A: Jerry and Ingrid are doing really well, they decided to push their marriage date back a bit, which is fine, and will be wed and baptized in December. They are really enjoying the church.
Q: Is medical care typically considered very poor in Suriname?
A: Yes. I refuse to go to the doctor even if I'm dead.
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A: There are gross bananas here sometimes. But if you find the good good ones, they are better than American bananas.
Q: Do you find mangoes year-round or are there definite seasons for them in Suriname? Do you usually purchase them or find a random tree?
A: Mangoes are seasonal, even usually you can get your hands on them for a higher price. We bought about 25 last week, and are still working on eating them all, one by one as soon as they are ripe. I also bought about 40 bananas today. I hate running out. I've replaced most junk food with fruit, and I think it's a good thing.
Q: Do you speak often in church?
A: Not too much, we are trying to make the branches more independent of the missionaries. This branch especially is excelling in that regard.
Q: What is a typical Sunday for you?
A: Wake up and make phone calls after studying. Study a bit more and go to the service. I'm in either the investigator class or the YSA class. Both are great. Then we have priesthood, which is getting better. Afterwords, we make lots and lots of appointments, eat some food either at a members house, the Jansen's, or home, and go preach the gospel until 8. 8PM we do weekly planning. That lasts usually until about 10. Then we take numbers for the whole zone, and fax them in. That numbers part I've never completed before 11:30pm, and no that's not ok. I'm still trying to find a way to follow that rule. I think they give us way too much unnecessary stuff to report.
Q: Tell us a little more about Elder Norton (interests, quirks, life plans).
A: Elder Norton often gets into this "zone" where he's deep in thought and it lasts all day. I just learned last night that if he's like that, it's still ok to talk to him. He's very dedicated to studying the scriptures and writing in his journal. He plays bass guitar, and dances a lot. He's very kind to everyone.
Q: Are you still sweating all the time?
A: Yes of course.
Q: The internet says the long rainy season is April-July, and the short rainy season is December and January. Does it rarely rain during the dry season, or does it still rain quite a bit?
A: The rainy seasons haven't been following their patterns for the last 2 or 3 years. But when I was with Elder Job, it only rained 4 times, which is very very few. Usually outside the rainy season, it rains at least a little bit every single day.
BOY I enjoy hearing about bike rides and bike stores. I also sometimes daydream about lefty, and how good a bike that is.
Congratulations Simon the Champion. Millie, stay cool, don't worry about mistakes, I've been doing this missionary work thing for 1.5 years and I still make mistakes. Mom's cool, Oli's cool
Much love.
-Elder Hulme
