THE 72 HOUR COCO ROOS CHALLENGE

A couple weeks ago, a lady who works at the prison dropped off a ton of possibly expired Coco Roos from the prison. The giant box contained 60-70 smaller boxes of delicious (past date) goodness! For 2 weeks the box was left untouched, unseen, and unattended. We saw this to be a sham. rock. shame! Quickly, (faster than you can name the states in the continental US beginning with Texas then going backwards in alphabetical order) we came up with one of the greatest ideas known to missionary history. 


THE 72 HOUR COCO ROOS CHALLENGE: the true test of manhood (you shouldn't have a colon in the title).


We decided that for the next 72 hours, with the exception of member dinners, we would eat nothing but Coco Roos and milk! So it began. Faces were lightened. Bellies were fattened. A box, was emptied.


I'm not going to go into too much detail, but my body felt interesting!


In other news, I went to sweep this man's little yard at his apartment, and it was really great, until... there was a blue towel on top of some leaves. I picked it up and threw it in a trash pile. I kept sweeping and started to smell something truly putrid. I turned around and there was a giant dead bird in the leaves. I swept around it and put the towel back over the bird. 'Tis our little secret...


The best tool for conversion is the Book of Mormon combined with the Holy Ghost. It is so cool to see people commit to reading. 


My friend Jade and her daughter Isabelle got baptized yesterday, and it was so cool. I got to watch it online and talk to them after the baptism. Technology is very cool! 


Soldier boy I tell em,
Elder Sheppert




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