Well, right after I got settled in Marshall, a new missionary in the MTC got sick and had to stay there for a couple weeks. I got a call Wednesday at 10:40 pm that said, "Hey Elder, A missionary got sick in the MTC and won't be making it out here for a while. Elder Masters in Grand Rapids. Be ready at 7 tomorrow morning." So, I packed all my stuff up again and got up and drove to Lansing. There I met Elder Masters and we took off to Grand Rapids. Elder Masters and I were reallly close in the MTC and got along great. We wanted to serve together so bad and we finally have the chance. They said it's just for a couple weeks or so, but we're trying to make it go longer. It's just awesome here.
Grand Rapids is the biggest city in our mission and it's about the size of Spokane, but a little bigger metropolitan area. It's pretty sweet. There is a ton of people here and the ward is really cool. I've got a couple stories for everybody. So...
I was on the bus, which I was very afraid of at first. We went on it and we were the only white people on the bus. I wasn't scared. I was scared of the bus for some reason. I was afraid someone would throw up on me I guess, I don't know. I've watched too many movies. I just think of this scene in "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" where Dee is on the bus and gets thrown up on. Anyways.
We ride the bus to central station and there are people everywhere and it's crazy. There's a guy that comes up to us and starts speaking spanish. I can't understand any of it. HE has a heavy Dominican dialect. It was crazy. So this 13 year old kid translated for us. We hooked him up with the Spanish misionaries. It was cool. The little kid tried to get money. He talked to us for like three minutes. Cheap kid.
When we go to get back on the bus, our bus driver decides to take a break. This guy freaks out! He has a disabled wife and she had to get off while he went to the bathroom. It was crazy. So the guy is swearing and going nuts. Then we get back on. This Hispanic couple tries to get on the bus and their two and one year old boys don't have shirts on. The bus driver makes them get off the bus. This random girl gives the boys extra shirts she happened to have. The big guy freaks again and gets up in the drivers face and like grabs and pushes him by the collar and gets thrown off.
Things got crazy. I loved it. There are so many crazy people. There's so much to do that it's pretty fun. I don't have time or energy to think much about home. It's pretty sweet. You can always send me letters at...
Elder Damon Chlarson 1400 Abbot Road Ste. #310 East Lansing, MI 48823
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