Elder Brough

Dear Family and Friends,

 Elder Brough was queezing and feeling awful last p-day, and took about until last Wednesday to recover. He said that was the first time he got sick on his mission. It’s a pretty good track record if you've gone 14 months and then you get sick for the first time. He was pretty tough about it. No real complaint, only a few favors asked.

A ward member that we visited people with a fair amount of times brought Elder Brough gatorade when he was sick.

 Tony has been pretty hard to catch as of late. We visited him, set up an appointment for the next day, and he wasn't there. We met him Saturday night to help him prepare for church, and the kids that he was babysitting decided to stay the night with him, impeding him from coming to church. During a phone call I was half inclined to tell him, "take the ankle biters with you!" but I held my tongue. He'll be baptized, but at this rate I likely will not be there for the baptism. Haber (we'll see).

So Teagan and the rest of their family moved -- just outside of the ward boundaries. I was so mad. Well, not really, just a little frustrated that they couldn't move just a few streets towards the ward and stay. If anything, we successfully handed the torch off to others, and we can focus our efforts on others.

We went to the aquarium today! Lot's of fun. I was mean to the stingrays and pinned them to the wall a few times. One of them had enough of me and flipped to the side, spraying me with several paddles of water. I got some fun pictures. They let us in for free because we are missionaries.

Questions and Answers

How was Elder Brough's birthday celebration? 

Somber. He was sick.

Also, where is Elder Brough's home?

Ye 'olde city of St. George. He experiences the same general weather of Texas minus the wicked moisture.

And what are some things about his family?

Girl. Boy, Girl, Him, Girl. His uncle got him interested in rock climbing and in a dinner with members last night, they got into a conversation that I wouldn't be able to follow.        

How are Leah, Tony, Cliff and Eric doing? And Teagan and Katherine and Ken?      

Haven't seen Leah in a while, see above for Tony, Eric falls into category with Leah. Then Teagan and their family moved.

Ken seems to oscillate between progressing and stagnation. We'll continue to work with him, but such is the life at times.

Are you still interested in smoothie recipes?

Our blender broke, but sure.    

Do you still want us to send you weird phrases for you to translate?

Think of the important words that you would need to say, but probably wouldn't think of at first. Translation helps the most when it challenges me.  

And how has the Spirit guided you this week?

In subtle ways during lessons. Of comfort when things aren't going perfect. I'll get more specific next week.

Elder Hall

Texas San Antonio Mission