Commandos and Parrots

Dear family and friends,

 

      Another week passed by in Peoria and I am enjoying Elder Kelley's company A LOT! He's been a great help and support! This week may have been slow in terms of missionary work but if I were to have another slow week I would have it with him instead of some of my other companions. He works hard, he's bold, he's honest and he has some amazing ideas! I'm hoping that he could be my last companion, even though he's been in his area for 5 transfers already. He thinks he's getting transferred but I hope he doesn't. 

 

       I don't know if I've told you this or not, but the members that we live with own two annoying parrots. One of them is called Charlie and the other one is called Baby. They're stuck in their cage all day long and unless provoked into doing exercise they will stay in their cage. Neither of them fly very well. One of them hit the wall on the opposite side of the room and nearly fell into the garbage can. It was pretty funny. Unlike most birds these two are graceless fliers. They also have the most annoying squawk I've ever heard from any bird! No "Paulie want a cracker" it's just an endless barrage of squawking.If you wave one of Sister Andrew's shoes at them (the Andrews are still on vacation) they start squawking big time and for some reason they become frightened. 

 

      So Elder Kelley knows a bike mechanic in Surprise (one of his former investigators) who gives free tune-ups on bikes. We went over there on Tuesday and he (the bike mechanic Elder Kelley knew) HATED my bike! The reason why is because my bike hasn't seen a bike shop since the day of it's creation so it's been beat-up pretty bad. This guy had to do a complete over-haul on my bike. I got new tires, new brakes, a new shifter, a lubed up chain, etc. You name it he did it. He had two "smoke breaks" over my bike. According to Elder Kelley that's never happened before. Even with all the discounts that he gives to missionaries I still had to pay a lot of money. Moral of the story: Keep up the general maintenance of your bike, don't let the problem become HUGE! According to Elder Kelley this applies to cars as well. 

 

       Last week we played "Commando" for our zone activity. It's basically like Canadian dodgeball except with tennis balls and barricades. It was really fun except for the time when I got nailed in the crotch. MAN THAT HURT! Few things in life are that physically painful. 

 

         By the way one of Lindee's friends is in one of the wards I cover. Anybody know who Kelsey Warcup (her maiden name is Martinez) is? She is from Fresno and she does know Lindee. By the way Lindee Congratulations!

 

Love,

Elder Boothe