13 investigators at church...

Dear Fambly,

"Done in by his own trade like a water merchant in the rain." Little Malagasy proverb to spice things up. Yet, this is actually sad thought because a member I knew--a businessman who sells bulletbikes--had an accident this week and now is paralyzed from neck down. They do say bulletbikes triple or sixtuple (I don't know) a person's mortality rate, ironic enough that you kind of want to say to him, "I told you so," but it will never be the right timing. It's hard to see such a sportive guy wheeled in on a wheelchair without being able to turn his head around to see who got called to be the new Primary President. Careful with your necks everyone.

On the bright side, we had an awesome day yesterday at church; we had 13 investigators at church--compared to the big fat 0 we had a couple months ago. I also had to translate for President and Sister Foote, which normally isn't too hard, but I kept translating the sentences so literally that it started to not make sense, haha! For example, when they announced stake business, I kept saying "chores of the stake" instead--the direct translation. I noticed Sister Foote making a confused face every once in a while. Adding to that, some of the talks that the members gave were so boring, I decided to go off on my own thoughts to embellish and make it sound more thought-provoking. After I was done, I thought to myself, "That would've been a good talk I just did there." Anyways, work is going great!!

(Below are a few pictures that Elder Soper's dad pulled from the mission president's instagram account--a pday soccer game and a visit from the president to the ward Elder Soper is serving in right now.)

Malagasy Morsel of the Week - Kaskarota

'Kaskarota' is the burnt rice that needs to be scraped off at the bottom of the pot, the peels of the carrot in the trash that still call to you, the crumbs on the trucker's mustache sitting next to you. If it was a trucker girl, go for it; but if a guy, gotta be sneaky. Even when you've eaten all on your plate, you stomach still rumbles, so you eat 'kaskarota.'

I'm still writing some of the stories from this week, so I'll send a lot next time.

Love you all!

Elder Soper