Random Encounter: Cajun

Random Encounter: Cajun

Well this is the best I have for this week. Elder Lancaster and I have been grinding rocking and knocking on a billion doors so it's natural that we find some pretty interesting people. 

We were in one apartment complex and a Taiwanese lady and her baby opened the door. This was odd by itself because there aren't many non-hispanic/non-white people here in Stephenville. She didn't speak any English and of course the only Chinese sentence i can say is: 你的妈妈是一个大西瓜 (Your mother is a big watermelon) so we had to leave, she also told us she didn't want to talk anyway. As we were leavinf though i saw some white guy in sweatpants walking around inside which was a little interesting. 

We finished knocking The building and started to move on to the next one but then we saw the same guy outside. He was in some classic edgy Hell's Angels biker gear with spikes and every thing. We called out to him and asked if we could give him a picture of Jesus. He agreed and stuffed it in his wallet. He asked us what our names were his eyes got blank and he raised his hand high over his head  like he was going to swat a fly. We looked at him for a minute until he said, "I shall call you Daredevil."and he lowered his hand and gave me a hi-five. He shook our hands again and said his name was Cajun something, I think it was Cajun Dave but at this point I'm not really sure.

After he talked about his Harley for a while we asked if we could teach him the lessons. He told us he had to go to work soon and so we asked if we could return. He said he had "a weird schedule and he didn't know when he'd be back" we asked if there was even a good day to try and then he laughed and in the most cryptic way possible he said, "hard to say, I'm only here sometimes and sometimes I'm elsewhere. This is my girls house but sometimes I crash at my friends across town, sometimes I'm at grannys. Im a drifter, my first love is the road. I'll break out of this town someday." 

Then his eyes went blank again and he shook our hands but didn't move. Then he pulled out a vape pen that had been awkwardly stuffed in the pocket of what the the spikiest pair of skinny jeans I have ever seen took a puff and then coughed a bit. The he tried to put it back in his skinny jeans but couldn't get it to fit so he just held it. We stood in silence for a second unsure what to do then Cajun shook our hands again and wished us luck. We turned to leave and when I turned back he was gone! But upon further examination I saw he was actually watching us hiding behind a staircase. 

On a completely unrelated note, I'd like to say to y'all that this gospel is true. By applying the teachings of Jesus Christ we can find peace and direction in our lives. We can be freed from burdens we don't realize we have. I'd encourage all of you, if you aren't already, to read the Book of Mormon.

Love y'all,   

Elder Murdoch 

1: Elder Holland and my companions past, present, and future are all looking her unhappy

2: New whip 

3: I'm just not good at remembering to get pictures taken so I seized that opportunity next to a parking lot full of broken refrigeratos

4: I'm no longer able to wink apparently.