so i've been eating as much as i can lately and i still don't ever gain any weight. it's kinda nice for my looks but probably unhealthy. it's because i am always working as hard as i can and it wears me out. lately, i've been really stressed out (a mission is stressful, who woulda guessed) so it's kinda affected me physically. mainly, it's made me really skinny.
the other day, elder apao (an elder in the other companionship in 5th ward) got hit by a trike which was parked and got hit by a truck. he's ok though. his companion (elder reidhead) had his birthday the other day, and we decided to have a bonfire. so elder woodford bought some diesel and poured it on the big trash pile in the back that we've been waiting to burn. (because it was raining and it was all still wet) and the gas blew up in his face like a firecracker. he's good, he wasn't hurt. the pile didn't light though. we'll need to try again later tonight. this time record it from a safe distance.
elder woodford found out that for rats, a plunger is an efficiently deadly weapon. it traps the rat and then the rat gets plunged to death. he likes to get them with the plunger. that was the sixth rat we've killed and we have become exceedingly efficient at it.
in the philippines, they kind of disregard the commandment of "graven images" so they worship statues of jesus or mary a lot. and they also call jesus "papa jesus" it leads to a lot of strange traditions and rituals (such as people crucifying themselves) one thing that is cool about it is the pictures they make, like a smiling jesus. i've literally never seen a picture of jesus just smiling until i came here.
another thing about the Philippines is that everyone is always late so we schedule our baptism services for 2:30, fully aware that it won't start until around 3:30 or 4:00. and we tell everyone that our meetings are at 1:30 and we end up getting there at 2:00 and we are still the first ones there.
well i gotta go, i have a zone activity that i gotta go to and then a Family home evening at the mission home tonight at 6:00 (7:30 probably)
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