Hoosiers are interesting people...

Hello! I hope that everything is going well!

Mission work is going forward and I still very much enjoy it. 

For those of you who don't know, a hoosier is someone from the state of Indiana. I have no idea where it came from. Even if you google "hoosier" is says that the origin is unknown. While some people use the word to say that it is someone from Indiana, missionaries usually use the word to mean someone who fits into a specific stereo type of people who live in Indiana. Those people usually smoke, are missing teeth because of their smoking since they were about 8, and have some very interesting ideas about anything and everything. We have this one investigator that was just passed onto us by the sisters in our ward and he was given to us because he is starting to creep the sisters out. Great way to introduce him, I know. This man has been described as a "hoosier of all hoosiers," which is a really accurate statement. Every time that we see him and every time that we bring someone to meet him he talks about his belief that we are supposed to eat meat hardly at all. He feels that God has called him to tell people about this and that is why he talks about it so much. His logic is that in the word of wisdom it says that we should eat meat sparingly. He says to eat meat like you use a spare tire, only when you need it. You don't go around driving on your spare tire all the time. To spare also means not to kill, so we shouldn't kill the animals for our food! There are other scriptures in the bible that he uses to defend himself, but they still don't really make the point that he is trying to get across. What is still so funny about all of this is that he still eats meat! He feels bad every time that he does so, but he still will eat it! My favorite thing that this man has said was on Saturday during a Book of Mormon study that we have for investigators and members to come to. We were discussing some chapters in Mosiah and he just starts talking about Adam and Eve. It somehow was related, I don't remember how, but it seemed okay, at first. "God married Adam and Eve and because he married them, he made them one flesh. Because they are one flesh, when they kiss in isn't cannibalism..." what... what! WHAT!!! There were four missionaries there who know how this investigator can be and all four of us were trying really hard not to just burst our laughing! Finally a member just said, "Cool." as if she just didn't know who to handle it. I then thanked him for his comment and we moved on. Ever since then I would say to Elder Lilly randomly, "Good thing kissing isn't cannibalism!" Indiana is definitely an interesting place! 

Thank you so much for all that you are doing!

I love you!

Elder Hayden Cannon