This week we received a welcome surprise! For Elder Shipp's birthday he received money and with that money he bought himself an e-reader. He has loved it because there are so many church books that he can upload for free! Being the tech savy guy he is he also figured out to record his voice on it and send a recorded letter to us! Yes, we got to hear his voice!!! It was so great to hear the joy in his voice and know that he is truly happy serving in the area he is in right now. As a matter of fact it almost sounded like he was having too much fun :)!
The unfortunate part of having a recorded message is that all I can rely on are my notes...so here goes my attempt to translate his voice onto paper:
He is still having problems with his bike. There are so many thorns from plants that his tires keep getting holes in them. The weather has been extreme...90 degrees with 90% humidity and then out of no where cold, windy with heavy rains.
His companion is Elder Tidwell from Vegas. His companion is a Zone leader and Elder Shipp is a District leader so Elder Shipp gets to go along on baptism interviews which he enjoys.
They seem to be having a good time together as he explained their "War with the Wasp". One night there were many wasps in their flat so to get rid of them they torched them, smacked them with a broom and shot them with pellet guns. Elder Shipp said that Elder Tidwell is a sharp shooter! They are also going to visit a game park with water buffalo, giraffes and elephants. For Halloween they dressed up by wearing eachothers name tags!
Unfortunately they still have not had the opportunity to listen to conference. That bums him out.
He signed off with:
"The Big Shipp (Elder Shipp) in High Tides (Tidwell) signing off....PEACE"
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