I was stuffed like the Thanksgiving turkey (12-02-13)

How yall makin' out?

That is southern for what's up.  I hear it from black people alot, and it is sweet.

Well this week was sweet.  We had four meals for Thanksgiving and that was a struggle.  All the people that fed us are Honduran and they do a hybrid meal.  They mix Honduran with southern.  So they take the Mac and Cheese of the south and also make turkey and ham and a TON of rice.  And that is about all they make.  My first Thanksgiving without mashed potatoes :'( that was sad.  BUT ALL THE FOOD WAS SUPER FILLING!!!!!  AND I HAD TO KEEP EATING!!!!  Point is, I was stuffed by the end of the night.  So that was my biggest adventure of the night.

As for lessons we had some sweet ones.  We visited and had four lessons last night between 5:30 and 8:20.  That is a mission high for me and that brought our weekly total to 19.  Our mission goal is 20 and that has been the closest  I have EVER gotten to it.  But our best lesson was with Wilmer, and we talked about the after death part of the Plan of Salvation.  And it was sweet.  The spirit was super strong and I understood most of the lesson.  And I gave a short testimony at the end in Portuguese.  But it was a sweet lesson, he accepts basically everything we teach and it is sweet.  And the funny thing is that we have met him three times when we knock on his door and right as we are about to leave he walks up behind us to get into his house.  Super funny.  And I am learning how to pray and testify in Spanish because I made a deal with Porfirio, another investigator, that if I did, he has to give the next closing prayer.  So we will see how that works.  But it is hard to say Spanish words without saying the Portuguese.  THE STRUGGLE!

Well that is about it from the Big Easy.  Other than that my companion has been sick.  SO that is fun.  But all is well here.

Eu amo voces, I love yall, and stay classy

Elder Mackay

P.S.  I got a letter from my cousin Talmage who asked if I have been stoned yet.  MADE MY DAY!!!  And his dad said that his kids wonder if I baptize alligators when I don't baptize people.  The answer if no, but I have kissed one!  Hahaha

 Jason and his companions at dinner

 Jason and his companions

'Tis the season in the bayou!