Yes I'm still alive. And yes, I do in fact still write these things and send them sometimes. It's kinda tough to find things to talk about though. Oh yeah. Thanks to everyone who said hi to me on Easter, and a big thanks to those who sent me Easter cards. I got them, and I was really happy I did. Anyway, with Easter now out of the way, this week was by far the most normal week yet here in Hilo. What I mean by that is nobody got overwhelmingly sick this week, except actually that's a lie yes they did. I am convinced that this pad is cursed or something. Either I'm sick or Elder Brooksby is sick and this is a never-ending pattern that has tormented us since I got here, and apparently since before that too. I figured that it's probably because the pad hasn't been deep cleaned in years, so after I recovered from being sick on P-Day (again) and Elder Brooksby started coughing violently the very next day, I decided that it was probably a good idea to do some cleaning, and I started with: The Windows.
The window screens were removed, placed on the ground, and vacuumed. You would not believe what came off of those things. We were breathing through so many layers of dust and lint I was surprised we had any time at all when we weren't sick. I tried to take a picture of the difference between before and after, but the picture wasn't super clear. I had to clean that out too because believe it or not it was actually all the way full before I started and it wouldn't suck anything until I cleaned it up. And if you wish I would have worded that last sentence better, try using English vocabulary to describe being dissatisfied with the function of a vacuum and tell me how I was supposed to word it. Vacuum cleaners suck. When they don't suck it sucks because they are supposed to not suck at sucking things up, and then you have to suck it up and fix the sucker so it can actually suck things up the way it was supposed to suck them up in the first place. Excuse the language.
Anyway, after spending 2 more days in the pad only leaving when we could handle walking around, both of us just decided that sick or no, we work. So now, we work. And sometimes we work while we feel healthy. But only sometimes. The most exciting thing we did this week was exchanges, and during said exchanges one of the zone leaders got sick. It was the one who was with me. And the pad is clean now, so I have no clue. Curse of the mold that grows on the roof that I can't clean, or the indestructible bathroom mold that survived the takasu method. That's all that's left. So anyway. Exchanges though. We found a new guy to teach. His name is Rodney. He looks like IZ. Okay maybe he's not quite as big, but he just has the voice and he's Polynesian. He's actually 7th Day Adventist technically, but he's not practicing currently and he was okay with us coming by to talk to him, he just loves his Bible. We left him with the challenge to read the story of Jonah and tell us what he learned from reading it, which is a challenge I've never left someone with before, but I felt prompted to do it so we'll see how it goes. I promised him that we wouldn't teach him anything contrary to the teaching of the Bible, and that made him a little more comfortable. Next time we meet with him, we're going to compare 3 Nephi with the teachings of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. That should be cool. So hopefully he won't be so opposed to the Book of Mormon after that.
On Monday last week we went cave exploring in the lava tubes. It was incredible. Fun fact: Scientists recently found a new species of insect in the lava tubes of Hilo, and they named the beast "the thread legged bug". I would have named it the spider mantis or something, considering what it looks like. But I'll leave it up to you. I didn't find one, thankfully, but it's cool that it's a thing. Those lava tubes are actually really unique because lava, when hardened, is black. Black+Dark Cave=Very Dark Cave. Shout out to Dad for the flashlight he put in my suitcase before I left on my mission. This was the first time I think I had to use it, but it was worth having it with me this whole time just for the chance to explore the cave. The mix of bright and dark and the heat in there kinda did a number on me though, and there was a lot of crawling involved once you got deeper in, but even though I had a headache afterwards I still say it was worth the journey. Now I can kind of understand the characters in Cave Story a little bit more. Anybody remember that game? No? Just me? Okay...
Well folks that just about wraps up this week's email, and don't worry I will try to be a bit more consistent with these, after all, after this one we only have 11 more, and it would be really anti-climactic if we just left it at a boring old update.
Happy Belated Easter everybody!
また来週!
Pictures: We became cave spelunkers for a while. Lava tubes are much smaller inside than they look on the outside, but either way they were bigger than I expected! It was a really cool experience I think. I've always wanted to do lava tube exploration, even back when I was vacationing on Oahu before my mission, so it's really cool to have gotten the experience out here in Hilo.
最近、洞窟物語はとても懐かしい…
帰る時にそのゲームのセカンドプレイスルーをしられるかな〜
On Monday last week we went cave exploring in the lava tubes. It was incredible. Fun fact: Scientists recently found a new species of insect in the lava tubes of Hilo, and they named the beast "the thread legged bug". I would have named it the spider mantis or something, considering what it looks like. But I'll leave it up to you. I didn't find one, thankfully, but it's cool that it's a thing. Those lava tubes are actually really unique because lava, when hardened, is black. Black+Dark Cave=Very Dark Cave. Shout out to Dad for the flashlight he put in my suitcase before I left on my mission. This was the first time I think I had to use it, but it was worth having it with me this whole time just for the chance to explore the cave. The mix of bright and dark and the heat in there kinda did a number on me though, and there was a lot of crawling involved once you got deeper in, but even though I had a headache afterwards I still say it was worth the journey. Now I can kind of understand the characters in Cave Story a little bit more. Anybody remember that game? No? Just me? Okay...
Well folks that just about wraps up this week's email, and don't worry I will try to be a bit more consistent with these, after all, after this one we only have 11 more, and it would be really anti-climactic if we just left it at a boring old update.
Happy Belated Easter everybody!
また来週!
Pictures: We became cave spelunkers for a while. Lava tubes are much smaller inside than they look on the outside, but either way they were bigger than I expected! It was a really cool experience I think. I've always wanted to do lava tube exploration, even back when I was vacationing on Oahu before my mission, so it's really cool to have gotten the experience out here in Hilo.
最近、洞窟物語はとても懐かしい…
帰る時にそのゲームのセカンドプレイスルーをしられるかな〜
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