Running Around like a Chicken with its Head Cu-....Well You Get The Idea

Hello One and All,

It's been a pretty good week. On Wednesday we went and helped out our Branch Mission Leader on his rancho. We planted crops and had a delicious breakfast. After enjoying some heuvos rancheros we went back to planting seedlings. Then Hna Lopez mentioned that they needed to kill 3 chickens. That's one of the things I've wanted to learn out here, is how to kill and clean a chicken. So I volunteer. After chasing down a chicken I am instructed to hold it by the head and swing it around in circles until the neck is severed. So I killed mine, Broadhead killed his, and then Tuttle went to kill his. We told him he had to swing really hard, so he did, and ripped the chickens head off, it took about two minutes for the thing to stop running around spraying blood everywhere, it was pretty intense. So yeah, turns out chickens actually do “do” that.

Our investigator Procoro got baptized which was cool. It almost didn't happen, but Elder Weeks and I were teaching him and he told us about how he didn't want to do it anymore. We were able to help him work through his concerns and get him to feel animado again about his baptism. His wife chose not to be baptized at this point in time. But she had a really good experience at the service, and now we can start working towards Procoro baptizing her.

There is some really pretty scenery up here, you just have to get out of the city. There's a 40 minute drive through a canyon right by the river that is particularly gorgeous. It's a nice town, a little ghetto, but a good town. Humble people that are ready to hear the gospel.

Love yall lots and look forward to hearing from you,

Love,

Elder Richards