It sounds like life ceases to slow down. At first, I figured my time
in the mission would cause time to slow down and eventually stop.
Quite the opposite; time is speeding up! Thanks for all of the
spiritual insights and updates on your lives!
Well, this week was a little bit on the.. uh ..warm side. (figuratively
speaking) The weather changed quickly, Tuesday night. Almost
hurricane force winds and rain came at exactly 7:22pm local time. We
even had a little hail. After being in a house with no power for
almost an hour, a break came in the rain. So we made a dash for
another house. I´ve been all over this area, many times. But it´s an
eery feeling when you walk through it in complete darkness and fallen
trees/bamboo all around. We were lucky, though. Seven policemen died
on the other side of the river, in Paraguay. What made it even worse
was that our phone died. For those of you that have served missions,
you´ll understand the feeling that we felt. No phone (aka no
communication) on the night that we find out about transfers. What
impeccable timing. With a little bit of luck(and a miracle) only our
street got power back right away. We didn´t receive ´the call´ until
10pm. The results.... I´m still here! But Elder White left. :( Those
were two great transfers with him.
Wednesday morning, I went the bus terminal to drop off Elder White and
pick up my new companion, Elder Nish. Quick stats of Elder Nish: he´s
been out for almost 11 months, he´s from Provo, Utah, and best of all
-- he´s left handed. That makes six left handed companions! The
South Paws are still winning (6 to 4). Did I ever mention that
President Heyman is left handed? It´s just a left handed kind of
mission.
This week was very comfortable weather. 70s all week. But, it´s
starting to get a little toasty again. Anybody want to send me the
weekly weather reports for Posadas, Misiones? Thanks. Oh, slightly
random but also very important... I embraced my Southern roots this
week by making fried chicken. Those wings came out very tasty.
Mosiah 16 is an amazing chapter. It basically gives us a reason to
life. I see the information found in that chapter as a sort of
¨spiritual batteries.¨ It just keeps going and going...
Con Amor,
Elder McMurray
ps 16 months in the mission, already?? Yikes.
pss Think you could hook me up with some more Lawrys salt in the next
3 or 4 months?
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