This week was super fast and I think it's because of all the stuff we did. But all of it just speeds past so idk. But our days were pretty much planned out for us already so daily planning was super easy. We found some new friends (people we can teach), did a bunch of service, and with exchanges and meetings, there was a lot going on. But it was fun.
So on top of our regular food bank service twice a week, we got to help someone gut their closet and build new shelves. It was a fun little project cuz we didn't really know what we were doing. There also may or may not be a hole in the wall now... but we put a shelf there so it's all good. We also went to an alpaca farm. They are some special animals. But the babies are super cute. We helped the family move from one house on the property to another and they had this giant machine that wove alpaca fur into other fabrics. Never heard of that before, but yeah they wanted us to move it. Right before we were gonna lift it up he said by the way, this thing is $38,000 and if you just donk it a little bit it won't work anymore. And I was thinking "huh?! All for alpaca fur? Well, then you can have fun with that budy". But we did it and thankfully we didn't break it and they asked us to come back this week so we shall see what they have in store for us next.
We went on exchanges with the assistants this week which was pretty fun. We got the one at kinda speaks some spanish and he was actually companions with elder martinez before so it was a little reunion. And then we saw them again at the baptism saterday which is where the real story begins.
So while we were at the alpaca farm, we apparently got a phone call from the sister missionaries in the Spanish Branch, but we missed it. So we saw we had a voice mail and I wish I could have sent it because it is quite funny. The sisters were freaking out because they had a baptism in an hour and they were just at the church and they saw water seeping under the door. The baptismal font was overflowing into the hall. Not the ideal situation as you can imagine. So they were going back to their apartment because one of the sisters needed to change into dry clothes. Why you ask? Because she had to go swimming to pull the plug. The font didn't have a chain attached to it so they had to go down and pull it. The font really isn't all that deep or anything, but the sister is just a little short.
So this was the situation we had and we needed to make the room ready for the baptism at 5:00. So we had a fan blowing, a bunch of towels on the floor that we were jumping around on and then wringing out just to try to get it dryish and it kinda worked. By the end you could still tell that the carpet was wet, but it didn't squish or get your feet wet anymore if you walked on it. And the baptism went pretty well. I got to give a lesson with my companion on the restoration and while my talking is still pretty slow, it was a solid lesson.
That's not nearly everything, but some of the highlights. Hope y'all have a good one.
Much love,
Elder Larchar
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