Semana 45: "Get me out of here!! -Brad Wilcox" -Elder Scown

First off, as you probably figured out from the last email I sent out, this transfer is going to be a meme. I am standing here as a living witness that this transfer will in fact go down as the biggest meme in history. Let's begin.

On Wednesday and Thursday, we had exchanges with the other Elders in my district. Since I went with the absolutely dead missionary the week before, I decided to go with the missionary that has been trying his best to work. Before the exchanges happened, I looked at my companion straight in the eye and said "I trust you". To this day, the biggest regret of my life.

Exchanges happen and yeah yeah yeah. While I was in the other area, I discovered that the missionaries who were there before created fake people to count as numbers and they only attended one sacrament meeting the whole transfer. Inactive missionaries let's go!! While I was in the other area, it took me 7 phone calls to get my companion and his temporary comp to send me their weekly planning goals and the entire time I was getting chastised by the zone leaders so that was great. But the real nightmare started when I got back to my area. First off, they did nothing. The second thing was he LOST HALF OF MY WHITE SHIRTS AND MY WHITE PANTS! Let me recount the story...

So they were wasting time at a members house for several hours and this member is the same lady who washes my white clothes to get rid of all the sweat stains. She finished and asked my companion to take my clothes back to the house. He did, but on the way to the house, he found a small store with arcade games. Wasting the churches tithing money, they played their little arcade games for who knows how long, left, and forgot my clothes on the ground. When he told me what happened, I had to text my sweet mother to pray for me because I was so close to going off on this man. Luckily, we were able to find my clothes the next day but my goodness that infuriated me. 

This may be TMI, but has anyone ever had to take melatonin to help you fall asleep because your companion's farts keep waking you up at night? I just want to know if this is a normal thing... 

On Saturday, the zone leaders and I went to the Elders in my district to help them 1) Clean their pigsty of a house and 2) Help them find people to teach. While we were cleaning my companion was plopped on the floor like a seal.  Whenever I asked him to do something he would walk over to the area I asked him to clean and the second I turned a blind eye he would go back to the center of the room and plop on the floor. 

This last half of the transfer is going to be rough, but I know that the Lord is teaching me something. Even though my companion doesn't respect me and hates American missionaries, I have been able to find some things that we both enjoy and love to laugh about. Some moments are really good and others are really hard, I feel both extremes. 

Sorry if this email is super lame but I don't have anything exciting to share, have a great week!! Feel free to message me or respond to my emails I would love to talk!!

Peace 

Elder Scown