Bananas in Pajamas

Hi family!

This week was good and bad, depending on the day. Monday was great - we taught a new investigator, who shows a lot of promise. He's a farmer, so he's very busy with planting right now (we dropped by around 8:15 and he had just walked in the door). He said in another week or so things should slow down, though, so we'll be teaching him soon. We're slowly building our teaching pool - from the 0 when I got here to a good four or five investigators now. I feel like Elder Arroyo and I can be pleased with the work we've done this transfer.

Speaking of transfers, I'll be losing Elder Arroyo this afternoon. I'm trading him for my new companion in Grand Rapids at 5. Elder Arroyo is going to Greenville, just north of Grand Rapids, so I'll still see him at the zone activity. I'm getting Elder Tribett, who's been out just six weeks. I don't think he speaks Spanish, which is annoying. I trust President Jones was inspired in his transfer decisions, so even though I begged for a Spanish elder ... I'll just have to work harder at learning Spanish!

Also, I hope Elder Tribett likes to walk. Because we won't be driving anywhere for the rest of the month. We're almost entirely out of miles. And my bike has a flat tire. We'll work that out, I hope.

The bad part of the week was being sick. We helped out with the pole vault at the track meet on Tuesday (we had to hold the cross-bar in place because it was super-windy) and I had to hope the whole time that my stomach wouldn't explode and that I wouldn't soil my trousers. Thankfully, neither occurred. Still, I wasn't feeling too hot. Well, Wednesday I was feeling better and we worked our little tails off. It was as warm as its been yet this year and I didn't drink a lot of water, so by evening I was starting to feel really sick again. Thursday morning I woke up throwing up. It was awesome. But I got better!

I can't believe how much of my mission is already behind me. It makes me feel a little more urgent about the work; there is so much more I would like to do, so much more I would like to become before this incredible opportunity is over.

Have a happy day!
Elder Cloward