Week 9 CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY


Oh BOY do I have a story for you!!
So my companion and I go on walks every day and we always walk by this community garden. Sometimes there's people working in it, sometimes not. Well two days ago we went on our walk and we hear some guy yell "do you want some beets?"
And we're like... what?
"Beets! Do you like beets?"
And this guy goes over to his patch of the garden and just pulls up some beets for us, tells us how to cook them and how healthy they are for you. He asks us if we're missionaries, so we talked with him a bit about the gospel, he told us he's buddhist... and may I just mention that this old guy was wearing NOTHING but his boxers.
So that was exciting. 
We're also getting ready to move into our own apartment so we've been getting TONS of packages and it honestly feels like Christmas.
We're not teaching anyone quite yet but we are staying pretty busy posting on facebook, meeting with members and just trying to find people teach! 
It's pretty awesome here, I love the people and the area soooooo much. Except for the giant mosquitos. No thanks.

Pictures:
Presents
Deer
Beets
Cedaredge
Old guy giving us beets, picture taken by the sisters we live with.

Have a GREAT week dont get bit by mosquitos









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