First off. Our AC broke. We called the building manager on Thursday
to have someone come and fix it. John, the building maintenance dude,
came and looked at it and said he would be back and left. He never came
back. Friday
morning we called the building manager again and asked about it. 12
o'clock. He said an HVAC guy was coming and that it would be fixed by
mid afternoon. 2 o'clock. HVAC guy came and said that he needed a part
to fix it and would be back later that afternoon. 5 o'clock. No guy... 6
o'clock. No guy. We called the building manager again and he said that
it wouldn't be fixed until Monday afternoon. It is still 86° Degrees in our apartment. It hasn't been below 80 in our place for 6 days! Friday
night we called Elder Pierce, the apartment coordinator, and asked what
our options were. He said we could buy fans or go stay at the English
Elder's Apartment. Since it was already 8:30 and we are supposed to be
inside at 9, we just went to the other Elder's apartment and stayed the
night. Saturday
we bought a fan, which doesn't do much when it's 86, and were planning
on staying the night in our apartment but it was too hot. So we stayed
at the Elders Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights. Ive slept on hardwood floor now for 3 days straight. But, it's supposed to be fixed today so life is still good!
On Wednesday
Elder Porritt and I went to the Library and we were going to post an ad
on Facebook for free Bibles. In doing so, Elder Porritt got a
notification from Facebook that someone had stolen his password, posted
it on the web, and so he needed to change it. While trying to change it,
Facebook completely locked him out. He had two options to get back in,
either sign in from a recently used machine, the computer that just
locked him out, or send in a picture of his ID. Sending in ID seems
rather sketchy so we tried to find some way around it. But, Facebook has
no customer service or tech line. We couldn't call anyone or chat
anyone. I looked it up and found out that it is actually a legit Facebook
thing to send in ID. So he did, marked out personal info, and Facebook
unlocked it. So it wasn't too bad but annoying and crazy nonetheless.
So
that's the crazy stuff. This week has gone by super quickly but also
very slow. We haven't had much success with the people we are working
with and haven't found anyone who is super solid.
We
did, however, pick up a new investigator named A. She just moved
her from the Dominican Republic and doesn't speak any English. She
didn't come to church but we are trying to change that;) . Nothing too
exciting happened with investigators this week.
The English Elders did have a baptism yesterday.
His name is C. and he is probably 45ish. He's super cool, used to be
Pentacostal. It took him several months to finally understand why our
church is different. The word Authority to him means that someone has
the Legal right to do something. When he was baptized in a Pentacostal
church he felt that they had the Authority or legal right to do it. The
Word Power means in our language Authority. The Pentacostal church
doesn't have the Power to baptize because they don't have Authority.
It's rather confusing but I'm just glad they helped him understand!
Down
in Derby, (haha remember that pinewood derby movie?), CT there is a
senior couple whose mission is to teach people about family History. He
is a high council man for the Stake. His name is Elder Lopez and his
wife is Sister Lopez. They are from Mexico and have been assigned to the
Waterbury group to help build it into a ward. There is a ward in
Bridgeport, CT that he helped make a branch and then a ward. He is super
cool! Anyway, they invited us over for dinner!! I haven't had real
Mexican food for over 9 months and I stuck to Keto! Yeah! Salsa Verde,
Carne Asada, broccoli salad, so good!
Talking
about Keto, I've been on Keto now for a full month! Oh yeah;) anyway!
I'm doing very well. Transfers are coming so fast! 2 weeks from Wednesday.
Anyway, not much else happened. Love you all!
Elder Bushman
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