Operation Ingrown Toenail

Operation Ingrown Toenail. You heard right. I´ve had an ingrown toenail for about a year, but it´s never bugged me too bad until a couple weeks ago. So I called Hermana Rodriguez last night, and she told me to go to the MTC doctor this morning. Elder Shaver, from Eagle Idaho operated on me. We had some good mutual Eagle connections, so we passed the time well. He numbed the toe, and cut out the bad part of the nail. Quite anti-climactic, but now my toe is better than ever. We stopped by McDonalds afterwards on our way to the metro. All in all, an excellent morning in downtown Santo Domingo!

We´ve started teaching a man who has been less active for about 13 years. He lost a little daughter a couple weeks ago and decided to come back to church. We decided to teach his family, and have put baptismal dates with his two kids. Ashley (10), and get this, John Taylor (8). We´ve had some good visits and I think they´re going to progress. Maria is doing great. She´s still looking good for baptism on the 28th of this month. Gabriela has a lot of interest. Her husband´s a super chill guy that is very nice, but works most Sundays.

In other news, I read an excellent talk by Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin called Sunday Will Come. I loved it. He related it to Christ´s resurrection. We all have our Fridays, when everything goes wrong in life. However, Sunday morning will always come. That´s what I like about religion. I can´t imagine living life without the hope that everything will be made fair and just in the end. Let´s be honest, all too often, this life is not fair. But that is why we believe in a compensating after life. If we keep that hope kindled in our everyday life, life treats us better.

Love to all,

Elder LeCheminant