Letter From Rhys - Week #15 - The Adventures of Elder Chu: Part 1

Feliz Lunes from the tropical land of the Republica Dominicana.

This Week is all about the adventures of Elder Chu, but before we get to that a quick update.  2 of our 4 people to get baptized this past week were.  The others were pushed back to the first weeks of December.  Also, we have had many miracles in our area which include finding gold! (Investigator) The name of this Gold is Jennifer. Jennifer has been attending the church for quite some time now, and has a testimony that it is God's church on the earth but she has not been baptized.  This is because she's moved a lot and never talked with the missionaries before.  We found her while looking for someone else.  We stopped by her home to see if she knew someone who had been contacted during the Cosecha in the previous week and she then proceeded to search for this person for us for 15 min.  It was an amazing find.

Now to the part with Elder Chu!  The Wonderful big yellow stuffed Pokémon Pikachu who is named Elder Chu, has been to quite a few places this week.  Upon the request of my zone, Elder Chu came to our district meeting this past week.  Also, coincidently, for interviews, so did the Mission President and his wife!  I am sad to say that President Smith was not formally introduced to Elder Chu.  However, Hermana Smith had the privilege of getting her picture taken with Elder Chu.  She also gave me the OK to use Elder Chu in lessons with young children.

Anyway, Elder Chu has been established as our Zone Mascot and I will probably be bringing him to all of our meetings for the rest of the Transfer.  Along with that, the president and assistants (with most of the work being Hermana Smith) brought thanksgiving lunch for us last Thursday for our district meeting. IT was SOOOOO GOOOOD. And I had the opportunity of trying a plum pie. It’s not that bad really.

This morning with it being p-day, Elder Portillo and myself ran to the Avenida España at 6:15 to watch the sunrise.  And since this is the Adventures of Elder Chu. OF COURSE, I took him with me!  I Ran with him in my hands and he was wearing his p-day hoodie as well!  We took a whole bunch of pictures and a video as Elder Chu witnesses the rising sun over the horizon of the Caribbean Sea!

After returning to our apartment, we prepared ourselves for the amazing experience in the Parque Del Este.  It’s funny, while I’m currently writing this letter, there are people in this cyber center screaming PIKACHU! Oh, if they only knew. 😎😂😉  At the Parque Del Este, us Elders in the zone went and played some good ol' fashioned football... soccer... Elder Chu was more of a spectator in this case but we did get some fun pictures and the Elders got to see his awesome Great Ball Hoodie!

Elder Chu really is a hit with the Hermanas though. It’s a good thing he doesn’t have to follow the rules of the missionary handbook LOL. Well... This finishes this chapter of The Adventures of Elder Chu. Tune in next time to hear what of the kind of shenanigans he gets into.  Only on “Pokemon! Missionary Edition! Gotta teach em' all!” (Repentance and baptize these converts)!

Going forth with the vision of Christ and an eye of faith,

Elder Rhys Wheeler

P.s Mommy. I sure do appreciate all that you do. but there are more typos so there’s more that needs done.

Public Service Announcement: There are photos of Elder Chu's adventures but at the moment I am unable to send them. Sorry to all who just loves and adores Elder Chu! Please be patient. Thank you and have a nice day!