Bed BUGS!!!

This week has been kind of rough. It's been super hot and a couple of our investigator won't keep commitments we give them which means we might have to drop them. They love having us come over and feeling the spirit when we do but then when we tell them to read part of the Book of Mormon before we come back it never happens. It's pretty frustrating but mostly sad. They want the gospel in their lives and they know it's true and good for them and their family, just not willing to put in the work to get there. But everyone has a time I guess. It's just part of the missionary experience and people coming unto Christ. I've been explained it's a lot like a grape vineyard. You walk down the rows and pick the grapes that are ripe. The. Come back the next day and do the same thing. It's hard to leave someone like this though. I feel like they are so close to being "ripe" I just almost want to pick it early. But I know as well as every, that's not the best thing to do and will probably lead to inactivity later on. Our week has been pretty slow too with the 4th of July week and everyone being out of town. And to add to the top of it we have bed bugs. They are the worst! They are the hardest things to get rid of! I didn't know they were real until I moved down here. You have to vacuum all you bed and bed frame every night and search for these little microscopic eggs they lay everywhere. Wash and dry all your clothes, sheets, blankets, shoes, and shove them in garbage bags and rubbers and them shut every time. And the things that you can't wash (suit, ties) you have to throw in a garbage bag and throw it in the car and wait for it to get 120 degrees. (That's when they die) So we have to go through this huge routine every night before we go to bed. And have to live out of garbage bags! They are like ten times worse than any other bug! We are having some people come in this week to spray our apartment but the first spray doesn't kill them, it only makes them more hyper and I'm gonna get bit 10x more. Then they come back in 2 weeks and spray again, hoping to kill all of them. So it been pretty rough . But! We hope to have a better week and see if we can help some people out and help em come unto Christ! Love you guys! 

Elder Mangus standing in front of a thermometer in Phoenix