Eyeballs‏

Eyeballs‏: April 6th, 2015

Dear Family and Friends,

This week was nuts. It was great, but like always, very crazy.

General Conference was so good! How could anyone not love it? The thing that struck me most is how amazing and inspired the leaders of the church are. I mean, if they can stay awake for 10 hours of Conference at 90 years old, then so can anyone. :)

Over the course of my mission, I've developed the love for spicy food, but this week I think I may have met my match.  Because I'm super white, I love to impress the members who give us dinner with how much chile I can handle on my food or just eat the peppers solo. At the Gonzalez house, la Hermana gave me and Elder Parry two little orange peppers and a warning that she wasn't responsible for any hospital visits. One bite and 30 seconds of chewing was the rule and I conquered that little challenge, but about 30 seconds after swallowing, my mouth exploded in fire and tears began to come out of my eyes. And this is where the biggest mistake I've ever made on my mission happened.

I touched my eyes with the hand that I ate the chile with.

So I knocked a couple of picture frames off the wall as I stumbled through their house to find a bathroom and desperately tried to wash the lava from my eyeballs for 15 minutes. Good news is that I still have sight in my eyes, I think. It was a great memory.

Other than that we've just been trying to find new families to teach. We found this family this week that we've got a return appointment with and they've already given us referrals. Things are looking up! Hang in there and don't let your Spring allergies stop ya. I believe I've sneezed a million times this weekend. My poor companions.

Mucho amor!

--Elder Beau Hart

(Shout out to La Hermana Villanueva who made a brief stop through the Kaw River Ward on her way back home to Arizona with her family. Bueno suerte Abuelita!)