May 25th, 2011

FAMILY.

This week was interesting. We had a pretty boring week until saturday. We had a plan to fast all saturday until our appointment with the HERNANDEZ family, because they told us we really need to in order to eat all the food they would have for us. So we started saturday morning with some service, helping a member build his porch. This small white man, who is married to a large angry pregnant Haitian woman who has 7 children from a previous marriage. Its just a sad sight. Anyways, She forced us to eat an entire pizza between us two... 3 hours before our HERNANDEZ appointment. We were screwed. But the only thing worse than an angry spanish family is an angry pregnant haitian.

At the HERNANDEZ home, they rolled out the red carpet for us. Delicious food. But, so much. We were sooo slow, and the last ones eating. As we were trying with all our might to eat this food whilst scary brother HERNANDEZ chuckled in his low, mexican mufasa voice, the home teachers came. They told us to stay in our seats while everyone else went to listen to the message, and finish our meals. During the prayer, Elder McRoberts swiped his chicken off his plate and stuffed the tomatoes in his napkin, praying that no one noticed that he had magically cleared his plate in 25 seconds. I was facing away from the family, so I had no idea when they were watching me or not. I just sat there, waiting for my stomach to digest food. Very awkward. After the hometeachers finished, one of them shook my hand and said "if you dont finish, they will be very, very offended." With this prompting I took another bite, then quietly excused myself, and went to the bathroom to vomit. And thus it was. I left the bathroom with full intention of finishing my plate, but sister HERNANDEZ had already cleared it. They were really, really offended. They told us that that was the last meal we would receive from them. And then they asked us when they were going to send spanish missionaries up to Mascouche. Ouch. Discrimination based on stomach size. It was pretty funny, looking back on it, mouthing "HELP ME" to elder McRoberts while he whispered "I am going to throw up, I am going to throw up".

The mission is a crazy place, I have found a love for french canadians and I am so glad I didn't go south. Good luck Hayden! Eat food, practice.

Peace be the journey,

Elder Holm