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I hate writing, so we're doing another talking one because it's so much easier. On Monday, we were finishing P-day, and we saw these kids playing basketball in the park. We were like, "Flip, bro! We're going to go play basketball with them." So we went over and started playing basketball. Oh my gosh! We played so much. I actually suck at basketball. Accidentally punched my companion like 6 times. And I was so tired afterward. Anyway, we got the kids' numbers, and apparently, they study the Bible afterward, so that was sick. We found 4 kids, 4 youth. It was lit! And then we went to the Figeroa lady, whose son died on the roof fixing their house. We were talking to them and offered service, and they were like, "We would love for you guys to come serve." So we came the next day and painted their house all day. And then at night, we went and played basketball with those kids again. And I was hungry, so I got a taco maker burrito. I was chowing down 2 burritos, and they were like, "No, you've got to play." I'm like, "I can't, bro. I'm going to throw up." Anyway, I ended up playing, and I didn't throw up. That was freaking scary. I thought I was going to puke. I played basketball with those kids again, and it was sick. And then we went to the Figeroas again and painted stairs. Oh my gosh! It took us like 6 hours to paint these stairs. We were there for so long. We went to district council and then came back to their house and painted the stairs. Me and Elder Granados were painting the stairs for so long. But it was so worth it because she was so happy. We felt so bad for this lady because her son died. She and her husband separated after. Anyway, she's been working non-stop because her son's goal was to fix up the house. So she wanted to fix up the house that he died on. His birthday is on the 29th, so she is trying to fix up the house for him and then have a memorial on his birthday. Anyway, that's cool to be able to help her.

Then we got back, and we were like, "Yo, this plantain, what does a plantain taste like?" It's like, what does a green plantain taste like without frying it? So we peeled it like a banana and ate it, and then we were like, "Let's go give it to Fono and tell him it's a banana." So we went and gave it to our neighbor and told him it's a banana. He liked it and was like, "That's so good." And we were like, "It's good?" And he's like, "Yeah." And we were like, "This boy is straight up cappin'." I told him it was a plantain. Anyway, we made it up to him and gave him tostones after. And then we went and found this guy who has a bee farm, and he kept making so many excuses the next day. So many excuses about not taking the Book of Mormon. And we ended up just leaving one in his hands. That was weird. Hopefully, that guy will read the Book of Mormon. Oh my gosh! And then we went to this lady's house, and when we got there, this dog almost bit me through a fence because I tried to pet it. We got to this lady's house, and we're like teaching her the restoration, and she's like, "All the churches are the same. If you believe in Christ, it's the same." And we're like, "No, it's not the same." And so we gave her so many examples of why it's not the same, and she's like, "It's the same." And we're like, "It's not the same." And then we're like, "What church do you believe is the true church?" The Catholic. And we're like, "OK, we respect that you have a testimony." We're like, "Yeah, she's not ready." That was the most painful lesson I think I've ever had. Her husband was listening the whole time, and we were like, "Oh my gosh, this guy wants to hear what we are saying," but the lady was saying like, "No, no, no, it's all the same. It's the same thing. There's no apostasy." We were like, "Oh my gosh, this lady has no idea what she is even saying."

Then we went to dinner with the Molaves. I was sitting there eating, and I was like, "We need to invite Cartahanas to church to the service tomorrow," and I told Elder Granados. He said, "I thought the same thing this morning, but I didn't tell you." I was like, "Flip, bro! That's revelation!" So then we called the Cartahanas and said, "We've got the service at the Figueroa family's tomorrow, can you come?" And they were like, "We've got something in Biamode." We were like, "It's OK. It's late notice, don't worry about it." And then like 30 minutes later, they called us and were like, "We are coming. We canceled everything." We were like, "What? What do you mean?" Anyway, apparently Jenny feels like she needed to go there, which is President Cartahanna's wife. And so, I don't know why she needed to go, but apparently she did. Anyway, then we went to Diego's. We talked to Diego. It was pretty good to be able to get in contact with him again. I don't really know. Then we went back to Figueroa's house the next day and did service with the Cartagenas. Me and Elder Granados painted a whole huge wall. Oh my gosh. And then we painted a room. It was a lot of painting. There was a bush that had seven million black widow spiders. It was very dangerous. It was actually sketchy. There were a ton of spiders. I almost died. Then I got poked by the bush. It kind of hurt actually. Then we got limbers from this famous place in Comerio. It's in a bag. Then we went and visited that night, and she dumped a ton of food in a bag and gave it to us. That's like the only thing I remember from the lesson that evening. We started talking about politics, and I was like, "Yeah, we got to go." And she was like, "Wait," and emptied out her whole fridge into a bag and gave it to us. And then the next day we made brownies, and my comp was like, "Oh my stomach." And he was like, "Why do you do this to me? I hate you." But I'm like, "Bro, you told me to make the brownies. This was your idea." Really, it was my idea. I decided to make the brownies anyway. He ate so much, and he was like, "Oh my stomach." Then we had bananas because we have a ton of bananas and a sprite. He was like, "What if I eat the bananas and the sprite?" I was like, "The banana sprite challenge." I said, "You should do it," and he was like, "I'm doing it." He ate 2 bananas and a sprite and went to the bathroom for like 30 minutes, just straight up blowing his chunks. I felt so bad. And then I leaned back on the chair and broke our chair. That was horrible. I'm sitting there, and I just fell. Oh my gosh, I almost died, I swear. I fell back and almost broke the chair. It was so crazy. I didn't almost break the chair; I did break the chair. The chair is in half. I feel bad for this wooden chair. I feel bad for our duena. She probably hates me. I freaking broke the toilet and then broke the chair. It was sick though. We're trying so hard to get my duena to church. We need 2 guys to pray for her. She told us she knows our church is true. This week was good except she's scared of her daughters, which is not good. She's scared of what they will think. They don't like our church. So, we are going to try and figure out why they don't like our church. But other than that, this week was full of service. All I remember is painting. Like we were literally painting like crazy. We did a total of probably like 20 hours of service this week. It was a lot of painting for this lady, but it will pay off in the end. Homegirl is broken. She needs love. So we are just trying to use our Christ-like love to help her in any way we can. So, it's good. That's about it.

Comerio is famous for limbers. They put them in a bag, and apparently it's supposed to look like boobs. So then, it's just kind of bad. But they were good. Coconut limbers. I don't know. It just was in a bag. Coconut tapas. Not the best thing. And then today we went to the Cabos hospital. My companion got an MRI. It sucked. I was sitting in this room waiting for him, and it was so cold. I was freezing. The hospital is so cold. Why is the hospital so cold? I don't even know. Don't ask me, I'm not the hospital. I'm sorry this was boring. I didn't really have any entertaining stories, you know. We did a lot of service this week. I don't know what else to tell you. All I did was paint. Literally all I did this week was paint.