Week 13

So this week was transfers and everything in my district stayed the same! So me and elder zuniga will remain together for another transfer. Also that means i finished my first transfer! Wooo yay! Well this week had quite a few cool things happen.

For one our district finally beat the other district at soccer! we stomped them like 5 to 0. hahah one of the native missionaries wasnt happy to lose to americans. We also play a game called 3 hat whack. you juggle the ball three times with at least two people then you throw it at someone. If you get hit 3 times you are out. Our district wins that one. but we didnt have time to play that this week and we only got to play a little soccer because the old missionary couple for this island is headed home this week. So they had a party thing with them. We have one here in a little while with them. they are a really nice couple it will be sad when they are gone.

So i finally received something here. but it wasnt a package. it was a dear elder in fact one that was sent in the mtc so its about 6 weeks old.... oh well. i might see some more things next week because the president mathews should be here at some point and might bring something with him. Otherwise it wont be until the start of april that  i will receive anything. getting things is pretty exciting here due to all the waiting and what not.

Another really cool thing is the frequency at our sacrament meeting yesterday was 60. Thats the highest its ever been in this branch. The other dupla of missionaries here had a ton of investigators there and we had 2. but the two that made it there are getting along really well with the branch president and some of the members so there is a really good chance she will be a strong member in the future. The only problem as of right now is that her boyfriend is muslim. We have to be careful when people are muslim here because if they convert to lds it can potentially be dangerous for them. But also we cant baptize people that are living together and are not married. So that will be a tough situation. But it will all work out eventually.

Unfortunately some of our recent converts arent wanting to go to church. and its mostly because they feel like they dont know anyone there. and its difficult because they are teenagers and there arent that many teenagers in the branch. most everyone is about 20 or 30 or under like 12. but they could be the start of getting even more teenagers there. so we are trying really hard to get them to see the importance of going. we are also going to try to do some sort of activity some time in the future for teenager age group to get them to be closer. one issue though is two of our recent converts we found out used to date. so thats a tricky situation.

So just about every day here im insulted but insults here are less bullying and more of for fun ive realized. luckily ive never taken most insults seriously but the main things they like to do is to make fun of my belly or my language. its actually really funny. but this week i had my portuguese insulted like 4 times and complimented like 4 times. so it evened it self out! haha the language is coming along pretty well. The creole not so much. haha the worst part is there is multiple dialects of creole and the dialects are super different.

Oh yeah and guess what? we found a shwarma place! and i had my first shwarma! needless to say i will be returning on my birthday.I just wish i could get some sushi! i miss it a ton! We are still deciding exactly what we are doing for my birthday in the free time that we have because of course we will still be working because its a friday. also one of the members here that is a lot of fun has the same birthday as me. he will be turning 22 i believe. he just got back from his mission in mozambique. and he is the branch's 1st counselor. The branch is all around super awesome and friendly. I really want to know portuguese so i can not only teach people but also talk to the members. im super excited for that. Well thats it for the week. Thanks for all the emials. And yes i did get yours john. Thanks for the update its super cool hearing what people are up to. i love you all!

Love 

Elder McMullin

P.S. Happy late birthday jordyn! and early birthday mom and bridger! 

A little note copied from Elder Zuniga's blog. 

 1 funny picture of Elder McMullin praying early in the morning with his broken bed, like it was all tilted. He basically fell out of bed, it was hilarious at 6:30 in the morning. It fell apart again, but we fixed it again so now it's good.

(The picture wouldn't download from the computer there. Maybe next week we will be able to see it. His bed frame broke last week when the elders were all wrestling. So they always try to put it back together.)