MARCH 12 2012
Well last week i gave another "my average day" but technical
difficulties occurred so here it is. I guess its good because i
couldn´t finish last week so maybe this week it will have more of my
average day.
My average day here usually consists of waking up at 6 o´clock and
doing excercise for an hour. After that first 60 minutes i usually
finish up by flexing in the mirror about 20 more. After wards i eat a
bowl of granola or oatmeal, a can of tuna, and some protein. I wait
until my comp gets out of the shower which isnt terribly long nor
terribly short. Once i´m in the shower the water isn´t hot or cold,
its usually warm. the water here somehow is all heated. I mean ALL
heated. There is no such thing as cold here, its all warm. but i guess
its fine cause you´ll never be drinking it. Once i´m out of the shower
I get ready and dressed for the day. I then start personal study which
is usually searching for good scriptures for investigators for the
first half then continuing in the book of mormon for the last half.
I´m in one of the best parts right now. 3 Nephi during christs visit
and teachings to the people here in the americas. It has a TON of
problem solvers for the people here. After personal study we have comp
study. Now before I go on i would like to describe, Who is, Elder
Huetes. Elder Huetes is 19 years old and is from nicaragua. We have
the same amount of time in the mission but he has one more change in
the field than me. He is about 6 inches shorter than me and looks
very... Alive. Now don´t get the word alive mixed up with lively,
cause they mean two very different things. Elder huetes is NOT lively.
but neither is he a sad person. Not smiley nor Frowny. He is not a
loud person nor is he quite. He speaks when spoken to or when needs be
but don´t expect anything shocking or suprising to come out of his
mouth. for example. I asked him what he liked to do at home. he waited
for a moment and replied "nothing".... I asked him if he had 2 hours
of spare time to do what ever he wanted and he waited for another
moment and again replied "nothing". The best way to describe elder
huetes is Alive. I call him "human". My human follows me around walks,
talks, eats and sleeps. Our conversations (which now rarely exist")
consisted of me asking him questions about himself in which he always
responds with yes or no and a brief explination. He has not ONCE asked
me a personal question. Where are you from? what do you like to do?
Family, friends, girlfriend, hobbies, NOTHING. I cant complain about
him at all, we get along just fine! He just has the personality of a
tree. It lives and grows and never does anything exciting or out of
ordinary. But i will say we do have alot in common! turns out we BOTH
have a nose! and a pair of ears, we also both have hair, a mouth, AND
TWO EYES. Crazy huh?... That´s a little bit about Elder Huetes.
So back to comp study. We usually read a little of the mission manual
and then study for the needs of our investigators which we finally
have! We´ve actually got quite a few good ones now which has made it
alot better to be here. After we study and find scriptures for them we
finish with a prayer, put our shoes on and take off for the day. BUT..
i´m out of time. so that was my average morning and i´ll share what
happens once we leave the house next time.
So until then Thank you sooo much for all the love and support i´ve
recieved and i pray for you all every day. I hope the weddings and all
the stress it can bring will pass easily.
LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH
Elder Nicholas Wimmer
March 19 2012
Hey fam bam i´m on! just a couple of pictures. This is Elder zimmerman
and I believe i´ve mentioned him before. We´ve become good buds
sharing the area. Also father speaking of rugby, He plays rugby for
utah state! pretty cool eh? he´s a big boy. not extremely tall but
built.
1)rough night out on the town (probably only share that with close friends)
2)Also speaking of weather. I´m sure you don´t have any of these back at home.
3)Since we share the area ever sunday night we do dinners together.
4)Zimmerman cracked the lid of the toilet 2 weeks ago and it this is
what it now looks like.
5)That picture was taken about 2 seconds ago in the internet
shop.
Well Hello my family. Hope all is well and starting to warm up. Thanks
for your letters. Mom and Dads emails are always my favorites to read.
Todays letter i´m sorry to tell you is not going to be the last half
of my day, BUT.. It will still be an experience. Its an experience
that starts with dinner saturday night and finishes sunday morning.
And keep in mind this isn´t an uncommon experience here in the
mission.
Saturday night for dinner Elder Zimmerman and his comp, and Me and
my human went to eat at a taco shop. We all ordered different things
and different numbers. I happened to order three regular taco´s. They
pretty tasty and generally filling. We ate our taco´s and left to our
separate appointments quite satisfied with our meals. Me and Elder
Huetes went to a semi active family to chat and help one of the
daughters with her english homework. When we arrived and sat down at
the table the daughter pulled out her homework and i started to help
her. As we were studying i noticed the mother put a pot on the
stove... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!... The pot meant one of
two things either Tamales.... OR CALDO.... Now if you remember what
caldo is or have been keeping up with my letters you may remember my
knee cap caldo story. Yes, caldo can vary but none of the various
types are tasty in the slightest.
