I
was able to go on splits with Elder Mullen, our district leader. He
goes home in like three weeks, but he is "dying with grace" and is very
chill about it. He trained my good friend in the mission, Elder Neely.
We did some streeting and had a few programs with his investigators.
During the open streeting time we had, we chatted and he gave me some
good advice for the remainder of my mission. I really like Elder Mullen,
I'm gonna miss him!
Last week on Thursday, we went over to the other
Elder's apartment for companionship study so I could make some cookies
for our investigators because our oven is not functioning at the moment.
Lame, I know. Anyway, while we were over there, the cookies had been in
the oven for literally (I know I'm prone to exagerrate, but this time
I'm not!) two minutes, when smoke started to come out! My cookies were
totally burning! It my desperation to save them from a certain fiery
doom, and because I was using a very thin rag to pull them out of the
oven, I instinctively threw out my hand to steady the tray and BAM.
Fried my finger. It's doing much better now, but it was glowing bright
white for like three full days. OUCH. Fire > Elder Giacalone.
On P-Day last week, we totally went to a Hungarian
opera! We didn't really understand a whole ton of what they were saying
because they used "old Hungarian" and, well, it was an opera! Still, it
was super sick and I would do it any other time!
On our lunch break a couple days ago, I was making
some rice and Elder D'Angina was sitting at the table eating when
suddenly our csengő (apartment phone) started ringing! We were super
confused and kind of stunned. Elder D'Angina answered it and started
laughing silently. Now I was super lost. He answered some questions to
whoever it was, and then opened up our door to our hallway, whilst
exclaiming "Come on, elder! We're getting tracted by Jehovah's Witnesses!"
Sure enough, two ladies made there way up the stairs and started
talking to us. One of them (I'm sure she was the Senior companion) asked
us if we were religious. We said we were. They asked if we read the
Bible. We said we did. They got super excited and then asked if we had
heard of their religion. We said we had, but that we were MORMON
MISSIONARIES. The look on their faces was a mix of dread, fear,
confusion, and everything else! Priceless! We kind of just stood there
and chatted about families for a second, and then they totally just
booked it out of there! So...we got tracted! It was fun being on the
other end of the line.
So, all in all, crazy week! I love my investigators!
During teaching the Plan of Salvation (which I am starting to love
drawing on the white board), a super cool guy told me that he knew there
was something before "all of this", referring to life in general. He
couldn't quite figure it out, though, and he'd been asking himself this
question for several years. As we talked about the pre-existence, he
said it sounded familiar. I absolutely love these kind of moments!
I love my mission. I'm learning and growing so much!
I know that obedience brings blessings, and that all is possible
through the Savior! I love being able to represent Him!
Sok Szeretettel,
Elder Giacalone
P.S Just keep swimming!
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