This week kind of just happened. It was super hot so we showed up to our appointments super sweaty and with helmet hair. Almost like we had just been swimming with our bike helmets on. We are working with Andrea and teaching her everything before her baptism on the 15th. We are planning on how we are going to get her into the water. She is in a wheelchair and can't walk. We have a member in the ward and he has a sling that we can pick her up in and carry her Into the water. We are hoping the baptism goes pretty smoothly.
We got to eat a ton of Ethiopian food this week. Engeta bread is basically sponge like tortilla that tastes like sourdough bread. You pick it up and use it to eat lentils and chili stuff, so it is spicy and also has other different flavors.
We had another baptism with a guy named Desmond, he is from Sierra Leone. He is super tall and beefy and it looked really tough to get him up out of the water. We got to hang out with some other elders, one from the mtc that I knew and the other is the brother in law to Madison Huish. Elder Baxter is super funny.
I got to give a blessing to a member in our ward. She is new, so I hadn't met her before, but I gave her a blessing because she has been super sick because of her pregnancy. She hadn't eaten in 4 days and was worried. It was a humbling experience being able to use the priesthood and let myself be an instrument in the hands of God. It was crazy because I had just read my patriarchal blessing and read about how I would have the opportunity to bless people and heal people which I hadn't noticed before. Also, my whole mission I had not had oil in my vile, but earlier that day I had filled it for the first time. There are no coincidences on the mission.
Today we get to go to President Huntsman's house for a bbq with all the other missionaries in our zone. Should be pretty cool, beach volleyball is super fun. I got some steaks and vegetables at the store to grill back at our apartment. I'm stoked to grill a bunch of stuff and see the fireworks in DC from our apartment in Arlington.
Hope to hear from y'all soon,
Calvin
