George West

This week was super fast! I can barely remember everything that happened, so don't sue me if the information is a little off.  Also, Elder Nichols (One of the zone leaders) made us promise to take at least 3 pictures a day, so you can sue me if I don't send any good pics home.

We're building a house! It's so cool! The Scotts, a retired couple, decided a while ago that they're gonna build their dream house. By themselves. Using the money that comes from their Social Security checks. So they've been working on it basically by themselves for 2 years. And it's pretty much the coolest carpentry project that I'm ever going to be a part of. They made the foundation out of telephone poles that they drilled super far into the ground, and the hill that the house is on is made out of mud and car tires. Apparently it's supposed to be super safe, but I guess we'll find out in a few years when they finish. They're hoping to be able to put the roof on in January. So on Wednesday we got to help them put in the floor on the second story. (Sorry, I didn't get a picture of the house from the front, just what we were working on.)

The top of the Scott's house

Brother Scott on the top of his house

 On Saturday we decided to "blitz" (all the missionaries in our district working in one area) one of the towns in our area called Mathis. It's a pretty decent sized town, but far enough away that we don't get to work there very often. And when we did that, we found 2 new people to teach! That's pretty monumental in George West. The area is fairly new, (meaning about 7 months) and hasn't baptized yet. We also haven't had any of our investigators come to church since October. So we've got a LOT of work to do. We'll get it once we start working more with the members. And we'll be doing that this week, so hope fully we start having more success. But anyways! The sisters found a man named Brother Vicent, and we found Sister Rodriguez! Neither of them were able to come to church, but both agreed to return visits on Wednesday, and the sisters said that Brother Vicent is SUPER prepared! So I can't wait to meet him!

Just like Newsies, right?  (took a lot more than one try!)

We've got a pig. Or rather, the Baird's have a pig. The Baird family is the family that owns the trailer we're living in. They're pretty awesome. He's super quotable, and the typical Texan you'd imagine. For example, when we asked him how many guns he had, he said "Guns? Zero. Firearms? I don't know!" Meaning too many to count. Also, he said "It is absolutely impossible to improve bacon. You name me one thing that you could put on bacon to make it better and I will tell you that you are wrong." And he's right!

The zone leaders caught a possum under their house. Named him Papi the Possum. Brought him to zone meeting, but I didn't get a picture.

Life is pretty good! We don't have cockroaches or mice at the trailer, and that's a major improvement.

Love,

Elder Chamberlain

My district