Family and friends,
This week
was also a bit hard. It has been a bit more difficult to keep my spirits
up, but I'm making it through with God by my side. I am truly grateful
for everything He always does for me.
This
weekend, we visited the State Fair here in Grand Island for a bit, and
it was a cool time! See the picture taken in the huge cattle barn. We plan to return today to explore it more
thoroughly, as time did not permit, last time. But there was a burger
place called Cactus Jack's, which was the typical place to go at the
fair. I got the most spicy burger there, the "Ragin' Cajun", which is
described as follows: "A spicy Cajun blackened burger smothered in
pepperjack cheese, jalapeños, jalapeño crisps and our sriracha aioli".
It was not actually nearly as spicy as I had been expecting, but it was
most certainly a very tasty burger. And the best part? I didn't pay for
it! A member appeared out of nowhere and ordered us to use his credit
card to pay for all eight of us who were there. What a kind man! And
even as we waited in line, another member of the ward found us and tried
to hand Elder Crowley a $100 bill, but we convinced him not to because
someone else was already paying for it. We felt very loved.
Speaking
of spicy foods, though, all eight of us in Grand Island were together
for dinner on Wednesday night, and we each ate a jalapeño, all at once. It was
quite the experience. I'll leave it at that, and just send you the
video. Good times. [Note from Ben's mom: the video is way too big to include, so let me just say that almost everyone was in great distress. Ben was stoic, but still in pain. One elder kept eating jalapeños until there were no more on the table. 😀😀😀]
Last
Saturday, we heard from our mission president that our restrictions are
now loosened a tiny bit! The only difference now is that we can meet
with people in person, as long as it is outside their house. We already
could meet with them at the Church, but now we can meet there as well as
anywhere outside any other building. It's a step forward. We're excited
to begin meeting people in person again, even though we have nearly
nobody to teach but members.
In
the end, I want to reiterate that I know God lives, and that He is
still so good to me. I love my life, and I am glad I have a few more
weeks of being a missionary before December.
Love,
Elder Hill
Fotos:
muchos servicios que hicimos, comiendo jalapeños, los misioneros de
Grand Island en las festividades, y yo extendiendo mis alas.
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