08/05/2019 A lot more squash than usual



It's already about halfway through the transfer. That's pretty wild. Anyways, things have been good down here. It's been drier, we've started to see sprinklers going for the first time. It's still hot and humid though. 

It's been a fairly typical week. We had some lessons. One of our people is going through a rough time. We gave him a blessing. He felt pretty good afterwards. Definitely was thankful. 

We did some service at a clothing store in downtown Arkadelphia. Its run by a woman from Jordan. She gave us some Jordanese food that day. Squash or grape leaves with rice and ground beef stuffed on the inside. They tasted good! 

Speaking of squash, I had a lot this week. Two members fed us squash at meals this past week and a third a week before. I'm not saying that as a bad thing because squash are pretty good, it's just that before then I had almost none squash. 
Also I had collard greens for the first time. They were also pretty good. 

We also met a man from Cameroon who made music back home. He had some pretty sweet tunes.

Verse of the week
Ephesians 4:29
"Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers."

Pics
1) the Little Rock Zone P Day in front of the fallen steeple. 

2) zone conference from last transfer. I was in the Hot Springs zone for two transfers (before it got merged with Little Rock) and they incorrectly labeled the zone picture both times. 

3) little dog

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