Cow tongue tacos and Tongan food/Culture

Hey!

     How's everything back in Winchester? I got your package, btw, so thanks for the Cheez-Itz! Stuff here in, SLC, is going pretty good.  We've got a bunch of people we're working with, including a bunch that are pretty solid, it's just hard to get appointments sometimes. we should have several people on date soon, though, which is awesome. I love a lot of the people that we're working with because a lot of them are pretty chill. I don't know if I mentioned this last time, but we really get taken care of out here. our first week we had a dinner almost every night, with leftovers that served as our lunch the next day. There's also a ton of Tongan and Samoan people who live in our area, and they're always trying to feed us. We'll be walking down the street and we'll hear, "Elders! Come eat!" and there'll be a huge Polynesian extended family having a feast and waving us over.They eat like crazy. I love it! Serving here is awesome because you get the Utah culture as well as Mexican culture (my spanish is starting to come back, btw), and Polynesian culture. There's some Tongan less actives/recent converts we're working with who cook for us every time we come over, so I've gotten to have traditional Tongan food, which is delicious. I also went to a Mexican restaurant after zone meeting on Thursday with the zone leaders, and tried a cow tongue taco, which was actually pretty good. Oh, and it's not just the members that feed us. We've been walking down the street and been given water, soda, and food by nonmembers. everyone knows us and even if they're not interested in getting baptized, they'll wave and say hey and even give us food. 

    So aside from the food, I'm also really liking how much my testimony is being built that when you follow God and live right, how much easier and happier your life is. I'm getting to see how cool it is when people turn their lives from meth and stealing and gangs to following God and living right. I'm super grateful that I was born into a family that raised me in the gospel as well as the fact that we've always had money and lived in nice areas. compared to most of the people here, we're pretty rich. Like I said, it's built my testimony and made me count my blessings. 

Tell everyone back home I miss em and love em! 

Love, 

Elder Jacob Lusk :)