Well, the truth is that this week was much better than last week. Some of the highlights include an increase in contacting and acceptances, more lessons, and some new investigators. But the biggest highlight of all was definitely Thanksgiving.
Our assistants to the president are both from the U.S., so on Wednesday, they asked President Zapata for special permission to play football on Thanksgiving! A classic thanksgiving morning turkeybowl at the stake center!
It was extremely fun. Almost all the Elders came, and we played football for four hours straight. All the gringos (and a decent amount of the latinos) split up into four teams, and we held a tournament! And my team won! Probably the best part, though, was getting to spend time with all my friends. I got to play on the same team as my two companions from the CCM, Elder Child and Elder Chischillie. It was so nice catching up with them, and it was so refreshing to have a break from routine to go play some turkeybowl.
After the tournament was over, Elder Ramirez and I went to go get breakfast with our good friends Elder May and Elder Castillo. Elder May is our district leader, and probably Elder Ramirez's best friend in the mission. It was bittersweet though, because this is Elder May's last transfer; He goes home in two weeks. But it was still really nice.
Now onto a funny story.
I like to tell Elder Ramirez stories from my life and whatnot, and one of my favorite topics to talk about is my crazy football coaches. Well, one time while we were walking, I related to him Coach Johnson's story about the saying you can lead a horse to water but you cant make him drink. Coach Johnson used to say "You know how they say you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink? Well I'll tell you how I'll make him drink; I'll grab that horse by the mane, and submerge him in the water till he nearly drowns, then I'll pull him back out, and you better bet that horse will be ready to do whatever I want at that point". Classic Coach Johnson. Anyways, the next day we had a lesson with a less active member, who has a kid who doesn't like going to church. Long story short, Elder Ramirez told my story about coach Johnson to her, and effectively told her that she needs to make a better effort in teaching her daughter the gospel and taking her to church, even if that involves a little tough parenting. I was dying of laughter. It was so funny.
Well, that's all for this week. Life is going well, and the language is getting better and better. I miss you guys so much. I can't explain it.
With love,
Elder William Jacob Long
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