This week feels like it flew by, probably because the weather was cold and rainy and I loved it. It could also be because we had a ton of lessons this week.
We tried to meet with this guy who lives in a tall building, but he wasn't home so the front desk didn't let us up to his apartment. He said we had to leave, so we went to the back door. We went to the roof of the ghetto building because it's the last tall building before you see DC so we got some cool pictures on the roof. You can see the air force memorial, the Washington monument and the Lincoln memorial that was lit up, all in order from right to left in the picture.
Our week was really good and we had eight investigators that came to church. My comp said he has never had that many in his mission. It was the Masih family of 6 and then Kenny and Donna. We also got a less active named Anna to church. It was her first time in about 40 years I think. It was great to see her get all dressed up to return. We will probably have her speak to the Spanish elders and ward because she is from El Salvador.
On Sunday night we were tracting and knocking on doors. One of the doors we knocked on was having a party. The guy that opened the door said it was part of his culture to give something good during the week to people who visit, so he gave us some of the treats they had out in Gheorghe home. I'm assuming he gave us the bad stuff because when we left I popped one in my mouth and next thing I knew it was in the dirt. I spat that thing out real quick! I looked at my companion and said "these things taste exactly how they smell... gross". They were like these honey paste sushi roll desserts, I got a picture of them. It was so nice oh him to be kind and give us a treat but I would have given them out as a prank because they tasted so rank.
Tonight we have a soccer game that we are organizing. An investigator from Bolivia wants to play soccer so we told him we would get a bunch of people together to play. Hopefully it's a good turn out. I also found 40 bucks in the parking lot the other day so I'm going to find something cool to spend in on.
I got to mow an 89 year old ladies lawn today. We did it in an hour and it takes her over a day to do it so she was very glad. I felt bad for not taking her money she wanted us to have, she is from France.
Sunday evening, 6 my time 3 back home I got to Skype my family for mother's day, that was probably the highlight of my week. It was cool to be able to see everyone and see that Bane still recognizes my voice and whistle. I'm not sure he sees the screen very well.
Shout out to William Patrick and Sydney for reading my emails. I was happy to hear from uncle Derek because he was in the area for a day. I hope I can hear from you guys or get some pictures!
Hope to hear from you all soon, remember to send some pictures of what you've been up to recently! Miss you all tons!
Calvin
