A Scorpion And Coca-Cola Addiction?

How's everybody doing? Pretty much the same ol' here, but it's missionary work, so it's good! The work this week has been really good. This week, we had companion exchanges with the zone leaders. I went up to San Roque with Elder Telford. He's from Boise, went to BYU, and we talked about just about everything. He gave me a lot of good tips for my Spanish that will be really good for me. The first appointment we went to was a recent convert. I started explaining about what Jesus did while he was on the earth, and after I finished, she told me that she didn't understand a word I just said. So that was fun. But I shared pretty much the same thing with another family later in the day, and there were no problems  I'm not sure how that works. After companion exchanges, me and my companion found the only pizza place in Filidelfia. It's nothing super great, but it's pizza. 
Also, I think I need to watch my Coca-Cola intake. I bought a 2.5L bottle of Coke one morning and drank it through our study times. It was about half gone by the time we went out for the day, and I finished it off when we got back. So now I'm only going go drink water and juices, and when we got back that day I go into the bathroom and just look into the sink as I'm passing by and there's a scorpion just chilling in the sink. Who knows how it got there but luckily it couldn't climb out. We tried lighting it on fire because neither of us wanted to grab it. With a bit of additional help, we got the job done. Something a bit sad but sweet, we have our friend Carlos that we met about a week ago. He is super interested in our message and going to church this week. We had a lesson yesterday with him, and when we finished, he was telling us how he lives alone and doesn't have any family or friends here in Costa Rica. So he says that if we are still around for his birthday, the 3 of us will eat cake together. Kinda sad, but I'm glad he enjoys us coming over and talking with him. We will probably ask him if he wants to get baptized soon! So we're excited for that. 
I hope all of you have a great week and great Come Follow Me studys as well! 

-Elder Kirby

And here's a talk that my mom sent me that I invite you all to study! 
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2015/04/stay-by-the-tree?lang=eng

Photos 
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