This has been a fairly interesting week.
We are in a companionship of 3. We went tracting in a trailer park in a nearby city. We picked up a few new investigators. One in particular was very good. She seemed to be interested in the message, was very attentive, and talked to us a lot. A few days later, we went on splits with a member from a nearby ward. We had to split up to cover all of our appointments on time. 2 of us went to this investigators house, while the third went to another appointment. The companion I was with told me "that's too bad Elder ___ can't be here...they seemed to really bond (as native spanish speakers)". It was us 2 gringos trying to talk to this native investigator. Turns out she was busy, so we rescheduled. That night, we got a phone call from her. Our native companion answered. She was concerned that he had left. She then told him that she liked him and wanted to go out with him (despite the fact that she is married with 3 kids). Since that is DEFINITELY not our purpose, he bluntly told her that there was no way possible. She asked us not to return. Too bad, because she would have been a good investigator. Oh well.
We went on exchanges again this last week. I was in Gunnison spanish speaking again. This time, we went to go teach a Borregero, or sheep hearder (shepherd just sounds weird) in the fields. He is a very humble man from Guatemala on a work visa to care for these sheep. He came to church sunday when we invited him. These men just go and live in a small trailer in the mountains or fields and care for the sheep 24/7. They have lots of time to read, study, etc, so we visit them often.
There is a trailer in a different trailer park here that sells authentic mexican tacos. You can get cow eye, brain, stomach, rectum, tripe, cricket tacos, carne asada, del pastor (sheep), etc. Lots of different kinds of tacos. I was brave enough to try Tripe (innards)...it wasn't that bad. I've also had lots of Tamales, Pozole, Fajitas, encheladas, etc. Pretty good food.
Well that's about it for this week's adventures.
Love & miss you all.
Elder Bunker
