Beans. More Beans. Lots Of Beans. Miracles And 3 Baptisms The Same Day We Met Them!

Well, another week. Today marks my 5-month mark, and that's not a lot, but I'm very sad that I only have 19 left. You might be thinking that's a lot, and it is, but it isn't. These past 5 months have been the best months of my life, and they've also gone by way too fast, so I'm kinda sad how fast it's going by. I've said it so many times, and I'll say it till the day I die. The best 3 decisions of my life have been: 1) baptism, 2) my endowment/going through the temple, and 3) my mission. It's funny how all of those things have to do with Jesus Christ and his gospel, his true church. This gospel and this church are the most joy I have ever experienced, and I am so grateful to be a part of it. So... if you're thinking about a mission, yes! If you're thinking about repenting and coming back to church, yes! If you need to do all that you can to have this in your life, it's completely worth it.

So, Monday night when P-day ended, we went to Sariluz's house, and she gave us beans and rice, which I love (Puerto Rico beans and rice). (Side note: I was the pickiest eater before the mission, and now I eat everything... except chicken and pollo guisado, barf) (Another side note: pink beans are fire, so freaking delicious). Anyways, she pops some kidney beans for us to eat, which was good, and I am not complaining at all. So we down those and have an amazing lesson with Sariluz. Then we go home, mind you I hadn't eaten anything all day because it's P-day, there isn't time for that. Anyways, so basically I fasted, then had straight beans. Then the next morning, I skipped breakfast and had Taco Maker for lunch. Let's go! I got 2 bean burritos and a crispy burrito, and then I got a taco, but somehow it ended up with beans instead of carne (meat). I don't know, man. Anyways, I have beans and more beans again, lol. Then I was full, so I stuck my extra burrito in the church fridge so I can eat it later because we were doing things. Then we go to street contact, and my stomach is so wack, and I'm just super gassy. So, we're walking, and I'm just going off, and Elder Teuscher's like, "Bro, we gotta stop that, we have a member meal, and it's with the white guy in our ward." So, I'm like trying to hold it in, and I had been for like 30 minutes, and it just hurts. So, we get to the white guy's house, and we're walking up the stairs to his house, and I'm thinking, "Get it out now, or you're going to be in so much pain." So, I just try to be so quiet, but it's the loudest fart ever, and the guy's at the top of the walkway, like 10 feet from the stairs. Me and Elder Teuscher just start cracking up because we're boys and it was so funny, and we're trying so hard not to laugh, and we do pretty good. Then he makes us say the blessing, which was actually so difficult in English. I don't know why, but praying in English sounds wrong, thanks to Elder Christensen. I said every prayer always. Anyways, so I'm praying, started doing Spanish and English, so it was Spanglish. Anyways, I hope he didn't hear me rip one. Then we were saying the closing prayer, and after holding another one the whole 1 and a half, I had to do it again, and I couldn't, and then it came out, but my comp didn't hear it, so I know the other guy didn't either, so we chillin. Anyways, the advice of this story is to not eat beans only for 2 days. Then we went back to the chapel to finish off the night, all casual, not much, and when we went to get my burrito, it was gone. Then I looked in the trash, and someone had eaten it and threw it away after one bite. I was furious that someone in my ward ate my burrito and didn't even finish it. Like, I am down to share, but you just go and throw away a heavenly Taco Maker burrito. Oh dawg, that's just messed up.

Wednesday, we had like a 5-hour afternoon with Melvin. Pretty tranquillo, Melvin is the goat. It's his birthday tomorrow! ¡Cumpleaños feliz, cumpleaños feliz! ¡Cumpleaños, cumpleaños, cumpleaños feliz!

Thursday, we had a zone conference, but somehow Wednesday night we accidentally turned off our service to our phone. We figured that out way later on Thursday. Anyways, we rode with the zone leaders to San Juan, which was so sick. I love the zone leaders. They're good guys. We had an amazing zone conference. A lot that stuck out to me was everything is about your focus, and we talked a lot about prayer. President Skinner is the goat. He's so awesome.

I had the craziest revelation this week, but it's very personal, so I want to share it, but I probs won't, sorry. But it's really cool, and I can testify that God is here and God is good! He's listening, even when you ask for something. Ask, and ye shall receive (if it be His will).

Sunday - This was absolutely insane in the membrane, bruh jajajajaj! It's the craziest thing of my mission. You're getting the full day, lol, enjoy. So, we wake up, and then the hermanas of Toa Baja call us, and we go, "Hello????" Mind you, it's 6:40, a little suspicious, I don't know, and we kinda sounded rude. I feel bad about our tone, but it's okay. Anyways, they're like, "Have you talked to the zone leaders today?" And we, again I feel bad, are so sassy, and we go, "No, it's 6:40 in the morning, I'm sorry we haven't done our morning calls, jajaj." Anyways, the zone leaders were trying to get brownies, and they asked them to make them and said they were very sad. It was weird. Then we went to church, and we had a spirit, and it was sick. Then we came home, I made mac and cheese, amen, and Elder Teuscher made some random pasta and garlic bread with a bagel, kinda scuffed, but we didn't have bread, jajaj. Anyways, we did studies after, and then we went walking, found nobody, so we came back to the church, and I go to the bathroom, and I come back, and the phone's ringing in the room. So, I come in, and it's Elder Colson and Elder Nelson, the elders in Aguadilla, and they basically called a grey dot who was a lady. She said she's not interested, but her son is, then gave them his number. He was actually already a member, but his wife and kids aren't, so he wants them to be baptized before they leave for Boston in December. So, we call him and set up a lesson with him at 7 that night...yesterday...it was insane. So, we go like 3 hours later and meet this guy. We start teaching the restoration, and the dad is just testifying of prophets and apostles and all of that, and it's so sick. Then he gave us a juice that was blackish brown, and I didn't wanna drink it, so I waited. Anyways, the lesson goes super good, and then we put a mom and two sons on baptism, and we have another lesson tonight and a lesson tomorrow with Sariluz. Amazing! Anyways, then we are like talking and stuff after, and they looked at me, and they're definitely poor, so I felt bad. So, I go to chug the juice, and I don't have a good feeling about it. It's sketchy. I chug like 2 gulps and then stop because it tastes so weird. I'm like, "I ain't finishing this." And we leave, and my comp's like, "I'm pretty sure we just drank iced tea." I'm like, "Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! My record of the Word of Wisdom! I've never broken it in 19 years, and this is how I go down, nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" Anyways, turns out we were at the store looking this morning because I saw the bottle and brand and color, and apparently, it is juice from a tamarind fruit (Tamarind is a leguminous tree bearing edible fruit that is indigenous to tropical Africa. The genus Tamarindus is monotypic, meaning that it contains only this species. It belongs to the family of Fabaceae). Basically, I am saved and still haven't ever broken the Word of Wisdom, but I did learn a valuable lesson: always ask before eating or drinking something.

Saturday, we had a lesson with Nilda, and I had to pee really bad after, so I went pee in the woods, lol.

Basically, that's all. It's a lot more stuff, but I hate typing, so I am bored. Goodbye, see you next week or not. I could die, so you should probably message me for once. What if I am dead next week? Won't you feel guilty for not at least letting me know you're happy! If there's anything I can do for you, let me know. I love to serve!

Pray for these names this week. They need it:

Ismeal

Manuel

Ivette (ee vet)

Nilda

Sariluz

Sarivelez

Por favor, les amo a todos, con besos y amor. Nos vemos. Seriously, I could die this week. Update me on your life.