Breaking news: Uce killer on
the loose
Well, well, well, this week has been a crazy week for sure. We
had almost no teaching opportunities.
Did I mention, this week was crazy?
We tried our best to find some people to teach. Finally, after attempting to contact a media referral
four times, we finally got in touch with her and she is interested in learning
more. Hopefully, it will be a family we
can teach. Being we have been so busy, I
haven’t been able to absorb everything that has happened. Seriously, this week
has just blurred all together. I won’t
be able to encompass every day like normal, but I will share with you the
highlights:
Mondays highlight: Writing
home. I don’t think that will ever change, lol.
One fun thing we did was drive out to the Old Mission San Xavier del Bac. It is an old historic Spanish Catholic
mission about 10 miles south of Tucson on the Tohono O'odham San Xavier Indian
Reservation. It was a really cool
place to visit. I’m glad we took the
time to go there. We only did the ‘self-guided’
walk around tour because as missionaries we couldn’t afford the $20 tour, lol.
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| Sportin' the Hawaiian shirt in front of the Old Mission San Xavier del Bac |
Tuesday’s highlight was seeing sister C___. Sister C__ and her daughter Sis. P__, gifted
us with a box of Russel Stovers’ and $20. I love spending time with her. It
usually turns into an hour talking about the Ward and/or sharing stories of our
week! She is so sweet. It will be hard to leave her when it is my time to transfer.
Elder Ikimau also worked on his ‘My Plan’
for after he returns home.
The highlight of Wednesday was the Christmas half-mission
conference (a conference that half of the mission’s 170 missionaries attend –
the other half have their own conference). Here is a funny story, about the
conference. The three of us decided to
be the best dressed and wear bow ties.
Needless to say, that didn’t go over well, lol. We got slightly chastised, but were also
complimented for being the best dressed. The conference was interesting and included a game
of Church/missionary Family Feud, which we won! After that, we were served lunch and did a short
training session. That took up pretty
much whole the day, because after that Elder Ikimau went to the temple for his
last trip. So, I was in a trio with Elders
Perry and Esplin. That was the highlight of Wednesday.
The highlight of Thursday...hmmm. We did some referral visiting and Uce (Elder
Ikimau) had to finish his ‘My Plan.’ So, that took pretty much most of the day. We had a dinner appointment with the I__
family.
Friday’s highlight was dinner with the L__/C___ family.
After an awesome family dinner, they gifted us with a popcorn tin and $30, lol. We pretty much spent all evening telling
stories before Elder Ikimau leaves for home. It was a wonderful evening with ‘family’
I have here.
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| More pics of Old Mission San Xavier del Bac |
Saturday’s highlight as a BBQ/luau we had planned for Elder Ikimau’s
leaving. Bro. O__ and Bro C___ butchered a 160 lbs pig for the luau. That night they had all kind of Polynesian
food like plantains and yams in coconut milk, their version of chop suey over
rice and Kula pork. It was an all you can eat pig buffet, including lu. Lu is
corned beef in coconut oil wrapped in taro leaf. Man, that stuff is good! Lol. I told Elder Ikimau I need to marry a poly
girl, lol. He got a huge kick out of
that! That party lasted from 4:00 to 8:00
and it was a blast! We probably had
about 30 people gathered together in one house!
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| Selfie with the Saint! |
Sunday’s highlight definitely happened after church
meetings in Sells, AZ. Some of the
members made Indian fry bread and pop overs to eat. After eating, Sis. M___ sang some O`Odham (native
American) songs. Then, to thank them for what they did for Elder Ikimau, we did
an impromptu haka for the members. I
still need a little more practice before tomorrow but it went well! It was very
impromptu, but they loved It :) My first ever haka! I messed up but Elder Ikimau said I did
amazing for my first time, lol.
Those were just the highlights of my busy week.
I don’t know how much I’ll be able to email you today because
in the afternoon we have to visit some people before Elder Ikimau heads off to
the mission home. So, since Mom and Dad won’t
be able to email this morning, I’ll for sure be on WIFI from 7:30 your time until
whever you guys conk out. I’m sorry
about this, but our day looks something like this:
Volleyball
Crepe party until 1:00 pm
Drive to the apartment
Get all of Elder Ikimau’s stuff packed up
Visit people until 4:30ish
Drop ikimau off at the mission home at 6:00
All with no WIFI.
Oh yeah, here is some transfer news: Elder Ikimau will be replaced by my MTC companion
Elder Lee!
Sorry for any inconveniences with no WIFI, I will try my
best!
Good bye and I love you all
Elder Dickinson
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