29th week

Well,

I guess its another week. So I better write another letter...

I'm currently on the run as an illegal alien in a third world dutch
speaking country. By on the run, I mean that I'm wearing a white shirt
and tie, on a bike, talking to people with a horrible American accent,
and I'm white in a predominantly non-white country. So not really
running per se but more of sticking out. Luckily for me, the computer
has not been around in Suriname for a long time so they don't know I'm
illegal most likely. Oh well. I guess the paperwork got to SLC on
Thursday and they would have got it all set for me, but someone here
took a paper out of the package at the last second. Which means an
incomplete paperwork set got sent. So we sent the new paper on Friday.
Should be in America on Tuesday, not sure if that means Utah or Miami.
Other then that, I just wait and do legal things so I don't get picked
up.

I've received a few question about food so I thought I'd mention a few
people. Currently we have only one member that will feed us with any
sort of regularity, by that I mean every time we come over. His name
is Benjamin and he is a big hunter. By big I mean he goes out every
night if he can. The funny thing here is that he won't eat his own
kill. If he kills it and cleans it he won't eat it. Instead he saves
it for the Elders and gives it to us. Does that make sense? No, but do
we like it? Yes. So far at his house we've had pig, chicken, fish,
alligator, and haas. I don't know how haas translates but it is like a
giant rabbit. I mean really big. He is currently looking for a boomkip
for me (Iguana) and he says if he finds one he'll shoot it and then
cook it for me. I'm pretty excited about that. Hopefully soon..
Hopefully soon...
Other then that we are currently working with a few different
investigators. David, a brother of a member who has fried himself on
drugs. Progressing the most problem is he only speaks Sranantongo. I
don't speak that yet so I just do a lot of listening. Sharon and
Sandy, both are kind of plateauing. We need to do a better job of
keeping them progressing but that means they need to come to church,
the eternal problem. Yolanda, a 65 year old creole woman who again
really only speaks Sranantongo. She is fun because even Elder Van
Meeteren can't understand her most of the time. Those are our main
investigators.


Everything is going mainly well. I'm on the search for a new bigger
bike so hopefully that will come to fruition but other then that all
is well. I love you all and I can't wait to hear from you!

Elder Nathan John Nielson