In this post, I will simply post Part 2 of Stilly. Please see Part 1 for any additional information about my time as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (aka the Mormons) in Stillwater, Oklahoma--home of the OSU Cowboys.
At transfers, I got switched to the other side of the city. We opened up an English area that had zero people to teach at first and zero trailer parks and many people of more wealth than I had encountered during the previous parts of my mission. We did a lot of walking and contacting.
When I talk about wealth, I mean people who lived at a higher quality than the trailer people that had zero heating in my previous few months. Someone even had their own pond with a swan! After weeks of dealing with the literal "3rd world" parts of Stilly, I was floored by it. I am not saying that I am against it, but it was a culture shock.
We lived in a house and got many perks that no other missionaries in our mission got to have. We lived with "grandma" who had her granddaughter and her husband and their baby living with her. There was a dog and a cat (got to break the "no pets" rule!) and a library perfect for studying.
During this time, I got introduced to one of my favorite meals: Stacked Enchiladas. The grandmother who we stayed with's son made them for us a few times when we would go over to his family's house. It is a family tradition of theirs that came from his father's brother who had gone on a baptist mission trip to Honduras. I have not been able to find this variation on the internet, but here is a good variation that I am dying to try.
Like I said, we walked a lot.
Once, we ate duck! So good!
Another time we ate turkey fresh from the kill. Hunted down by "grandma's" grandson-in-law.
On Easter, I got to spend dinner with someone we were teaching, this little girl, and her family. We had a blast making things out of the eggs!
Gotta love the Bible Belt!
An advantage to staying in the same ward as before but in a different area is that I got to see some of the members who I had previously gotten close to.
I also got to see some of the recent converts who I had taught beforehand.
Here is one of the many families that I had the opportunity to work with.
Gotta love Jesus! And I got to see my old companion a lot as well!
In the end, it was time to go, but I had a blast here. Here is my last meal with one of the families that I became close to
It's really hard to say goodbye, but I loved and was loved and good memories made it an awesome experience!
Goodbye, for now :)
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