Caveman Dinner

Hi Everybody,

We've heard about that raining streak down here; I can't imagine it raining for a month straight. It only rains once every two weeks here - on the days we do car washes. That's interesting that you have to go clear out what the beavers have put in. Maybe you need to just go beaver hunting.

So, this week has been pretty good. We've been keeping track of how many referrals we ask for every week, and this week we got up to 50, the most we've done. We got 3 referrals total, and one of them seems to be a pretty good one, so we're hoping something comes of that.

We also took a few hundred english class flyers to a very asian part of town and asked every chinese store we could find (before we ran out of fliers) if we could place fliers in their store. All stores but 2 were very accomodating and allowed us to put them in a good place. Some even put them right next to the register.

We've gotten one call from a lady who wants to learn english who we are going to meet today. Hopefully we continue to find interested people; many people who get to know us are usually very open to hearing the gospel. That's not only true for missionaries, but any member of the church.

Today was transfers, and my roomate Elder Harty is going home. It's been pretty interesting to see him in the last few days of his mission. Tonight he sleeps at the mission home, and tomorrow he goes home to North Carolina. He was a good missionary, and it's sad to see him go. I'll meet my new roomate later today. Elkington goes home in just 6 weeks now.

Yesterday, we had a Caveman Dinner to send Elder Harty off. It was the chinese missionaries, Elder Harty, and Elder Vance. We covered the table with plastic, poured pasta and sauce on the table, and ate it with our hands. Then we emptied a bucket of ice cream on the table, poured chocolate chips, chocolate syrup, and caramel all over it, and ate it with our hands. All the while, we communicated in grunts. It was pretty funny. I didn't really participate that much because I had a bad stomachache yesterday, but it was still funny to watch. I have a picture that I'll have to send you of it.

Our investigator Rita dropped us this week. She has "decided to stay catholic." If only she had read and prayed like we asked her to. She never even came to church.

Did you guys do anything fun for Martin Luther King Jr. Day? We just tracted, but we found a lot of people home.

On wednesday we went to Deseret book to buy things to give to the people we're teaching. We got a copy of The Great Apostasy for Ann, True to the Faith and the Book of Mormon Study Manual for Kris, a recent convert, and the children's Book of Mormon stories book for Henry. Deseret book is right across the highway from the temple, which is always good to be near.

We saw Henry and Jennifer again this week, and the dad Tommy Fu was there too. He bought us pizza. They're a nice family. The dad isn't as interested as the mom or the son, but he is supportive and very nice to us. I gave Henry the childrens version of the Book of Mormon, read through the Tree of Life with him, and committed him to read 2 chapters a day. He prays every day. We're excited about him.

Well, I'm out of time again. Have a great week. I love you all.

Love,
Elder Myers