Goooooooooooooood morning everyone! What's up? Elder
Smith and I are doing good. We had a pretty interesting week. I forgot
to mention a couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to try crickets!
They were extremely crispy, and salty. But not bad. Elder Smith ate like
15 of them. I ate a few mostly for the experience of it. The two
Hermana (sister) Missionaries declined, which is funny because one was
from Mexico and the other from Ecuador.
And here were the two straight-up Americans eating the very
non-American food. I also ate squid. That was weird. It was spiced up,
but the texture was weird. It wasn't chewy, but it was kinda hard. Hard
to explain.
Yesterday,
we went to this member's house who feeds a bunch of Missionaries
occasionally. We ate Pho (sounds like 'faw'). That was pretty good. It's
this Asian, noodle soup. Tasted great. We also got to try Baloo. I have
no idea how to spell it. Baloo is the chick cooked inside it's shell,
and it was gross. NOT my style. It tastes kinda like eggs, with a gross
texture. AND THEN, due to this kind Lady's tradition of every new
missionary who eats at her house gets to eat a Thai Pepper, I had a
first-hand account of what an erupting volcano feels like. :) at first,
nothing worse than medium salsa. And slowly, like spreading flames, the
acidic properties sunk deep into my soft flesh. I had to get up and get 3
glasses of milk. Go ahead, call me a whimp. It burned. Like the bowls
of Diablo.
But now, aside from some stomach cramps, I'm doing great! Got to love spicy, right?
Well, to enlighten y'all's minds, I thought I'd share a quote I heard the other day:
Talent is God-given. Be humble.
Fame is man-given. Be grateful.
Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
-John Wooden
We
always need to check ourselves. In our strengths, we must be careful of
self-praise. In our weaknesses, we must be careful of
self-disapointment. In our jobs, we must walk the line of doing the best
we can, but not making it our life's priority. In fun, we must be
careful of distractions. Always check yourself. You will never do
anything perfectly, but you can do everything better.
Love you all! See you soon!
Elder Goss
-- Aaron Hyrum Goss
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