We had transfers last week. Elder Ahlstrom and I stayed here in Merritt Island but Elder Fusselman was replaced by Elder Perry. Elder Perry has been really fun and has this hilarious chaotic energy. He drinks mountain dew for breakfast, has mannerisms of the grinch, speaks Portuguese, and is in his last transfer.
Elder Ahlstrom is in training so I exclusively refer to him as "the kid" and the funny thing is literally everybody understands I'm referring to him because of his greenie personality.
Our trio is really having a good time. We laugh really hard every day. Our motto we came up with is "WORK HARD, PLAY HARD."
We saw some cool birds one day so I got close to them to take some pics. Then some Florida man came by and said, "Be careful, those lil buggers poked my sister's eye out." Apparently the birds are notorious for poking people's eyes, but I got some cool pics.
We've had some awesome service opportunities with a lady in our ward named Pat White. She used to be a model and dated both Muhamad Ali and Bill Cosby back in the day. She is HILARIOUS but hearing her story was kind of sad because she's been lonely for a while. Kind of reminds me of the song Cleopatra for the Lumineers fans out there.
Merritt Island is absolutely beautiful! I'm so lucky to be here in the dopest area in the FOM.
In terms of work, we've been a little discouraged with how the people we are teaching are doing, but we've been getting really good at creating relationships with members here.
I feel like there's so much more I could include but I dont know where to start. Here's some fire pics! Featuring a pic of my new favorite animal, Gordito the chinchilla.
Can't wait for conference this weekend! How cool is it that we get to listen to a prophet and apostles!
<3 Elder MacLay
