An entertaining tale (tail?) or two

 Hello family!

November 12

Here's some fantastic news: We got our sinks fixed! Ha ha! No more draining pasta in the bathtub for these elders! Also, my bike broke again - the chain snapped. So we had a new chain put on, and the great thing is it actually fits the bike right! So now I don't have to get off my bike every couple minutes and put the chain back on. And with those two things, our quality of living just shot up. It's super nice. The next thing on the list is to buy a new bed. (Mine collapsed about 3 weeks ago while I was standing on it, cleaning the ceiling. I've been feeling like a hot dog as I've slept for a while, folded into the matress. Gotta fix that.)

I'm a little short on time, so I'm going to borrow Elder Hougaard's description of this event to his family:

So the other day we were going around visiting people with our Elders Quorum president, and as Elder Stockton so gracefully got into the car, he ripped his pants all the way up the back. Thinking it was not a big rip he got out of the car at the next place and started walking, as we were walking the Hermano called me back to the car and pointed out the problem. I looked over at Elder Stockton and there he was, standing at the door waiting with a big old hole in his pants haha! So I walked up to him and informed him that the hole in his pants was a little bit bigger than what he may have thought before haha. Elder Stockton is a stud though and just took it like a champ! :) What a great kid haha. Luckily one of our investigators sews for a living and so we went over there and they fixed his pants right up for him.

Yep, that was a fun one. God works in a mysterious way sometimes. Because before ripping my pants, we didn't have plans to visit Marcelo (whose wife stitched up my pants). But when we went, we found them at just the perfect moment to teach them a lesson. The whole family was there and available to listen - including the wife, who we had never been able to listen to the lesson because she was always working in the other room.

Other experiences:

The other day, we bought a big bag of facturas (donuts and churros) to eat and to share with investigators. We arrived at Alicia's house and shared a couple. Then I asked Alicia to show us her fig trees, so we left our stuff on the outside table where we were and she took us around the house. When we came back, we caught Alicia's dog in the very act of licking the last of the sugar from the sides of the bag. Oh well! At least the figs were cool. She says that she goes and picks kilos and kilos of figs when they start getting ripe. Kind of like what our yard will be like in a few years, no? (For Dad: There are 2 trees - she says they are both the same type: 'breva' figs.)

Just like at home!

Well, that's all for today! It's great to get your letters. I'm impressed with Jacob's beard. He looks a lot like dad in days now past.

Have a fantastic week! Thanks for your love and prayers.

love,
Elder Andrew Stockton