Missionary Moments

 Buenas!

It's been a hot minute and a lot has happened. I'm still in the same area of San Jose, but now with a new partner-in-crime. Elder Beus left for his original mission in Mexico and Elder Conaway is my new companion. But that is new news. 

Starting like in December, I paid $20 for a kit to patch up two bikes that were chained to our fence. We enjoyed them until last month when they got stolen. So back on the streets on our feet, but that didn't last too long thankfully since we cover about 200 square miles. We pulled two more bikes out of the storage shed at the mission office in need of some TLC and now once again have two beautiful bikes. 

At the start of March, March 2nd to be exact, I celebrated Texas Independence day in good fashion with steak and potatoes. And meat thermometer in hand, I made everyone in the apartment some grilled chicken. I'm wholly convinced the seasoning called "Slap Ya Mama" is the best out there. Its just salt, black pepper, red pepper, and garlic. A little spice, a lot of flavor. 

While Elder Beus was in Salt Lake, meeting with the Mexican consulate, we hiked to the top of the hills bordering the city to see the sunrise and like previous sunrise hikes I've been on, it was cloudy, though the sun managed to peek through. 

I have three, though kind of two, chile de arbol plants growing right now. The two I'm most likely going to keep are named Bud and Gary and the small one, Wesley, next to Bud is probably going to get picked. They were both planted at the same time, same conditions, so I'll give the small one some time, but I think he's gone. It reminds me of the Dread pirate Roberts in "The Princess Bride" saying to Wesley, "Goodnight Wesley, sleep well, I'll most likely kill you tomorrow". Hence the name. We'll see if they share the same fate.

I'm close to mastering Elder Gomez' rendition of "Master the Tempest is Raging". I have the piano solo version, though the sister missionary accompanying him on the cello is in my area. https://fb.watch/4y8hNJ0TdS/ I hope the link works. But since I've almost got Elder Gomez' song, I started a new one based on a recommendation from Elder Gordon. That's all from the west coast though so until next time, Party on Duuuudes!!!

The Wildest of Stallions,

Elder Schenewark

my address: 1336 Cherry Ave, San Jose, Ca 95112