Elder Aidan Holyoak: Ups and Downs (on a bike)

This week we biked very far. The whole week was pretty normal until the middle. One of our members wanted to show us a family's house that had some less active youth. He said the only way to get there was to bike or walk so we decided to bike. The one thing that we didn't know was that he is insane at biking. We were struggling to catch up on all of the hills. Out of nowhere, he turned off the main road onto a small dirt trail. Turns out the rest of the ride was about the same as an uphill mountain biking trail. We rode on that for about another 20 minutes and finally made it to their house in the middle of the jungle. When we got there, we were all super thirsty and they offered us rainwater to drink. I hesitated for a second and then decided I'd have to go thirsty for a bit. I didn't want any parasites. Riding back down was a lot of fun because it turned into a downhill mountain biking trail. A great experience all around, especially because we are now teaching one of the kids in the family.

Another crazy thing that happened this week was an emergency transfer. My companion and I stayed the same, but we lost one of the Elders in our apartment. Elder Steadman was transferred out of our apartment, but he will still be in our zone. Lucky enough president interviews are tomorrow and since our apartment is closer he will have one more night to sleep over with us. We will party.

RIP Elder Steadman you will be missed.

That's the week. Real transfers come this week so I can update you on that in the next email. I hope you're all living happily right now. Enjoy the small things, like ice cream.

Scripture of The Week

Revelation 10:9 - "And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey."

Bitter Belly

Contacts

Email - aidan.holyoak@missionary.org

Facebook - Aidan Holyoak

My family said they wanted more pictures of our area so here you go and thank you, everyone, for the birthday wishes.

Birthday Pizza