Elder Simanungkalit has been cleaning out all of his old stuff, so I've received lots of cool gifts. I'll include a picture of me in my new lava-lava (spelling?). In addition to the lava-lava, Sim's mom bought him a suit that was way to big for him that he's been carrying around for months, and it actually fits me perfectly. Like better than the one I brought from home. Pretty crazy. So I've got a brand new suit now. :)
So it's been super hot this last little bit. Yesterday, somebody told us that it was 45C and 80% humidity. I've decided that I'm not even going to do the math on that one. And apparently it gets hotter towards the end of January/February. It's raining a bit today, so it's cooled off a little.
Funny moment:
(Long story up to this point) We ended up teaching a Japanese man with the help of a translator. His name is Eisaku and he speaks very little English. Elder Simanungkalit openly admits that he has a really weird accent; from what I gather, he grew up in a home where 5ish languages were spoken, plus he has a slight speech impediment. And then he learned English in Australia. So he's a little difficult to understand. One of the phrases that he uses all the time as a filler is "the things" or "that things." As we're teaching Eisaku, Elder Sim keeps throwing in "the things"/"that things" into his language. Eisaku gets super confused and insists that we stop and explains what "that things" means. We spent forever trying to explain that it doesn't really mean anything, but I don't think he ever really understood.
Spiritual moment:
So Brooke is progressing really well. We had dinner with her at bishop's house the other night and we had a really good discussion about reading the scriptures and praying. At one point, she brought up that she is really passionate about doing family history work and learning about her ancestors (ding ding ding! that is the correct answer!) The only difficult thing with Brook is that when she brings up all these gospel principles, we can't stop and talk about them, because in order to explain the spirit of Elijah, you have to explain the spirit world/baptism/ordinances. And to explain all that, she needs to understand the basics of Christ and little details like God (the guy who created us) lives in heaven (where we go after this life). She just has so little knowledge of the basics that we can't start connecting the dots for her quite yet. So we just leave it vague when we say that our church provides lots of family history work opportunities.
That's about all for now!
Elder Nelson
1. When it's too hot for pants
2. Sim has a killer diet
3. A Grass Hopper (actually looks like grass??)
4. Jumping picture (except Elder Tang didn't jump)
5. Our District
6. Somebody LOVES hotwheels cars
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