DINO - Sept 4th

This week was pretty interesting! A fun thing we got to do this week
is visit a members home with their own little tortoise farm. these
people had like 30 tortoises and some goats! turns out tortoises are
pretty rude all they want to do is come up to you and start ramming
you with their head. they are super strong and will just try to push
you over. They had a 50 year old tortoise that weighed 130 pounds and
could easily lift me! (attached is a video of me trying to balance on
this dinosaur!)

This week I feel like we spent an unusual amount of time in the
ghetto. And as a result we met some pretty... Interesting... People.
One of them in particular saw us rolling up to an apartment complex
where one of our recent converts live. He clearly recognized us
because as we pulled up he turned around and started to walk towards
us. We parked and got out of the car as he walked in our general
direction. Both Elder Smith and I said hello but he didn't say
anything. When we turned our backs he, out of nowhere, he started to
accusing us of smoking marijuana. He told us he could smell it on us and
started to step up on us. Haha. We told him we hadn't but he wasn't
taking it. He continued with his accusations and told us to unlock the
car so he could get in. We told him we aren't going to do that and
because there is no need. All of a sudden our recent convert yelled
across the court yard saying she's calling the cops. It turns out this
guy had been stalking her for a while and was being an all around butt
head to her. He was convinced the Elders had some harmful alternative
motives for visiting so much. He made sure to make a note of our names
and disappeared the same way he came. It's crazy that sometimes people deal
with difficulties the missionaries don't even know about.

This week we are planning on taking a recent convert to the Gilbert
temple which will be awesome!
Arizona is cooling down everybody... I never thought I would say this
but a few days ago it was a "cool" 90 degrees. also I have attached a
pic of some ghetto kids we like to play basketball with. Stories about
them to come... Love hearing from all you. God Bless

Elder Erasmus