Alright so we had zone conference friday and it was from 9 in the
morning to 4 in the afternoon. The first person I saw when I walked in
the chapel before it had started was my ex-comp Elder Santillan (he just
got switched to the other cucuta zone). So he comes over to me grabs my
arm and screams MONKEY BUMP! and whacks me a good one. I quickly pulled
up my sleeve to show him the almost golfball size ball of flesh that is
rising on my forearm. We got a good laugh out of that. Haha his comp
that he´s with now is being tortured with; monkey bumps, wet willies,
clavicle crushers, and the 1 eyed turkey looking over the fence:) It
made me remember all of the good times that I had with Santillan. Then
Sister Andelin informed us that all forms of soda is now banned in the
mission. She said it was only for 6 weeks, but I have my doubts. Also we
talked about the Prophet Abraham, and president taught that issac was
probably around 20 or 30 years old when his father was about to offer
him as a sacrifice. What do you guys think? I don´t know much about the
old testament stuff, but that would have to mean that Abrahams son was
pretty faithful and trusted in his father as a prophet. I thought that
was really cool how president taught it and likened it to God and Jesus
Christ.
So today we rented a turf soccer field, its a small one and we
played 5 on 4, yeah I know the numbers don´t line up but lets just say
someones comp was being a wuss and didn´t play, so we played 2 and a
half hours in the hot Cucuta sun:) And the competition was awesome, all
of the latinos play great and you know we gringos play como mas o menos
haha. But we played so dang hard! I´m a pretty competetive soccer player
and tis fun especially when there are hotheaded argentinians who were
born playing soccer. I have to say that I had a few golasos. But my
strengths are more out of control, knocking into people defense with a
powerful right foot when needed lol. You could say I lack a little ball
control which I don´t think I´ll ever get the hang of. We even played 4
gringos vs. 5 latinos and gave them a run for their money, we still lost
but it was super fun and there was more than a little bit of heated
competition, which I have missed SOOOO MUCH! now I am very very very
sore lol. But all I have to do is walk in a few hours so I´ll be good:)
Also I hope you guys went to the worldwide conference yesterday! it
was sooooooo cool:) It was for the mission presidents but also for any
member and every missionary. They said that the work will be switching
more to the internet in the mornings, like mormon .org and facebook and
stuff. But I don´t think there will be a change in this mission,
president is kind of strict on that stuff and only the zone leaders can
carry thier cell phones around. But all of the other stuff was awesome
and I have been making some good plans on how we can work better with
members here.
Well that was pretty much the highlights of my week, also my comp
got his patriarchal blessing! He didnt have time to do it in Bolivia,
but he came out of the patriarchs office with a big smile:) I kinda
wanted to hear a blessing in spanish but I didnt get to. Anyways I need
to get off but I will leave you with a couple pictures:) LOVE YOU
GUYS!!!!! TALK TO YA NEXT WEEK:)
-Elder Crook
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