Week 47: Falcon Punch!

I found the solution. You have to sleep with a frozen water bottle. I'm a genius and have beat summer.

Funniest thing ever happened this week. We had exchanges in Fuenlabrada with the zone leaders this week, so I got to go work with Elder Gonzalez. We went to visit a family in their ward, and they have this super awesome 3-year-old daughter. She reminded me a ton of my niece Cora. She was showing me her notebook she draws all her pictures in. The cover of the notebook was from Smash Bros and had Captain Falcon in the corner (greatest character of all time). I asked her if she knows what Captain Falcon says, and she said no, so I taught her the "Falcon PUNCH" move that he does. So during our conversation with the family, she was off in the other side of the room falcon punching the air. Meanwhile, the dad walked in and gave us each a bowl of chips to eat. Later, the girl walked towards us being crazy and swinging her arms all over the place. She got too close to where we were sitting and she accidentally hit my bowl of chips, and it went flying out of my hands, straight into the TV and put a big crack in it, and then the bowl fell to the ground and shattered into a million pieces. There was glass everywhere. Everyone just went silent and she looked like she was about to cry. But then all of a sudden she throws her fist in the air and yells "FALCON PUNCH!!!" Oh man it was the funniest thing! Luckily, her parents weren't mad, they actually laughed too. But wow I felt so bad! haha. Basically, you shouldn't teach kids how to play real life Nintendo...

So Rosario is doing so good! She's getting baptized THIS WEEKEND! She had her baptismal interview this week and it went really well! She's a little nervous, but super excited! I'll report on it next week!

There's this dude in our ward named Franklin. He's from Bolivia and got back from his mission in a Chile a few months ago. He goes on splits with us all the time. He's such a stud! Yesterday, he was showing us some pictures of his mission and talking about all of his experiences and stuff.  He said there was a kid in his last district that was a stud on the piano and played super good and he said that he reminds him of me. He did a ton of musical numbers. He showed me a video of this missionary playing the piano and singing, and it turns out, I know this guy! It's Chip Hixon!! Franklin served in Chip's mission and was his district leader before he left! Small world!

Before the mission, I hated fish. I just refused to eat it. I thought it was so gross. But ladies and gentlemen, I'm here to testify of the changes that happen to those who serve. I love fish now. This week, we had 3 food appointments with members in one day, all fish. I was soooooo full at the end of that day, but I'm not even mad. The Ecuadorians make some awesome Ceviche. It's basically raw fish in a salad. And it's super good! We had a lot of that this week.

Today for P day, we went bowling with some investigators and less actives and it was so fun!! Wasn't my best day for bowling unfortunately... But it's ok. The important part is that they all had a good time!

Transfers are next week! Updates to come! Love you all! Have a great week!

SHOUTOUT TO AMERICA FOR BEING THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD! USA USA USA USA USA! HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Elder Hendrix