It has been a good week! I am a tad rushed, but I have some
entertaining stories for you. On Monday we went back to Mt. Manaia.
It was cool except me and Elder Palmer tried to bushwhack and find the trail,
but we ended up on pretty much a cliff face. With him pulling me up on a rope.
That we found. And he is a climber (I am not), and he even said we need to turn
back. So yeah that was dodgy. And I twisted my ankle pretty bad when we got
back to the trail. But oh well.
We have a recent convert named [Paul], and he was on all the
Capa Haka teams, so he is teaching us a couple of Hakas!!! I am excited, I will
send a vid when I can. :)
Tuesday night we went over to a member’s house and he
pulled out smoked fish heads. Big old snappers. The meat was actually very
good, and I don't usually enjoy fish, but it was good. Then we had the eyes and
I had a brain. They didn't taste bad, the eye was quite ok. But the brain.
Wooh. Like I said, not to bad taste, but the texture... ugh. It felt exactly
like I imagine brains to be. Slimy and tubey. Man. Aaaannndd, there's pics for
you. (I had a video, but it is too big to send...) ;)
On Wednesday, I went on a trade off with an Elder named Elder
Dearden. He is awesome! We ate fruit, fed some to a cow and a goat, saw some
piggies, looked extensively for an address we never found, and got a gun
pointed at us. Ok, not really, but kind of. We walked up and there was a .22
rifle sitting on the couch pointed towards the door. So there was a gun pointed
at us, just no one behind the trigger. XD
On Thursday we went back to the boat for dinner. Man those
kids love us. You know how kids are, all crazy and energetic when company comes
around. :)
On Friday we went back to the house of the person who
gave us the fish heads. He had two nonmember nieces there, his 25ish year old
daughter's nonmember boyfriend, and a less active member Elder Fanger knew when
he started his mission. We had an awesome lesson with them. They asked heaps of
questions and it was really spiritual. :)
We had a member baptism on Saturday and then a dinner
with some of the most normal people in our ward. Because everyone in our ward
is weird. But in a hilarious way. And this family is still strange, but very
laid back. They told me my name in Maori, and apparently my name in Maori is
Hame (hah-may). So, AWESOME!!
Then on Sunday we had church and dinner at [Chad Brown]
's house. His brother is our temple president and was actually spoken about in
general conference. But he was less active for a while, and he has been coming
back. He is the man! He is simultaneously one of the most prideful yet humble
people I have ever met. But he feeds us every Sunday. Then we went to see
another family we see on Sundays. The [Miller] family. They have 6 kids, all
members, but he isn't a member. But he is hilarious and really likes us. I love
that family they are so cool. Anyway, we talk about lots of things, including
weird foods. One of the Maori delicacies (though most Maoris don't even eat it)
is rotten corn. And he finally fed us some last night. It was actually pretty
good. Everyone was hyping up the terrible smell, but when I finally smelled it,
it wasn't too bad. You know the smell of a farm? (Or Greeley if you live in
Colorado?) It kind of smelled like that but less strong. Anyway, it is sort of
a porridge and we had it with cream and sugar. It was not the best thing I have
ever had, but it is good. And now I can say I have done it! :))
Otherwise, the Wellsford
Elders stayed at our flat last night cause they live far away, and we stayed up
lateish playing UNO. It was awesome. :)))
Anyways, I love y'alls!
-Elder Clayton-
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