Applying the deodorant

Hola! ¿Cómo está? 

Well things are moving right along here in the Armpit of America. We have been encouraging family history with our members lately. This week we had a senior couple who are family history specialists come to our chapel and work with the members. Everyone who came left with a family name they could take to the temple, and the ward family history specialist was super excited to see so many people there! Since Hermana McCoy has served around the senior couple before, they offered to take us out to dinner before the event. 

Fun fact: whilst at dinner, we discovered that we actually know each other. Mila and Chris Cutler are part of the Culter clan in Centerville, and they remembered dad. Sister Cutler even commented that I look a lot like him. Anyway, they say hi. 

Altogether dinner was delightful, especially because I was able to get me some Asian cuisine. Needless to say, I eat a lot of Hispanic food here, so it was fun to go out and get something a little different. Hermana McCoy was brave and even tried a little bit of my Sushi. However, she was horrified to discover that she had just eaten eel. But she did say that given a choice between sushi, and the cow foot we ate at a members house this week, she would pick the sushi. 

Yes, you did read that correctly. This week I had the opportunity to try cow foot soup. The soup part wasn't bad, sort of a spicy tomato based broth with onions and cilantro. However, I can't say I was a fan of the chunks of cow foot swimming in it. It doesn't have a strong flavor, just a really weird texture. Very fatty, basically all the parts of meat you would cut off were served as the main course. 

We found a really cool lady this week from El Salvador who seems really interested in learning more about the gospel. She even asked us to text her and remind her to read the Book of Mormon at night because she knows it is important and she doesn't want to forget. Unfortunately, other than her and a couple others, we don't have a ton of investigators. We live in a really rich white area, so it is tricky to find people to teach. (Speaking of rich white people: we drove by Bon Jovi's house today. It is really hard to see from the road because of the trees, but he has a really nice, long driveway). 

Spanish is a constant battle, and I'm not really sure who has the upper hand right now. But that's okay, I know it will come with time. And when I take a step back and really think about how well I am able to communicate having only studied this language for 2 months, it is clear the Lord is helping me. 

I have had lots of experiences this week where I have been able to learn a little better how the Lord answers my prayers. For me, it is usually through the Book of Mormon that I receive His counsel. I really love that book. 

Have a good week! 

Hermana Croft 

 A car I found when we were knocking at an apartment complex, looking for a house that didn't actually end up existing. 

(An inside joke that will make a whole lot more sense to Rebekah, Tanner and Jordan...) ;)   

We found these pills when cleaning out the apartment. Missionaries in the Spanish program take care of each other.