks of concrete and hold them together while trying to also curl them.. sooo if anyone has any ideas of better ways to create and or obtain more.. umm... human friendly weights thennn.. we had the opportunity to give a blessing to someone.. we did the oil and everything, and it was honestly pretty rocky in spanish, buttt i sorta figured it out.. annnd i also was petting a cat at one point, anddd.. turns out, i am indeed still allergic to them, so my eyes were swollen almost shut, buttt that made the day interesting at least.. we taught the crazy people again, and this time we sOmehow got thru the whole second lesson, we had to bite and claw our way thru it, but we did it.. we had to keep it pretty simple, and just try to talk fast so they didn't have opportunities to interject and interupt.. annnd.. it kinda worked, they still jumped in quite a lot, but we eventually got it done, so that was good.. annnd i saw a little glimpse of hope that maybe they might progress? sooo we'll see what goes on with them.. also, random side note, i'm not sure how emails work or anything, but i'm pretty sure i initially put everyones' emails on the wrong line or something? so now if anyone responds its like a group text? orrr it depends on if they hit respond all or something? orrrr maybe i'm just wrong altogether.. buttt i think it's pretty obvious i just have no idea what i'm doing.. i don't care enough to change it tho, so if you've all been getting like random responses and stuff.. myyyy badddd.. if not.. thennn.. nevvvermind.. we found out woscar, our baptismal date, isn't married.. which means he can't get baptized until he's done that.. buttt we finally got to give him a lesson about families, and the importance of being sealed forever.. annnd his wife isn't usually like thEre listening and participating, but the last couple lessons she's been in the kitchen pretending not to listen, buttt i'm pretty sure she is, sooo.. it was a good lesson tho, so we'll see what goes on with them.. i gave a talk in church, and that wasn't too bad, buttt none of our investigators showed up.. buttt that's all i have for this week, stay cool, love you guys... "annnd remember who you are... and eat your vegetables... and don't do drugs... and don't talk with your mouth full... and wash behind your ears... and do a good turn daily... and work hard, because time is money... and money is power... and with power comes great responsibility..." -probably gandhi, but maybe batman 1 nephi 13: 36-38 For, behold, saith the Lamb: I will manifest myself unto thy seed, that they shall write many things which I shall minister unto them, which shall be plain and precious; and after thy seed shall be destroyed, and dwindle in unbelief, and also the seed of thy brethren, behold, these things shall be hid up, to come forth unto the Gentiles, by the gift and power of the Lamb. And in them shall be written my gospel, saith the Lamb, and my rock and my salvation. And blessed are they who shall seek to bring forth my Zion at that day, for they shall have the gift and the power of the Holy Ghost; and if they endure unto the end they shall be lifted up at the last day, and shall be saved in the everlasting kingdom of the Lamb; and whoso shall publish peace, yea, tidings of great joy, how beautiful upon the mountains shall they be.