Monday, July 27 2015

well like always transfer weeks are the most confusing weeks in world. I went through the entire week without knowing which day was actually which. Which became quite confusing. once again I cant really remember the things that I did this week. so on Thursdays we usually go and see one of our less actives and when we went there this week she wasn't home. we thought that was strange because shes always home. but she wasn't. anyways we went to go see her yesterday and when we got there she asked us if we came over on Thursday and we told her that we did and she told us that she went to jail! it was pretty interesting, she was telling us that she left her son home alone for like 12 minutes to go to the store and get some stuff for him because he was sick. while she was gone the cable guy came over and the kid answered the door and said that his mom wasn't home. long story short, when she got home there were like 12 cops there and they took her to jail. she was there for two days. it was a pretty funny story the way she told it. I wish I could say that the weather was starting to cool down like you guys are saying but that is the exact opposite of what is going down. everyday it just gets hotter and hotter! and it gets even hotter in august. well anyways that's about it. plus we ran out of time. I forgot about this until the very last like 5 mins. love yall. talk to you next week! elder horrocks

Tuesday, July 21 2015

well another transfer has come and gone in the blink of an eye! i cant believe how fast the mission is going! you would think that six weeks would go slower than this but it sure is weird how fast time goes by. this week not very much happened so this will be a pretty short email. i guess i havent told yall where we meet for church yet. since the church building here was destroyed during katrina most of the members moved out of chalmette but we have a very small group of about 30 people who meet each week and its pretty cool, the place we meet is at a lutheran church. the church has rented out a couple of rooms from the lutheran churches primary school building and we meet there for church. its pretty cool. unique. anyways we were sitting at church on sunday and elder caldwell and i were sitting in the back row and this lady walks in a little late with two kids. a couple minutes go by and the little boy starts to get restless, now at the "pulpit" we have a member from the stake presidency talking about the importance of sacrament meeting. anywasy the little kid starts to moan and groan and says that his stomach hurts and as soon as he stands up he just lets out this bright red vomit all over the place and it was slowly creeping over to me! and in the middle of it all one of the members just looks at it and says it loooks like you drank too much juice this morning! ha it was pretty funny. but on a more serious side after that happened all of the mothers rushed to the bathroom and brought out a bunch of cleaning suppllies and stuff like that. and i was thinking to myself about all the times my mom has cleaned up those crazy messes that i would try to stay like 50 feet away from. shout out to my mom for being awesome like that! now for another story. this week we went to go and see a less active and when we walked in her husband was sitting on the couch (ive never seen him before then because he is always working) and so i went up to him to shake his hand and as i reached out my right hand for the handshake he stuck out his right arm and when i went to go shake it i noticed that he, doesnt, have, a, hand... so i shook a nub. probably the weirdest thing i have done in my life... one of these days ill remember my camera and send some pictures. but for now thats about it. im still here in chalmette for at least another six weeks. im thinking that this next transfer elder caldwell will leave and ill train. dont know how i feel about it. love yall! thanks for the prayers and crap! elder horrocks

Monday, July 6 2015

well the hardest holiday to skip for will probably be the 4th. but spending the 4th in New Orleans was a lot of fun! we went to go watch fireworks at algiers point on the other side of the river looking into the New Orleans skyline, the firework show was pretty lame actually it only lasted like 15 minutes. we expected bigger from NOLA. this week was a pretty slow week though. i went on an exchange with one of the zone leaders and that was a pretty long day. we just walked along the city and didnt do very much. it was really hot. we did find a couple new investigators this week. this next week we are going to try and find more spanish people in chalmette because most of our investigators live in new orleans east. its pretty far away and we only get a certain amount of miles a month. i think missing the 4th has to be the trunkiest moment on my mission so far! walking around in the hot weather i kept thinking to myself what i would do for a cup of 5-3's!! well love yall! talk to you next week! elder horrokcs