Sunday, May 3, 2020

The Chicken Whisperer

February 24, 2020

Good day my friends.

So it's been another lovely week in St. Johns and Concho. Elder Milne is the name of my new companion. And he's a cool guy. A lot of people have asked if we're brothers which is strange because I didn't think we looked too much alike. The conclusion we came to is that it's because we both wear glasses. And we both wear white shirts. And name tags. 

It was a good week though. One thing we did was help some people with their chickens. All 200 of them. Each of them needed their blood tested for diseases, such as chicken pox and chicken-itus and other dangerous chickenly diseases. And they had several different chicken coops full of chickens. And so how we got their blood tested was one guy went into a coop, he had us hold the door closed behind him, and then you just hear the most terrifying noises while he was trying to catch them until the guy finally comes out carrying several chickens by the legs. And our job was to hold the chickens one by one and bring them up to the person poking them with a needle to take their blood. It was quite an adventure. And took it took a while too. It must've been one o'cluck in the afternoon by the time we were done. 

Also, Robert was baptized on Saturday. And that was for sure the highlight of the week. Which is saying something because that chicken thing was pretty awesome. But I just love baptisms, and being able to see people make that step in their life to come closer to Jesus Christ. And with Robert, it's just amazing to see how far he's come in just the last 6 months I've known him. 
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is truly amazing. And I have a stronger testimony of Jesus Christ than ever before, and I've grown such a better understanding of His Gospel as well. And that's the reason people are missionaries. As fun as helping test chickens is, that's not actually the main reason I'm here. It's to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Which often includes serving others. And sometimes we serve others by helping test their chickens for diseases. 

Well, it's time for me to make like your favorite sugar cookie dough and roll out.
Talk to you next week!
~Elder Oswald

P.S. -Pictures:
1. Look at all those chickens! 
2. Elder Oswald and his friend Henrietta 
3. The Fonnesbeck and Oswald Fence Painting Association of America: painting people's fences since 2020
4. Female sheep? Ew! 





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