This past week has been interesting. It's kind of hard to remember what went on though because the days seem to blend together. This week I tracted with my companion all day, every day. It was fun...Alot of interesting things have happened though. We were at a members house and they have this kitten that mysteriously arrived at their house after the May tornadoes. So they took it in and called it Twister. So anyway, this family is an elderly woman and her husband. So we were over there for dinner on Wednesday (the food was amazing) and she decided to show us what her cat can do...So she runs into the garage and brings out this small cat. She is holding it vertically under its front legs and having it walk on the ground. Then she takes the glasses off this tiny Santa figurine and she puts them on the cat! She then proceeded to make the cat dance around and sing (while wearing the glasses) and after it's "performance" she had it bow and then released it (and it promptly tried to climb on my head....). It was probably one of the funniest things I have ever seen in my entire life. It was amazing. The next day we had District meeting (which was good) and we went to this Chinese buffet afterward. The best part though is that they had an all you can eat Mongolian grill INCLUDED in the price of the buffet!!! WHOA IT WAS FREAKING AWESOME!!! I loved it. Alright, the next day we had the opportunity to go to a baptism that someone in our district was having. It was for a woman I had taught before when I was on exchanges with the district leader, and she was extremely happy and even more emotional. It was interesting but really cool to see how excited she was to be baptized. So, at the baptism after she was baptized and she was pulled out of the water she exclaimed "HALLELUJAH, I'M A MORMON! I've waited 30 years for this!!!". Suffice to say, It was hilarious. Some of the more "traditional" woman at the baptism were mortified but I thought it was awesome that she was so excited and so happy. It was an awesome experience. So that was on Saturday and her confirmation was the next day and she wanted all the missionaries to stand in for it (there were 6 of us)! So we went to the sacrament meeting and stood in the circle for the confirmation. It was awesome. So we were in our church meeting (our zone leaders and us are in the same ward) and our zone leaders had an investigator there. He was sitting there and after the sacrament prayer for the water he turns to my companion and said "This is holy water! We could burn vampires with this!" It was funny. Then in priesthood they asked him to introduce himself so he awkwardly stood up, said his name and asked if there was anything else they wanted to know. One of the members in priesthood asked him if he was investigating and this was his response: "Investigating? NO, I'm ready to go! I'm ready to just dive right in! I would do anything for y'all, I'd smite someone if you needed me to!". It was also awesome. Then after the priesthood meeting (we talked about baptisms for the dead) He came up to my companion and told him: "Baptisms for the dead are awesome! But when do I get to smite someone?!" I don't know what it was, but this guy was bound and determined to smite someone....Anyway, that was my Sunday. Something else that happened on Sunday...Transfer information...I'm getting transferred! I'm leaving El Reno and I'm going to a place called Paul's Valley. My new companions name is Elder J. I don't know anything about him but I'm pretty excited. Transfers are on Wednesday. That's about all that has happened with me this week. Thanks for the e-mails, although I would still like Emma's new address so she doesn't think that I have forgotten her...Thank you for your letters and stories, they are definitely one of the highlights of my week.
Love you all,
Elder Raymond the Younger
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