Stars and Stripes Forever

My week started out with probably the best 4th of July ever. We met the Ajaccians down in bonafacio for our p day because we were going to do an exchange with them the next day. We started our day down there with a hamburger (that turned out to be a giant disgrace to both the 4th of July and the United States of America) and then we bounced to see the cliffs down there. We walked up a trillion stairs and some of us almost died. Then we walked around the city. Elder moss and I spent a lot of time trying to find Americans to wish them a happy 4th. This consisted of us walking around the city saying, quite loudly, things such as, "THE 4th OF JULY IS THE BEST HOLIDAY" and "stars and stripes forever." After that was over, we drove back to Ajaccio and started our work for the week.

On Tuesday, I had the chance to do some contacting with elders Thangaraj and moss. We taught 4 lessons then and 6 total that day. It was really a miracle. At the end of our session, I started to talk to this really tall guy and he looked at me really confused. His wife quickly noticed who we were and pulled her away. As he walked away, he showed me that he had a restoration of the church pamphlet. So, naturally, I just assumed that he had talked to elder moss because he was a little up the street. BUT, none of the missionaries in Ajaccio had talked to this guy. It is a mystery that literally caused me to lose some sleep this week.

On Wednesday I did a district meeting and it was pretty good. Nothing interesting to be mentioned here. Then we drove back to Bastia and I out my head outside the car for a lot of the ride just to take it in.

On Thursday we went to teach our investigator in murato. He's really a great guy and we are just trying to decide his baptismal date right now!

We taught the da silva barbosa family again. Their family has
literally made a 180 degree turn and it is incredible. The little girl should be baptized in a while. Probably when her dad gets back home. But I just hope that I will be here for it.

On Saturday this guy let us in and we talked for a long time. He was surprised that we don't drink or look at porn and stuff like that and it was basically him trying to sell us his way of life. Obviously we refused but then I saw a malicious look come into his eyes and he ran inside. We all grabbed our bags immediately and elder Ramsey stood up. As expected, he came out with a couple porn magazines. I almost laughed so hard because I expected that he was going to do that, but I couldn't believe it. Anyway, we left quickly, needless to say.

Sunday went pretty well. We actually got a referral from the United States (which is awesome). We went to visit this guy and he is really cool and smart! The probable is that he works a lot but we will start teaching him.

Anyway, love you tons,
Elder Marshall Underwood

 Disappointing hamburger