"I'm just like the Pilgrims and the Indians..."

Quote of the week explanation

If you thought that leaving Oakland would mean leaving the crazy people behind, you'd be wrong. That was proved almost immediately. We were walking down the street one evening this week, trying to get ourselves acquainted with the area, and we talked to one woman who was sitting on a corner, eating what appeared to be 7-layer dip off of a credit card (That was interesting in and of itself; she was using the card to scoop it up out of a tub, and then scraped it off of the card with her teeth. Rinse and repeat (Without the rinse...)). Anyhoo, we talked to her for a moment, but the only coherent words we could make out from her stream were all about pilgrims and Indians...

Hi

This one's going to have to be a little shorter.

We arrived in the new area this Tuesday, and have spent most of the week getting ourselves acquainted. Not too much is happening right now, it seems to be largely in reset mode. We've met some pretty open people during our first week or so here, so we'll see if it turns into anything in the long run.

My new companion is named Elder June, he hails from Wisconsin and is still pretty green in the field, this being his second transfer.

It's pretty interesting, because I have already been in this area several times to visit Chinese members and such (In fact, we plan on stopping by a less active Chinese member later today), so there is one neighborhood in particular for which I am excited, because it might have a decent Asian population. They also have a 99 Ranch market in our area, and if any place in the world is guaranteed to have lots of Chinese people (other than... You know... China) it's that store. So, who knows. I may get to use my language skills a bit after all.

Anyway, that's about it for this week. Hopefully next time I'll have a bit more time to give a more detailed report.

-Ben

P.S. I was thinking of what to put in this first postscript message, and the first word that came to mind was "political cartoon". So, there you go.

P.P.S. I'm sorry to all of you who are avid followers of the political cartoon and were disappointed that I didn't actually include one.

P.P.P.S. Jolly good