February 3, 2014

This was an eventful week for us here in Deforest. Lots of stuff happened, and we did not watch the Super Bowl. But I am excited for the Seahawk win! (sorry Brandts)

Super Bowl Party - stir fry and Church videos!

We started our week of with a very literal BANG! On Monday we got stuck in some snow and had to get pushed out, so our Sun Prairie compadres (The other Elders serving in our ward) came to the rescue and in one hit our Tongan Elder dented the trunk and cracked a panel as well as chipped the paint on part of the lid. This Tongan Elder is a Visa waiter for Brazil and played both Rugby and Football in high school. So we spent Monday, more than half our Tuesday, and parts of Wednesday getting estimates, submitting paperwork for the church, working with the body shop, and calling the mission office a boat load of times to make sure that they were happy with our pictures and paper work. All in all, the car will get fixed middle of next week, for now we are driving around with a nice dent in our trunk. BTW, the dent will cost somewhere between $1,350 and $1,575 to fix. Fortunately because it was an accident and there was no neglect on our part, the church will be paying it and not us -- sorry tithe payers. Please forgive us. L

Big OOPS!

Another awesome thing happened for us this week. We were out visiting some of our less-actives who live in the far regions of our ward boundaries. But on our way back home we stopped at a little convenience store in Rio Wisconsin (pronounced R-eye-o, not like the Brazilian Rio).  The owner of the store is a potential investigator, who in my description is: very humble, very down to earth, very in-tune with his relationship with God, and is probably a dry water Mormon despite a minor word of wisdom problem (no biggie, we can fix that). We had a wonderful conversation with him while he prepared a donation of burger patties for the local high school. As we were concluding our conversation and preparing to buy what we needed and head out, He gave us a bag and says "enjoy, on the house." Inside was a full chicken, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, and gravy. It was to die for good! And we got two meals out of the whole thing, what a wonderful surprise. On a slight side note, a couple weeks ago when I first met this man in Rio, we talked about setting up a 2016 Rio Wisconsin Olympics. It was so funny to see that he was very serious and really wanted to do it, I would love to come back after my mission and help him accomplish this goal. Any takers on helping out?

Aloha! Happy Chinese New Year! (yes, I'm confused)

Scripture for the week: Jarom 1:11

Wherefore, the prophets, and the priests, and the teachers, did labor diligently, exhorting with all long-suffering the people to diligence; teaching the law of Moses, and the intent for which it was given; persuading them to look forward unto the Messiah, and believe in him to come as though he already was. And after this manner did they teach them.

Thank you all, have a wonderful week

Elder Luymes