Ramona: Someone Old, Someone New

Mum,

Training has been so fun! My new companion is Elder David Stowe.  He is from Tooele,
UT. He is the older brother to three sisters.  He really enjoys computer programming and things like that! I'll include some pictures of him in the email.  It was actually his 19th birthday on Friday and we were able to go eat with some members who made his favorite food (pizza) and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle cake for him.  It was so fun!

However, this week I have a good story for you!  Last Tuesday night we were saying goodbye to many of Elder Hinrichsen's favorite families because he was being transferred.  So we had planned dinner with Sue, a superstar Recent Convert, and there we just stuffed ourselves. What we had forgotten was that another family had told us they were going to feed us as well that night.  So we get into the next home we were visiting and they say, "Don't worry guys, we have already eaten! So here are your plates and you can go eat at the table and we will visit with you."  We are then handed this big ol' plate with squash green beans and two huge pieces of dry rub chicken with a large cup of milk to go with it.  And these were Investigators who weren't doing too well financially so we couldn't just not eat what we were given.  We both look at each other after we sat down like we were going to die.  So we started and everything was going well. We pounded down the squash and beans and the first piece of chicken along with the cup of milk and all that was left was the final piece of chicken.  We were both completely full and had no more room when I see Elder Hinrichsen pull up his backpack onto his lap and set his scriptures on the table.  Confused I looked around to see if he was just getting ready to share a thought while we were eating and by the time I looked back his chicken was gone!  I looked at his plate in wonder when I realized he had put the chicken in his
backpack! No bag, no tinfoil, no wrap or nothing! He just put his chicken straight into the bag! haha We were both dying trying to keep our composure because no one noticed! It was a completely successful chicken insertion!  ha! once we got in the car afterward, we both started busting up!

Anyway, that is some of the most exciting new I have this week! Things are going great! I'm having a ton of fun and can't wait to hear from you next week!

Love,
Elder Ethan John Rowbury