Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Updates, now that I have the right password.

There has not been much success as yet, but Quinn not going to let that stop him from working hard. He is feeling more and more exhausted every day. He has really taken to heart what Mike said before he left. “Work yourself till you feel like you’re 90.” With the intensity that he works with, Quinn will feel closer to 200 when he gets home.
Oildown is hard to explain. It’s breadfruit, dumplings, some kind of meat and a lot of seasoning. Quinn loves it! He just don’t know what exactly is in it… Probably best. Haha
Things are very 3rd world here. In the city, where Quinn is, it’s not too bad. He went on exchanges with Elder Livingston. They walked over some 20 foot trenches (basically the sewer system) on board bridges barely wider than your foot. It was fun! There are a lot of Christians, but plenty Hindus and Muslims too. They live near this crazy church called the “Mystical Triangle Order of the Great Shepherd”. It’s messed up!
A family Quinn was working with in Grenada, The Cummings, the mother lives in Guayna. He is serving in her branch.
Quinn is officially the senior zone leader now. After 3 weeks in the area. The other one was emergency transferred to another zone and they gave Quinn someone who has never been a zone leader. He's a local named elder Moses. He's really cool and Quinn is excited to work with him. Pretty cool. Lots of responsibility though. It's cool seeing what's going on throughout the whole mission.
The area of Quinns mission is totally different from where he has been before. He is in the capital city, but it's still pretty small. Very poor. Apartment is dirty, but with nice water pressure. Always cold! Showering is no fun. They have a washer that takes a month to fill on its own, so they use a bucket to fill it up from the sink. Use a clothes line strung up in the apartment to dry. It's hot. The people are racist. haha But not all of them.
Elder Bharat got his wisdom teeth out. Quinn watched the doctor do the first one, but didn’t see anything so with the second one he stood up and tried to see a bit closer. The dr said she could come watch over her shoulder. In true Quinn fashion, somehow he was asked by the doctor to put on some gloves and assist. I am not sure how he gets these awesome opportunities. He got to hold the little sucker while she cut, drilled and pulled.
They were not able to work because elder Bharat was sick. Quinn managed to read most of the Book of Mormon in the time he was waiting. He also was able to brush up on his artist skills, drawing lots of pictures. He didn’t send any home, so I am not sure how well he did, but he thinks they are great 
Quinn celebrated a holiday called Phagway(pog’-wuh) where people go around and get you wet and throw colored powder at you. It is the Hindu festival of colour. Hopefully he will send some pictures of that.
Quinn had transfers. He is now with elder Babbel. He is from Oregon. Quinn calls him Nacho Libre.
They are one of the two all-American companionships in the zone. They get along very well.