WEEK 40

Hello, everybody!

 

I hope that you all are doing great. The last week was two days short for me but in it there has been many great moments. For one, I appear to be mucocele free. The procedure was quick and painless; the healing stages are going smoothly. It also appears that the last 4-1/2 months of being on bike have been beneficial. Last Monday I finally came into an apartment that had a weight scale. I weighed myself at 218 lbs. I figured that was good since I haven't really cut back on portions especially when energy is needed to pedal throughout the day, but I assumed I was just burning off whatever I put on. However, when I went in for my procedure on Wednesday they weighed me in at 206 lbs. I am somewhat sceptical since I was weighed at the hospital with a digital scale, but I have found within the last month that I seem to have to tighten my belt a bit more when getting dressed in the mornings.

The work in Santa Rosa is going well. I have two great companions in Elder Bacon and Elder Johnson, there are a lot of great people we are teaching, and Santa Rosa appears to not only be the heart of the Santa Rosa mission but a spot for a lot of celebrity sightings. In the last week we have become familiar with a man who owns a dog which recycles and was featured in the newspaper at one time, a certain guy off of the Food Network was spotted, and we spoke with "Jesus."

 

Well, I cannot really validate that last one with the exception of talking to a man named Ricky on the streets the other day. We got to vaugley know him and talk to him about his beliefs, which he then tells us "I am Jesus." Confused, Elder Bacon asks "Well what makes you think that?" He replied, "I feel it, I...I just know it." We then offered him a card and his response was "You want to give me my card?" I then encouraged him by telling him that being Jesus he will probably travel many places and see more people than we will so if he'd be willing to give the card to someone he feels is in need and can use it. He then says "Ok! I can do that. That's a great point." My companions did try to withhold their laughter from the second he stated to be someone other than Ricky but we were not sure how certain he was with what he said or how silly or facetious he was attempting to be. With all that said, he seemed like a great guy.

 

In regards to serious people we are actually teaching there are quiet a few working towards a baptism date. One is named Brian. We had a great lesson with him this past Friday. I would go into detail about it but I am short on time. However, Brian emigrated here to the US, he's been to Fort Lauderdale before (^_^), he is excellent at making sushi, and he's very sincere and humble in wanting to learn. The only hold-up is that he had a date originally set for this coming Sunday but we still have so much to teach him and there are a lot of activities going on that day so we will more than likely have to push his date back. I will not be able to be apart of his baptism since I will be heading over to Winters next Monday. I am not being changed over to a full-time Spanish speaking missionary but I will be working with the Spanish congregation over in Woodland for the next month and we will see how that goes. The summers are pretty hot there but I am thankful that I will be in a car over there and September is nearing.

 

In closing, I hope that each and every one of you are doing great. I happen to be bouncing around a lot but letters and e-mails are always welcomed and encouraged. I look forward to hearing great things and I look forward to sharing more with you all next week. Take good care!

 

With love,

Elder Gallegos