Well, this week has been super crazy. I don't have anything for business, other than I received the new shoes. I was super surprised though, because I had trashed my other shoes so bad that I couldn't even remember what they had looked like originally.
Let me answer some questions before I get into the happens.
My new area is Merced! It is pretty ghetto, a lot different than Visalia. There are a whole ton of weirdos here, so we have had some pretty sweet street contacts.
My new companion is Elder Wride from Salem, Utah. He is a Gorilla. But actually he has arms as long as mine and he is only 6'2" and he loves to work out. We get along really well, but we aren't sure why President put us together because we are both over a year so pretty experienced, and I am still not leadership at all so we aren't Zone Leaders.
My apartment really sucks. It doesn't have any carpet which makes it pretty cold. Also it is super small, like just two rooms. The shower head has like no water pressure at all, which is a bummer for showers. Some of the drawers are broken, one of the burners is broken, the doorknob is upside down, and we don't have a working microwave. Good thing we don't spend a lot of time in the apartment because we are usually working.
One great thing is that we both know how to be missionaries so we have found like 7 people this week and we have done a bunch of teaching.
Overall the week has been pretty good. I am just going to share a couple of crazy things that have happened here so far.
We are teaching someone who told us that it wasn't the Oakland Raiders but Raider Nation. He is pretty funny. He always gets mad at his dogs.
We had this man tell us that he learned how to speak Arabic, Spanish, and Japanese while he was in prison as he was preparing some weed to smoke right in front of us.
We helped a lady clean out her neighbor's gutter and taught her the Restoration. Then we helped another lady clean her car and taught the Restoration.
The Branch here has got a lot of problems but that is what we are here to do - help fix the problems and unify the Branch. It might be a challenge but as long as I leave it better off then when I came in we are making progress.
We went to do service at a zoo here in Merced that we go to every week. It was pretty cool. I got to hang out with an Emu named Bob and a couple of deer and chickens. It reminded me of the chickens back home. I got to clean up poop which is the best thing ever! Haha.
The area is super Hispanic so there are a lot of Spanish people.
That was my week, I love you all and wish you the best.
Love,
Elder Murray
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