Alright, I know I just updated but this has been a good week. I'm staying in Grand Rapids
still for at least this week. My mission president said I'll probably
be staying here unless he prays and feels otherwise. Things are going
good here so he wants to keep it how it is. I'm glad. Grand Rapids has
so much going on.
So,
we have to take the bus. I was on it the other day and we were riding
back to our apartment. We went to the back and sat down. I sat across
from this black dude with dreads pulled back into a pony tail. He was
eating a sucker. He was possibly intoxicated. Actually, he was
intoxicated. On the Grand Rapids bus you aren't supposed to swear. So
when we sit down he sees me and says, "ohh man, boy you in the wrong
section" and I was just like "oh, why's that?" And he just said we were
different people. He starts going off about something. He says he
doesn't need church to be close to God. (Note: He's being nice and
playful, but he's being an idiot so I sort of start to antagonize him)
He says to me, "Dude, you gotta girlfriend?" I said no. He looked at my
companion and asked, "What about you?" And he said no. Then he kind of
chuckles and says, "Look bro, if I didn't see yo badge, I would have
thought... that... well.. You know..." and I said, "Gay?" He said,
"Exactly! Yes, thank you. Now I don't have to say it." I just said, "How
many gay people have you ever met that dress identically the same?" And
he says, "Well you know you ain't got no girls or nothin'" and I
explained our situation. He said, "Still though, god don't hate me
because I have sex." So, at this point, I should have abandoned the
conversation. But I don't. He swears and the bus driver gets on the
intercom and tells him to stop. Then, after he's a jerk about us being
missionaries, I just say, "What exactly do you do with your life? What
is your purpose?" He chuckles and says, you don't want to know. I said,
"Booze, weed, and women? Real original." And he goes off about his kids
and his baby mama. He swears again and he gets kicked off the bus. He
gives me this look like, "YOU DID THIS TO ME!" And I get scared.
Hopefully I don't run into that guy...
We
are having some good times. Door knocking in the 'hood is sweet. You
meet some interesting people. I've gained some weight this transfer, we
eat Taco Bell all the time.
So yeah, that's my life. I'll probably update it more that cool stuff is happening.
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