So a little over two weeks in Surrey and nothing has gotten past the usual threats, cussing out, and other numerous things. But is so much fun here! It’s crazy how fast time flies though...I am struggling right now to even remember what even happened this past week...I just know it was AWESOME!
So Monday was fun! We normally just do chair soccer and stuff, but we had to get a haircut which was an adventure in itself. We decide to go to this barber shop. Turns out it is run by Punjabis. AND NONE OF THEM SPEAK ENGLISH!!! That is honestly the hardest part! None of them can communicate with us! And I don’t speak Punjabi!
So, back to the haircut...we go in and tell them what we want. Next thing ya know me and Elder Slack walk out of there with the haircuts we weren’t expecting....and they were AWESOME!! I bet you were thinking that I would have said that they were terrible, but NOPE!!! I was surprised on how good they did! Wasn’t what we asked for, and we may or may not look a little faddish, which isn’t the most approved thing to do on a mission, but hey, it was borderline, and super good! So, that was fun!
So Tuesday rolled around. It was hot...yes it gets hot here in the great white north... We went and saw Gus which was good. We watched the Lords errand which is all about Thomas S. Monson. Such a good video on what he’s all about!
Poor John though. So just to let you know, there is this awesome soon to be missionary in our ward, and he literally walked around with us for a couple hours dropping by potentials and talking to people which was pretty sweet. He's going to be such a prepared missionary!
Wednesday was hot too... We got to go to the Soup kitchen again though! No...There weren’t any fights so you don’t have to worry mom... It’s crazy seeing all the needs of these people though. Us missionaries don’t have much, but these people have nothing... Wednesday had to be the worst night of sleep we ever had though. We were tired, hot and thirsty so at like 5pm we went and got this Mountain Dew Kickstart slurpee. Bad idea. I swear that thing had caffeine injections like no other! We were up until 1 am because of that dang thing! So, I think that slurpee did me in, and what didn’t help was that I was feeling sick too. I didn’t "Game over". For all you missionaries who know what that means, you know what I had. For all of those who don’t, go ask a missionary and they will tell you...
So, that was quite an adventure. What was even worse was that we had Zone Conference. Basically a 7 hour meeting with President and all the while I had that "game over" feeling. Not good! Super spiritual though! I got to consecrate oil too! Nothing much happened in between then and Sunday. I felt better that was about it....
Sunday was awesome though! We got to go to the Rosales family for dinner! They had flatas which were super yummy! They also have a pet parrot which is pretty cool! Best part of that day though was when we went and saw Sunny. Sunny is another Punjabi, he is so cool and he actually speaks English! Long story short, a lot has happened to him too. He has come out of his depression though since the first time we met him, and he has been able to cut down on his smoking and has been reading the book of Mormon! It has been so cool seeing how him reading the book of Mormon has changed his life! He has literally seen the blessings of reading the Book of Mormon! He has gotten some good job interviews, he has gotten his car back, and he keeps directing that all towards the Book of Mormon which is so awesome!
So yeah! Honestly one of the best weeks on the whole mission! It honestly is so much fun being on the mission! God is just so good! And the Book of Mormon blesses people’s lives! It truly does! I have seen it affect my life, and I have seen it change Sunny's life which is so awesome! God is SO GOOD!
Love ya
Elder McCown
