22 July 1999

Well, I'm in my third area now.  I showed up at the office on Tuesday with Elder Roberts (Elder Surowiec was on splits with Elder Salea doing that awesome CSP).  Elder Pfister was already there.  I found out that he had very recently been certified.  Since he's been around quite a bit longer than I have, they made him district leader instead.  Part of me is really happy that I don't have to deal with that responsibility yet, but another part of me is disappointed that I don't have to deal with that responsibility yet.  Oh well.

Elder Pfister and Elder MacKenzie

A group of us (me, Elders Roberts, Pfister, Richardson, Hale, and Andersen (not to be confused with Anderson)) went to Shakey's Pizza for dinner.  Elder Hughes was just leaving.  He was being transferred from Catarman to San Isidro.  I ate a regular-sized pizza, mojos (fried potatoes), and a bottomless root beer.  I chugged my first two mugs.  Elder Richardson was so impressed that he kept making me do it again.  After the sixth mug, I ran to the restroom and vomited up a bunch of foam with little chunks of cheese in it.  I thought I was dying, but I felt great after I was finished.

Today was my first full day of work in Almeria.  After lunch, we had to go on splits for baptismal interviews.  I stayed with Elder Knighton, one of the zone leaders, and Elder Kopp's trainer.  By the way, Elder Wynder is my other zone leader.  Canada power!  Anyway, Elder Knighton interviewed two of our investigators who are getting baptized this Saturday.  They're cool.  I love this area so far.  It's beautiful.  I've met quite a few of the members, and I love them already.  We do a lot of walking here, because it's pretty bukid (rustic), but that's okay.