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Hey what's up.

Well this week went around and visited some of the people we have been working with and it went okay. J the guy that has the next baptism date has been having personal troubles with his roommate, which is lady that parked a camper trailer in his yard. She is kind of worthless and doesn't do anything and that is stressing him out so yeah that was kind of a bummer.

 

C, the other investigator with a date, yesterday didn't commit to anything of the law of chastity and I had an allergy attack in the middle of the lesson. My eyes about bursted out of my head, but yeah she had a problem with everything brought up which is just ridiculous and it was late and we just didn't want to deal with it so that is for this upcoming week again. She has a sister that is lesbian and she said that she said if it ever came to it she couldn't be sure with us about having a partner which was weird because every person I met so far was either one way or the other. No inbetweeners, she is not lesbian b

 

ut she is just weird. I guess that is upbringing which is very strange how different people turnout. Well sounds like graduation went well and summer is kicking off, So have a good summer,,,

That is all I have this week. I know kind of lame. Oh we have transfer calls this Saturday and both Elder Green and Freeman return home next week. Which is crazy.

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Well we had R's baptism this week and that is a good story which will be the majority of the letter so buckle up.

So R is a very jolly man he is kind of childish and humble and that is why he was so teachable and everything we taught him really stuck. Well we weren't sure what to do for the baptism because he is not to tall but he has an exceedingly large stomach. So from the Pittsburgh Sisters we borrowed the biggest baptism suit in Kansas and probably one of the biggest ones in the Joplin Stake. It was a 5 XL and this thing was monstrous I could have spread it out on my bed and used it for covers. So me and Elder M go over there Thursday for our usual split, and we take care of some final baptism preparations, one being if the suit fits. So when the time came and we tried to get the suit on R  asked, "How do I get in it?" Elder M responded, "One foot at a time." So very slowly R l sticks one leg in and the other. He pulls up the suit and things so far were looking good. We got up as the missionary support and helped him put his shoulders on which was a little tight but they fit. Next was the hardest task, which was getting the zipper over that belly of his. R  grabbed the suit and pushed it together and Elder M grabbed another part of the suit and pushed it together to aide me with the task of getting the zipper up and I yanked and pulled with all my might and it only went to about his belly button. He didn't have his shirt off so I couldn't for sure tell but trying my hardest to yank the zipper up I felt a small concave which must have been his belly button. Well he was to big the zipper didn't go much farther and I gave it all my might. It wasn't going to work. R was to big for the biggest suit I have ever seen. Twas a hard thing to comprehend. We left R's place that day with an assurance that we would figure something out. We tried quite a bit called around the zone looking for a 6 XL and it was no good. Elder M even made a call to the Kansas Temple and the biggest they had was a 5 XL and the largest size of pants they carried was 64 inch waste, R being a solid 68 to 72 he wasn't quite sure. I couldn't believe it, was this going to be Fort Scott's destruction. Then a great idea came up we have a 74 inch pair of pants that we fit three people in that could work so we tried to bleach it white but for whatever reason it didn't work. And the whole time this ordeal was going on Elder Cheney had in the back of his mind, "I have to baptize him." Well Flash forward to day of the baptism the final solution. We put him in the jump suit up to about his waste and tucked the rest in. The M's bought R a gigantic White shirt that did fit and so we draped that over him, and to top it all off we went to Wal-Mart and bought white rope to tie everything together so it would not come off during the baptism. Problem 1 solved now for the next. We felt a little bit more comfortable with two Elders Baptizing him so it was both Me and Elder Cheney. So how it went down is that Elder Cheney said the prayer and R afterwards got down on his knees and we held on to his hands and then he just went for it and dunked his head under the water and we made sure that he was all under. Now fortunately it only took two tries the first time he actually held on to the bars not realizing that his hands had to be under water so it was a second time and that is when it was successful. Never did I see R glow like that day. Everything that we worked for and was accomplished and like Ammon I will boast in my God and thank him for not having R drown.

That was a short story made long but it was worth it. I'll send pics. Had a good week this week. Peace

 

 

 

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It was fun to see all you guys yesterday man I miss those family dinners and stuff but enough mourning and lamenting for family I am just thankful that I got see everyone now it is back to reality. I don't really know what else to say but R is being baptized this week and Cheney is doing it. R  is like 400 lbs. and Cheney is not. I can't wait.

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Really? I mean there is 260 missionaries and I am stuck in Kansas so I don't know a whole lot of the peeps in the mish, but that is cool I'll have to track him down or something we have a Zone Conference this Wednesday and it is out of three zones so I have a good chance of seeing him. Dang no Brick who are we going to rely to have all the super cool adrenaline junky stories. Colton told me a bit ago that there were so many people moving in and out that the Ward is unrecognizable now. That is sad our ward is so great I entertain Elder Cheney about the good stories from our ward.

Well sounds like a lot of fun this week with dance and volleyball and all the goods. That would be crazy if you drove through Fort Scott it would be like thirty seconds and you would be disappointed because that was all of the town but you would have a pretty good chance seeing me on my bike we are always out. I kind of want to go to Tennessee. Maybe Elder Cheney and I can take the day off and go with you guys. Jokes, Jokes.

Well this week is very good we are having a blast with all the fun people that Kansas offers I will tell you a quick awesome story about R real quick.

So we were over and we were doing a mock baptismal interview lesson and I got to the question have you committed a serious crime? Well he says, "Well one time I was bounty hunting..." All the good stories start with that. Well he goes on to tell us that he used to do bounty hunting for his uncles bail bond business and he was tracking down some guy and he said he kicked down this one door and found the guy he was looking for and a girl breaking the law of chastity and the guy reached down and R thought he was grabbing a gun when he was really trying to grab his pants and "Bam" He kind of left us on a cliffhanger for a couple seconds, so I got super worried and was like, "Oh man we will have to get President to interview him, and we'll have to push it back, and a load of other stuff went through my mind." Well then R said he just knee-capped the guy and the guy later on forgave him and they are friends, but he still felt bad about what he did so we talked about forgiving ourselves and stuff like that. It was kind of crazy because we actually had one of our members with us. He was cool with it though (the member). Other than that just seeing crazy people and having fun. We have two more dates to be baptized Jon 24th we are pretty confident that he can make that one, and C on the 21st of June. So things are going good.

OH have you guys heard of the show Mountain Monsters we have a couple people here members and investigators who are obsessed and think it is real. They tell us that this group of hillbillies go around the south and Midwest and go searching for monsters and bigfoot and stuff and it reminds me of that one dude in Montana at the vortex, but these people go out and try to catch them. So they are telling us about this show and we are laughing like, "there is no way that is real..." Then they are like, "Elders its real" dead serious. So I think that is kind of funny maybe you guys could pull up an episode for family night. Well that is all I have for you guys. Peace.