August 24, 2014

Dear Fam!

My new area is the best! Well, I love Hastings too, but Pahiatua and Woodville and Eketahuna are pretty legit towns. We have so much going for us here, and actually, i think we do more than I did in a bigger area, because we always are trying to fill time, and so we just do anything and everything to stay busy. Work on the farm, less actives, volunteer at rest homes and schools, anything and everything. It's awesome!! 

This week I saw two cows give birth...the first one....stillborn. It came out, flopped to the ground, the farmer guy kicked it a bit to try and restart its heart or something, but nothing....he had to reach in and pull it out too so that was kinda gross, but cool at the same time...it was Elder Foremaster and I's first time seeing a cow birth, so kinda sad...but the second one, all goods! We saw the calf tongue wriggling as it came out, so that was pretty neat. Gross a bit, but neat. 

We also found out this weekend from some members that the Brethren church owns like 80% of the whole town. All the major businesses are run and owned by them. Most shops, and then some other random stuff too. It's crazy, there's a big brethren church right by our house, and they all come in huge lines on Thursdays to go. We heard about how it is inside, and it sounds spooky. The fire brigade took two months to get permission to go inside, and they said if anyone is stuck inside with a fire, they're pretty much dead. It goes down into the ground, like a spiral staircase, then he said in the bottom middle are these two horse statue things around like a coliseum area, then benches with straps on them, 10 inch thick steel doors that only open from inside, it sounds more like a compound than a church. he said I can only imagine what goes on in there.... scary.....real scary...Foremaster and I were debating whether to go in yesterday, but we were thinking we wouldn't make out out alive.... anyways, so a big church runs half our town. Awesome!! :) Looking forward to that... other than that, we have been meeting with new people, finding new investigators, and doing the best we can. I love this area, and my comp and I get along great and it makes it so much easier! I hope you are all doing well, remember who you are and what you stand for! Love the Lord with all your heart might mind and strength! 

Love you all!

Elder Passey