September 11, 2016

So as far as my week, I have a funny story to tell you!

Once upon a time, Elder Farr had a lump on his foot. It just looked like a callus but it was painful to walk on and so he thought something was amiss. However, he assumed it would go away; he didn't have time to take care of it (or so he thought).

Then, as he stared down this small bump he realized it had something black on the inside. So of course, assuming it was a splinter of some sort, he quickly brandished a needle, stabbing mercilessly and attempting to pull. Well, that caused some discomfort as some might think, and so he called the mission nurse who told him to go to the doctor.

Elder Farr went to the doctor and discovered that his foot had been building weird calluses because his shoes are damaging the tissue, as well as allowing a wart virus to get under his skin. So he blasted it with liquid nitrogen and has to go back for yet another treatment. :P

Other than that, life's great. I've really been enjoying stuff, got another Orientor done, it's just waiting on President Lam's part. We have taught a bunch this week! Rainbow is so golden, A Ling is quitting tea, she hasn't drank it in 13 days! Brother Chu is quitting smoking, coffee, tea and alcohol. Pray for him please! My new investigators A Bo and A Hou need some desire. (These are new investigators, about high school age.) We have also just been teaching Sister Wong and her friend's little girls English a bunch.

Also, it's Mid Autumn Festival here. Yesterday I went to a member's house and we all played a game about 4 word idioms in Chinese. It was seriously so fun! And I learned a ton of Chinese proverbs. So many: "Like trying to chase a cow up a tree" = impossible!

I asked about Moon Cakes...

So it's this stuff... they take this lotus seed and red beans and make a paste out of it, and then they make a cake out of it. Literally one is about 2000 calories. You can't even eat a whole one, and they're literally the size of your palm, so you have to eat them by slices. It's like Lembas bread. One bite can fill a man for a full day (How many did you eat Elder Farr?) (....four...)

They're actually not bad, except I don't like the egg in the middle. They have egg yolks that have been boiled or something in the middle. They're interesting. Mid Autumn Festival is just super fun. You eat the cakes and some glutinous rice balls with filling (I love the peanut butter filling ones) that are soaked in ginger brown sugar water. It's awesome :)

(He also said that you play a lot of games during Mid Autumn Festival, so Elder Farr is totally in his element. This is definitely a holiday our family could get behind!!)

Love you!
--Elder Farr