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| Elder Judd and I in front of the PR flag |
Besides starting off the week by getting sick, our week was a blast. I got to play basketball for the first time in a while. San Juan doesn't have nearly as many basketball courts as most of the areas. We set up a time to play with us, the other Elders and some people we've been teaching, however, it was super fun. As we were waiting for everyone to show up, we met a really cool Venezuelan dude skating on the court. We're really good friends with the skate shop down the street from our church building, and everyone comes to the church to go skating. They've started bringing out a bunch of ramps and rails to ride on, and we're always meeting cool people out there. Anyways, basketball in Puerto Rico is probably the most tiring thing ever. It is super humid and way hot. Despite getting soaked in sweat and probably super dehydrated, we had a bunch of fun, and everyone loved it.
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| Comp & I at beach |
Another cool thing we got to do was a blitz in one of the areas after our district meeting. I love getting to work in different areas, and meet new people. It's just a reminder of how much I like this island and the people here.
For P-day today we headed over to a beach out in Luquillo and had a blast. We played kickball, basketball, and football with the rest of our zone. One of the senior couples also came over and grilled up some burgers and hot dogs for us. It was way fun, and it's always nice to be able to have a good time and enjoy life.
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| Burgers and sports with the zone at the beach |
On a different note, one of the people we've been working with received some unfortunate news this week. His name's Yonel and he's one of the nicest loving people I've met. He's been on house arrest and has just recently got baptized like a year ago. We've stopped by a few times, and he is always trying to help others. He's been on trial for a while, and he just found out the other night that he's been sentenced to thirty years. He invited us over to say bye, and it was the hardest thing ever. A lot of his family was there, and it was one of the last nights they were going to have together. We got to give him a blessing, and he shared a little bit about how the gospel's made such an impact on his life. He was so willing to part with what God had in store for him.
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| cool view from a members house |
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| One of our investigators bird |