I continued to work with daughter awaiting my fate. What would it be,
dried oatmeal in a leaf or dismembered body parts soup. about 15
minutes later she laid a plate in front of me. PHEW... not caldo...
But wait not just ONE tamale... but TWO tamale´s! oh goodie. i didn´t
even have to ask for seconds. So as i ate my barf in a leaf i finished
up helping the girl with her homework. I drank the glass of soda they
gave me very quickly and i slowly finished what may have become my
DOOM. To be continued.... sorry! got to go! until next week.
Thanks for everything family i love and think of you often! Hope its a
nice and easy week.
Love Elder Wimmer
MARCH 21
Previously on the mission "Taco´s for dinner" "teaching in enlish"
"pot on the stove" "Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" "Two tamales....
My DOOM"
Well here we are, i had just finished up my two tamales. Over flowing
with tacos and so called "food" in a leaf. I was SO DARN STUFFED that
i didn´t finish it all. Eventually said good bye and left to our last
appointment for the night. It hurt to WALK i was so full. After the
long walk we arrived at our cita. We Taught a small lesson for the
member family and finished up with a prayer. I stood up and reached
down for my back pack, when i looked up i saw one of the sons holding
a plate..... with ANOTHER tamale. Im sure he thought i had just been
stabbed by the look on my face. The truth is he might as well have. I
prayed that the tamale wasn´t for me but as i learned from the past
god doesn´t always answer our prayers... He gives us challenges so
that we can grow. In this situation, grow out ward. I sat back down
and looked at my tamale and thought to my self "I do hard things" and
took my first bite. KAAAAAAAAAABBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!
What in the world!! The tamale was FLAMING LAVA HOT. And no not
tempurature wise but spicy wise. Somehow she made the awful tamales
even worse. She put in some craaaaazy chile that i´ve never even heard
of. IT. WAS. HORRIBLE. it burned in my mouth and grumbled in my
stomach.
Well i´m really sorry but... AGAIN. i´ll have to continue this next
time. Sorry. Not alot of time to today. But i´ll finish the story next
time cause theres even more that happens.
Also! my human has changes. So! maybe i´ll get a comp that has a soul.
I´ve come to the conclusion that he recieved the death eaters kiss
recently before coming on the mission. So i´ll let you know who my new
comp is next weeek.
I love you all so much and do appreciate all your letters and love i
recieve. Hope its a good week for you as well
Love Elder Wimmer
March 28
Now, where was I. oh yes. "It burned in my mouth and grumbled in mystomach". That grumbling in my stomach continued for the rest of the
night until we got home. We planned for the next day, said our
prayers, and hopped in bed. I was soooooo stuffed and as always when
stuffed, VERY tired as well, so it was quite easy to fall asleep.
The next morning i woke up as always just a little bit before my comp.
I got down on my knees and started my morning prayer. As i was
praying, i felt something, in my stomach.. grumbling, i then felt
something in my lower gut move, and afterwards something TRYING TO
EXCAPE FROM MY BODY OUT OF THE ONLY EXIT. I swear this thing was
LIVING or had hands or something because i have never flexed my bum
and stomach so hard to try and keep this creature in. I quickly looked
over and noticed my comp was already down on his knees knowing that my
comps destination is ALWAYS the bathroom immediatly after he prays. NO
SIR, There is NO WAY my comp is beating me to the bathroom cause there
is NO WAY i am holding this thing in ANY LONGER. I immediatly finished
my prayer "NMSCRiSTEMN" and SPRINTED for the bathroom shouting "GO
BACK TO THE DEPTHS FROM WHENCE YE CAME DEMON!!!" Flexing my stomach
and bum as hard as i could the whole way i eventually reached the
toilet. which by the way only had about 25 PERCENT of the lid. I sat
down so hard and fast that i CUT MY BUM on the jagged remnants of the
toilet lid....
Words can not describe and nor would i, if i could explain the events
that followed. The recovery from that experience was long, painful,
and VERY uncomfortable. but I am glad to say I survived with a little
help from a butt load of pepto bismal and some rest.
Well the resolution is short but it´ll have to do cause I've got to
run.
I hope that all is well with family and friends. I appreciate
your love and support.
thank you thank you thank you.
LOVE Elder Wimmer
