The weekly Mamba Jamba

 Yet another week in New york.  Monday Night after p-day we went to walmart to look for more people to teach. This black dude in an infinity pulled up and I invited him to church and he said no so i started talking about his car. It was rear wheel drive and had an exhaust so i figured he drove a little reckless and he said he said he drifted and a few other things and I asked if it would shoot flames. He said yeah bruh and i said 'prove it' he said hold up. He started up the car and started revving it up and then 1-2' flames started flying out of the exhaust and i swear it was louder than a gun shot it was wicked and most definitely made my night more enjoyable. I'll send the video to my mom and she can send it to those of you that want it.

  Heres a list of cool cars ive seen this week because i realized i cant send every picture of every car i see every day. Im crazy but i would if i could. Clean mitsubishi evo, a sick eletric truck called a Rivian, a clean bug eye wrx (blue), a beautiful subaru forester xt (basically a wrx haha), black 2019 wrx on bags, peach color infinity on coil overs, 2009 beamer on coilovers, a beautiful blobeye wrx(grey). so yeah just some of my favorites.
    Thursday we went to zone conference in Manhattan. It was awesome and i even got to see a rat in the subways. Yes that sucker was probably the size of both of my fists. The conference was good and they even fed us a decent breakfast with waffles, bacon, sausage, and eggs. Then we had a Talent show and the sisters told us we were gonna sing 'when I am Baptised'. I actually didnt mind even tho i hate singing infront of people. Then we made gingerbread houses. Then we went back home and lets just say i hate not being able to drive..... Its literally killing me. Be glad you all live in idaho and not newyork tho. The traffic in the city is nasty. 
      Christmas eve was alright. We worked our butts off all day and then the sisters bought us pizza and left it at the church. But we decided we wanted steak instead so we went to outback steak house instead. I got an 11 oz steak medium rare with mashed potatoes, and seasoned rice. Then we tried finding more people to talk to but all the parking lots were literally empty so we just called a bunch of random contacts. That didnt work but anywaysss.. Christmas day was really good. I got some packages and thank you to those that sent them. It made my my morning a little more like home. We ended up getting 5 people to church which made christmas even more special. Everyone in my ward was so kind and you wouldnt believe how many treats and food we got. They are amazing people out here. Around 3 we went to bishop Geopherts house and we talked for a little but until shampain (our friend/investigator) showed up with her two daughters. Then it was almost time to eat but when Sister Geophfert pulled the ham out of the oven she said it smelt funny so she threw it away. Then we waited another hour or two for a roast to cook. But it was honestly really good and the gravy she made was mighty tasty. Then i had some pumpkin pie and icecream. Food has been alright. But let me remind you that ive gained 15 pounds since ive been out so im not starving dont worry.
It was an awesome week and i will talk to yall next monday.   I love everyone of you and i hope you had a wonderful christmas and happy new year.
Love,  Elder Mikkola 





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