So it is my first P-Day here in
Hammond and I must say I really like it here! There is actually some
Spanish work here! Not much but any work is more than what I had in
Opelousas. I think my Spanish will get better here! It is a bigger city
than Opelousas was and Southeastern Louisiana University really close to
us so there are a lot more people here to talk with and the ward is
bigger than in Opelousas. I do miss Opelousas but I really like Hammond
so it is all good!
My new companion is Elder
Israelsen! He is a really awesome guy! We are both pretty laid back and
we get along really well together. He is from Logan Utah. His birthday
is June 24th!
So close to having the same birthday! (Nathan's b-day is June 25) Our Spanish is at about the same
level so we will have to work hard to make sure that our Spanish is good
enough to talk to people! It should be a really good learning
experience for us.
So just some cool stories from my week here. So on Friday
pretty much all of our appointments got canceled for the evening so we
decided to go to Walmart and buy some groceries. While we were there we
wandered through the electronic section because it is fun and started
talking to this young couple that was looking at movies. Their names
were Andrew and Katie. They asked us about what movies we like and if we
had any suggestions for what to watch. We talked for a while and the
questions went to what we were dressed up for and we figured out that
Katie had been baptized. Andrew had a lot of questions for us and
invited us over to teach him the next day! It was really cool! When we
taught him he seemed pretty interested and took a Book of Mormon from
us.
The next cool thing that happened while I
have been here actually happened about 20 minutes after we met Andrew
and Katie. When we left Walmart we decided to go to Hibbett Sports and
look around for a minute. We started talking with the workers, Karlin
and Chris, and ended up talking with them for about an hour. So the
really cool thing about Chris is that he just signed to play his rookie
year with the Seattle Seahawks!! Him and Karlin are two of the coolest
guys I have ever met! They both had so many questions for my companion
and I and were impressed by what we are out here doing! They both knew a
little bit about Mormons and want us to come back when they are both
working and talk with them more!
All in all it
has been a pretty good week. I am enjoying the area and cant wait to see
what Isrealsen and I are able to get done together!
I hope all yall have a great week! Talk to yall later!
