There are no monkeys in Echarati

 Hey, how's it going? My week was pretty good. Not much happened but my left arm is completely covered in mosquito bites and my right arm only has a few. I don't know how that works, but I guess my left arm has better blood. 

So much happens in a week that I think my email's gonna be so good, then I sit down to write it, and I actually have no clue what happened. Every week just blends together in my mind haha.

Me and my companion are having a good time together. He's a little weird, but it's a good time and we're working hard.

The other day we went to a teenager's house and we invited him to be baptized. He accepted but then we had to talk to his mom to ask for permission. That's honestly my least favorite thing to do on the mission. Usually the parents are super against it and try to tell us how we are awful people for trying to take their kids down a really bad path of the evil Mormons, so I've grown a little bit of a fear of talking to the parents. He went to get his mom and she said she was busy washing laundry, but we told him to tell her it'd be fast. She came over and super angrily said, what do you guys want, are you gonna talk about baptism, cause all the missionaries always talk about baptism and I don't want him to be baptized in your cult. Then 30 minutes and a lot of scriptures, bashing, and testimony later, she finally gave up and said that it was his decision. It felt so good. Usually when we talk to the parents, we could talk for hours and read the whole bible, and they stay stubborn. But we actually got her thinking, and although she still hates our religion, she accepted that her son can choose for himself.

We had another 2 people that we put on date, but it was way easier. They almost put themselves on date haha. We went to their house and we asked them what they thought about baptism, because the missionaries had been visiting them for like 6 months now. When we asked them that, they basically just said, yeah we just need to plan the day. S,o they're getting baptized on Sunday.

We saw a monkey on the side of the road and none of the members believe us cause they say that monkeys don't exist here. Me and my companion are 100 percent sure it was a monkey haha. I don't know how it was here, cause the members are certain that there are no monkeys where I'm at. 

Since I've gotten here in Echarati, I've given probably 15 priesthood blessings. I think the word got out that we can do it, and everyone started asking for them haha. I also had to give a talk again. Usually, it's just 1 per transfer, but I'm scared cause there aren't very many members here, so I'll probably have to give another one soon.

I taught a dog to shake my hand for pizza as well, so that was pretty cool. Other than that, not much has happened. We're working hard and having fun, so I'm happy. 

Love you all. Have a good week, and if you want to write me, I'd love to hear from you. 

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