Dear Family,

This past Tuesday for Pday we had plans to play basketball between 2 and 4 pm with the youth of the ward, but we had some misfortunate events. Nearly all the youth had arrived, but we did not have a ball to play with. All of us were waiting for the person to arrive that had the basketball, and as we were waiting and talking to each other, two of the youth that had been waiting outside ran inside of the church gates and tried closing them. We thought they were playing but then I looked a little farther and saw a drunk, well someone that always appears drunk and who bothers my companion, coming in our direction. One of the youth called out, "llaves!" or "keys". I grabbed the keys, raced to the door and locked it before the guy arrived. So... all of us, locked inside church grounds, with a semi-drunk guy outside, and without a basketball. How fun that was. However, finally the guy left, the ball arrived, and we played for 15 minutes. 

I played with chickens this week because I had to catch one chicken that was on a member`s property and take it to its own property next door, and two chicks tried resting on my lap and on my feet so I played with them. 

We had some crazy experiences also. For example, the bus schedule Wednesday wasn`t normal and we ended up being stuck in Sipacate without a way out. To walk to La Gomera it is about an hour and a half`s walk. However, we were blessed because the Family Telon found us and rescued us. 

Saturday, we brought a cake for an investigator`s birthday and when we lit the candle, it would not blow out. All of us had a laughing fit with that. Turns out that the candle was one of those magic candles. For those that had never seen it before it was even more funny. 

Sunday was election day. All of Gomera was in the streets. We spent most of the day in La Catalina. Well, that`s all for now.

Love you.

Love Destinee