Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 9:18 AM
I'm sure you watched the forecast for Columbus go
straight up this past week. Right? Well this Missionary
noticed! You realize just how feeble you are to the weather when you are
on a bike! Humidity is the killer though. I'm sure you it's above
100 at home, but you at least get a few moments before you start sweating.
There were a few times when I walked out at the noon-day heat, with complete
fear! Water is supposed to be on the ground, not in the air!
With this fantastic heat guess what we did most of the
week? Knock doors! You'd think I would've sweated off a few
pounds.... We found some new potential. And hope to have lessons
with them this week.
The Highlight of Elder Welch's week was on
Saturday. He got to have his life-long dream fulfilled. He got to
eat Chicken feet. Or in the words of Napoleon dynamite "Chicken
Talons' ("Do chickens have large talons?") Brother Clyde served
his mission in the Dominican Republic. He's a decent cook when it comes
to Dominican food. Elder Welch asked about the craziest thing he's eaten
down there. The answer ranged from cow stomach, to chicken feet. Elder
Welch chose chicken feet! How they were prepared; boiled in a broth
for 15 minutes, and deep-fried (floured) until Golden Brown. I’d say it's
a great "Fear Factor" Challenge. They don't taste too bad.
They’re just a ton of work to eat. So T, once your mouth is better, go to
the Mexican store, get some Chicken feet and go sell those at Ernies! Eh?
Eh?
We were able to see Ben and Amber last week. In our
first encounter we talked about the Book of Mormon. Ben was confused as
we talked about it. He thought we were referring to the lost 10
tribes. It took some talking it out to help him understand that it was a
family that left Jerusalem x amount of years ago. It wasn't heated but, there
was some frustration getting it figured out.
We came back the next time and went over their
reading. They recited to us 3 Nephi 11. Even noting how the savior
gave Nephi the authority to baptize. Amber was able to give us a synopsis
of the Testimonies of Joseph Smith, and the 3 and 8 witnesses.
Whew! Talk about comprehension! They are fairly tied to their
Apostolic Church. So that'll be the kicker... on the bright side,
one of our members Sister Trowbridge invited them to FHE tonight. We
can't drag people to church... but members can!
This week was a good one. Hot, but good! Hope
you all are well, and aren't too bored of summer!
Para Siempre,Elder Ipson
The Great Ohio Columbus Mission
