Elder Jacob Elgaaen in Jacksonville, Florida: July 29,2019 The Fire Within

This week was fun. So a few crazy things that happened before the more spiritual... On Tuesday night we stayed over at the Cannon Creek Elders Apartment. We got there later and stayed the night so we didn't have to wake up early and we also were in the area so it would save us on miles. The Elders had a ghost pepper that they dared me to eat a small piece of. I ate a super tiny piece and it wasn't even hot. I said it wasn't hot and they chopped off a little bigger piece about the size of a peanut. I ate it and it wasn't bad so I decided to eat the whole thing! It was hot for about 15 minutes but I didn't even need milk or anything. I thought the pain was over but I was so wrong! I went to sleep around midnight because we were talking and woke up about an hour later with a super bad burning pain in my chest. For a second I thought it was the spirit really burning in my bosoms but remembered the pepper. It was so painful! I probably got 1 hour of sleep over the next 4 hours until around 5 when it finally stopped burning. When I woke up the next day, my stomach was upset for most of the day and I knew I needed to excrete the fire within. Throughout the next day which was transfers, I would get burning pain in my stomach and head off to suffer in the lavatory.

It was a experience I will never forget and never repeat.

Elder Miller is my new companion and he is pretty awesome. He is very kind and funny. He is allergic to most foods but he isn't picky and doesn't make a big problem of it. We also are enjoying the work a lot. There is a lot of people due to lack of planning we didn't meet with much last transfer. We have been having a lot more success this transfer.

Sunday a family spoke because their son Wyatt is leaving on his mission. He gave a really good talk and will make a great missionary. He is leaving next Monday and will be serving on Idaho Falls. They also had really good food after. It was a great week. I also started my plan which is for missionaries going home. It seems so unreal they I have 5 weeks. Love you all and hope your weeks are great.