Living with Elder McLaws, homesickness, and the Johnson family

 Martes, 8 de julio, 2008, 11:04pm, día 27

QotD: "¿Quiere una estatua de la vírgen María?" From a man named Raul who thinks there is only one true Bible on the Earth.

Entonces, I felt sick today. Today was the first day we rode mostly on bicycles. I like my bike. Although it is used it is in pretty good condition, just tall.

Elder McLaws is a truly interesting guy. I guess he could say the same thing about his trainer, Elder Aylesworth. He gets frustrated after talking to someone who thinks a thing against what we believe and cannot convince them of their errors. After those moments he says, "let's go take the gospel to someone who wants ETERNAL Life," or talking about the same woman and a relationship she has with Salvador, he said that she is "Sátanas." He becomes frustrated and somewhat sarcastic. I need to try to get those feelings out of him.

He thought that I was homesick today. Oh, and he called me a clean freak which is somewhat true, but I can stand living in filthiness as long as I am clean. Which reminds me, an apartment inspector came to inspect the condition of the house. WE should have passed because we have made sure to keep clean. About homesickness: I am doing great. I don't think to much about home, unless I have to, pues.

Brother Johnson went on splits with us today. He is a big guy (muscular) and has a big family. He's been living here in Marshalltown for 18 years, 8 years on a farm that's right outside of town. He has 4 kids, one named Tyler who went on splits with us on Saturday who served a mission in Russia, and Trenton who is going to serve in Argentina, and 2 cute daughters I think that are younger than me. Their family and Stimpson (Bishop) family are probably the most active in the ward.