Hello Family!
This week was pretty stellar. 2 Second Highlights: Nabbing
some solid tie fabric, English class showcase, Specialized Zone
Training.
E. Tzanis and I are on a mission to get some sick nasty custom
ties made. So after locating a super sketchy man (you know? the
side-of-the-road-table-with-a-sewing-machine type)t hat says he knows how to
make ties we searched the market for some worthy fabric. We found it. So we
bought it. It looks AWESOME. In the process of finding the fabric, we found a
new person to make the ties (she actually has a shop). So we are
stoked.
English class showcase: I love these things. So fun. We played
the Answer-a-question-right-shoot-a-balloon-get-a-point game. It is hilarious.
The students go crazy about it. Then we taught them how to Tim Tam Slam
(explanatory drawing included). It was lowkey epic. Too bad we only had a few
people come...curse those new year parties.
Wedding displeasure: There
was a wedding thrown on our street. Right out front our door actually. It
included alcohol, a stage, a karaoke machine, amateur singers, and very loud
speakers. That night we were supposed to go home early to avoid the party
rocking and plan. We got home and our whole street was filled with tables full
of semi-drunk wedding goers. We had to park our bikes on the main street for
the night. We weaved our way through the tables to our house. Inside our
house, planning was completely ineffective. The desk-rattling bass and drunken
screams really invited the Spirit...psych. Sleeping was a little rough to say
the least. Next time you throw a party, make sure no elders leave in the
immediate vicinity.
Specialized Zone Training: It was inspiring. It was
life changing. I learned a lot. I learned about more effectively finding the
elect and not losing faith. We read about Peter's experience of walking on the
water, sinking, and reaching to Jesus Christ to save him. It was great. The
real craziness was after the training. E. Tzanis had to complete an computer
assignment for P. Senior by the next morning, aka he had to spend that evening
at an internet cafe. To ease E. Wilamas' boredom, we switched off who would
have to sit next to him and read while E. Tzanis worked. I was with him and he
was getting pretty close to finishing when his time ran out on the computer.
His computer locked up like a rollie polie bug. Nuts. No big deal, E. Tzanis
had been saving his files to the computer as he worked so we'll just buy some
more time. The shop owner wasn't there. Yikes. We waited. The owner never
came. The Dilemma: we couldn't just go to a different shop because all of the
Aussie's work was saved on that particular machine. The Miracle: I hacked the
computer. Holler. Yeah it's true. After much prayer and button mashing I did
it. I somehow got past the software that locks the computer when the time runs
out. Do I know what I did? Nope. Could I do it again? Not a chance. Was it
an answer to prayers? Yes. The sad part of this story was that the files
somehow got erased and E. Tzanis and to redo them anyway. Did it build my
faith? Yep. Probably the most bizarre night of my mission.
Life is
good. Real good. Much Love.
Elder M. Riley Creer
The Only
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