The monkey won't bite... but the dog might

  June 2, 2025 

    Good morning everyone! I understand that it's the evening for most people, but that's not important right now! This was a wonderful week! And I'm excited to tell you about it!

     This week was crazy with all of the exchanges! We started with an exchange on Wednesday. I don't think it stopped downpouring the whole day, and we did not care. We rode around on the bikes in the rain happily for hours. We topped it off with some food truck Guyanese barbecue. From there, we moved to the music night for the district. All of the sisters from the mission were in Guyana (that's not normal) for a sisters' conference, and they stayed for the night of music. It was super cool to see a bunch of missionaries from the islands!  We Elders performed "Ye Elders of Israel," and it was a lot of fun! We also ran back "This little light of mine" from when I was in the islands as well!

        Turns out... The dog does bite 

      On my Saturday exchange, after being stuck in traffic for a considerable time, we visited a member who has a dog that is notorious for trying to bite people. It had yet to be successful with the missionaries. I am always prepared with that thing... Till this time. When we showed up, the dog was totally chill, and I figured I had just made good friends with the dog now and we were chill. We go to say hi to the monkey (who doesn't want to say hi to a monkey) and while we are standing there, without a sound, the dog just clamps its fat mouth just above my knee. Unfortunately for that dog, it got a foot to the side, let go without a sound, and walked away. All was well, no blood was drawn, but trust was broken, and bruises were made (it was a big dog).

     I'm sure there's more that I'll remember once I hit send, but for now, enjoy the pictures and the scripture:

Mathew 4:19-20 

"19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him."

Sometimes the Lord asks us to sacrifice EVERYTHING in the service of him. We must give up our old life to accept the new one that God gives us. He wants to give us all that he has, so let him. I love you all, have a good week, and as always, be you.

Elder Aldrich

(I don't know how to caption these, but these are some incredible people) 

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