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Hey ya'll,
It got fairly cold recently! All the way down to the 40's. This may be nothing for those in the mountains and snow, but for Texas the world is about to end. More on that later.
Last week we helped out our investigator clean out his ranch house and prep it for a Parade of Homes. It was really fun, and our whole Zone even came down and helped out as a service project. He also got us breakfast which is also a huge plus. Sunday went pretty normally, after Church we go around to people who aren't able to come to Church and give them the Sacrament and sing them a hymn. This coming weekend we have interviews with the President, which should be exciting.
Not not a lot has happened so I thought I would talk a little about Texas.
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| Falcon Lake, Zapata |
I really love Texas. I felt at home the moment I arrived. The people are always friendly and willing to talk, which is both a pro and a con. It's good because they usually will talk to us as missionaries instead of slam the door, but they are too nice to say they aren't interested and will lead us on. They are very sharing of what they have, especially food. Many times as we're talking they will give us a plate of carne asada to go or offer a drink. One thing I've noticed is they are highly superstitious of the weather. If it's raining they won't go to Church because they believe if they get wet, they will get sick. And if it's cold, they won't go to Church, because it's bad to breath cold air. It's pretty funny, but I'm beginning to think they just don't want to come to Church. Love them to death though.
Tomales are super common, and are a Christmas tradition for many families down here. I'm lucky I love them, because we have them weekly. Another thing I was introduced to was Abuelita's Hot Chocolate. It's like a circular block of chocolate that you melt in hot milk with some cinnamon and it makes a crazy good cup of chocolate. I was also introduced to menudo. Menudo is a soup, and it's very common down here. It's like a southwestern chili bean soup, which is good, but then they went and added pig intestines to it. These little chunks of pig intestines are chewy and flavorless and I try not to look at it. Many people trying it for the first time will scare themselves beforehand, but I kinda liked it once I stopped thinking about it.
I hope you learned something, and enjoyed my bomb sunset pic I took. Have a blessed December ya'll.
Love,
Elder Gray
