Hola
Mi Amigos
It has been an amazing
week. We got Fried turkey on January 1st. Sorry, but there is no way I will ever not
fry a turkey! I thought I did not like
turkey, but fry it and dang. Especially
in peanut oil, great flavor and juiciness!!
The Botshons had us over for Texan fried turkey and I am in love! This family is way cool and they also have my two dream vehicles in their garage: a Plymouth
Duster and a Honda Shadow. He also has a
CJ-5 Jeep..LOVE IT!! Haha. It’s so fun!
I have had many interesting opportunities here. They actually canceled church because of the
snow and ice. So me and my companion
went all crazy and decided we were going to make that day just another day for
the Lord. We are not able to ride our
bikes or drive in such conditions, so we went walking around for miles with
snow shovels, shoveling driveways. One guy said he did not want help but we
could do the neighbors. When he saw how fast we busted it out and got
it done, he tried to pay us 40 dollars. We refused saying that we are Elders from the
Church of Jesus Christ and that's just what we do is help our fellow man. He then said we could drop in anytime we
wanted as long as it was warmer.
We body slammed some 4 foot snow drifts. It was awesome!! I can't believe that there was ever a time
where I did not want to do this! I have
had so much fun and I doubt it will end anytime soon. It has been so great to be out here bearing
my testimony to others, but also to myself.
To tell you a little about
my companion Elder Hughes, he is an avid runner
and he is a little over the top. Ha
ha.. No, he is cool. He is from Nampa Idaho. He has a pretty dry sense of humor and I am
his first trainee. He is about a year
out and works hard every day. He is very
active, which is good. I’m in the best
shape of my life, both physically and spiritually.
I
actually went on exchanges in Branson, MO this week with my zone leader Elder
Sudsberry. Our homes are actually about
10 minutes apart, we went to the same High School, and were in the MTC
together. I had a real good time on
exchanges catching up with Elder Sudsberry.
He is a good Elder.
I have had many cool experiences. I saw
Elder Page and Elder Holyoak at Zone Conference. I got talking to them a little. One of the Elders in my district, sort of got
trained by Elder Holyoak. It’s a crazy
small world. We did a lot of crazy fun
things at zone conference . We watched Pixar shorts,
played some Minute to Win It games.(Yes,
I won the oreo cookie challenge!). We played
dodge ball…left handed..that was tough!
Then my mission president and some of his sons played some music. My Mission President has some real skill with music. The played like The Devil Went Down to Georgia, but saying the OTM (Oklahoma
Tulsa Mission) scared him down to Georgia…ha ha ha ..Good Times! Then they talked and fed us pizza. It was pretty awesome! I can't even imagine how much work that must
have been to put all that together. It
was way cool and I love the family I have been adopted into for the next two
years. I would suggest the mission life
to everyone! It is truly AMAZING!
I love you all and hope you have a great week
I hope to have pictures for ya'll next week till next time...
Love
Elder Z Caldwell
Elder Z Caldwell
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