Family,
We finally got to watch General Conference this week, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I will admit though, I slept through the last part of the Sunday Afternoon session. Someone turned off the air conditioning in the church, so it was super warm, and I just could not stay awake. I was in the back though, so I don't think many people could see my head nodding.
My companion has a pretty nasty ingrown toenail, and the mission nurse wanted him to go to Guam so that they could kill the root and stuff, but he really didn't want to. Finally, after making it seem better than it is, she said he could just get it done it. They won't be able to kill the root, but it should last him for a few months at least. He goes home in October.
We have one island in our area that is probably 80% members. The problem is they are all less-active. Missionaries have been meeting with a lot of them for years, trying to bring them back to church - as have we. We're pretty tired of meeting with them, without any progress, even though they say they'll come and everything. What we decided to do, was to have a movie night. We're hoping it happens this week, but we aren't sure. We want to read sections of Alma 5, and show the Testaments. I'm not sure which we'll do first, but we want it to be very bold. I hope it doesn't cross any lines or anything, but it's going to be a last resort kind of thing.
Matt should have had Kristen's relative catch the turtle (is it still illegal if he's a native?) and cook it up for them. It makes for a great soup. It's good with curry too. For P-Day today we're going to BBQ some unicorn fish for the senior couple. Reef fish taste much better than fishy fish. Just throwing that out there.
I'm thinking of engineering a virus that destroys betel nut trees. It would have to be extremely contagious, spread rapidly, and affect ONLY betel nut trees. Any ideas? If you have any ideas for how to exterminate dogs quickly and secretly, I'll take those too.
This week was pretty ordinary, I don't have much to report. Transfer calls come on Monday, so maybe I'll have something cool to report next week.
Much love,
Elder Barlow
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