Elder Andreason: Rain is a good thang!!!

Hello hello again! I hope you all have had an amazing week so far! This week blew by very quickly. Our district leader Elder Wiltbank said that the first transfer always feels the longest but my first transfer blew by and felt very short…so I guess my mission is just going to fly by.

On Monday Elder Wood and I played Spades with Elder Wiltbank and Elder Taylor. They live in an apartment a couple blocks away so we just went over. Elder Taylor is in his first transfer so it's kind of fun to see the true Greenie side of a missionary from an outside looking in perspective.

On Tuesday Elder Wood and I ran a bit and played a game of pickleball in really wet and misty conditions. I had to take my glasses off during the run because the mist coated my glasses and I couldn't see. A funny encounter on Tuesday was when a homeless man told us a not very funny joke but he was obviously a little drunk so we just said it was funny. Later on our way back to the car a different homeless man started yelling at us for talking to the other man earlier. At first we thought he wanted to talk then he kept yelling for a couple seconds so we waved bye and walked away while he was still yelling. The spirit of contention is too loud to be able to hear the quiet voice of the spirit so we had no place remaining there. I probably would've been scared and nervous if I was fresh from home but I've been in the field long enough and had similar experiences so now I just think it's funny when people get mad at us. Oh I almost forgot! Also on Tuesday we had an amazing lesson with a lady named Susan. Elder and Sister Davies, who are senior missionaries, also came so we had four missionaries teaching. Her faith is so strong and she genuinely wants to follow God and Jesus Christ. The spirit was so strong in the lesson as we taught her about Baptism, the Atonement, and Priesthood authority.

Wednesday wasn't as eventful as Tuesday. It rained…A LOTThang!!! It was raining throughout the whole week but Tuesday was just a ludicrous amount of rain. I never thought I would see rivers on roads before. I literally have never seen so much rain in my life and it lasted all day! I was on exchanges with Elder Wiltbank for it. We tried to go out street contacting but the storm kept worsening and because it was just dumping water no one was out and those who were just wanted to get where they were going and didn't want to talk. Also using an umbrella actually makes sense now. I've always been like "Why do umbrellas exist?" but that's because I lived in Utah where rain is negligible to what you wear unless it's a thunderstorm. But at that point it's fun to get soaked in a thunderstorm. Elder Wiltbank and I got completely drenched though even with umbrellas. After exchanges Elder Wood and I taught an English class to a man named Chancel. He understands very well and I was very proud of him as he was solving the sentence problems in his English book.

The rest of the week was wack cause all our plans kept falling through. We had a really fun Trunk or Treat on Saturday that we helped set up and take down. The ZL (zone leader) quad was there. It's really funny. The two ZLs are both training Greenies but they're also companions since they're ZLs. So they pretty much going everywhere as a quad instead of Just sharing a room as a quad.

But yeah, that sums up my week. My French is improving and I'm confident enough to say I can understand French but as far as speaking it goes I'm really close but still have a little ways to go. At lessons now I understand what's being said but I can't form sentences quick enough to speak a ton in the conversation. I love you all and thank you again for your support. À la prochaine semaine!