This
week I actually get to email on Pday. The internet is back and is working fine.
It was really weird cause the internet was out in all of Cameroon, so even the
elders in Douala didn't get to email home. Anyway, everything is going really
well over here. Time is going by SO fast. I can't believe I've already done 7
weeks here! Transfer number 2 starts today. It should be a good transfer.
This
week we had a lot of really cool things happen. On Tuesday I went on splits
with Elder Leavitt so I could do some baptismal interviews. It was a 63 year
old man and his 9 and 11 year old sons. It was a really cool experience. It
also meant that I was in a room at the church for 2 1/2 hours. But it was
perfect timing because it started pouring rain just as we got there. So we
missed getting all wet :) On wednesday we had a lady that we teach ask if we
could take her 16 year old daughter and send her to some sort of nun home in
America. That was kind of weird haha. At least she didn't ask us to marry her.
We had a cool lesson with Joseph this week too. He is an investigator that has
been investigating for over a year. But he's had some problems with
commandments. But he picked a baptismal date and has decided that he really
does need to keep the commandments. So I'm really looking forward to seeing him
be baptized. We also started teaching a family that is Congolese. They are
really nice and they are very interested. He is a reporter. He got kicked out
of Congo for his reporting, but now he is here. They are really nice, and they
said next time they are going to make trois pièces, which is a really good
congolese dish. Saturday we planned to attend the baptismal service for the
family that was being baptized. We planned one appointment in the morning
before, but it fell through. So we ended up doing service with the Obame twins.
I'll get a picture one day, but you seriously can't tell them apart. It's
hilarious. Anyway, we went and pulled water out of a well and carried it up a
big hill for a lady that lives by them. That was really cool cause we also got
a bunch of contacts from that.
Sunday
was the craziest day. We went to church in the morning. It went well. Then we
taught two lessons after church at the church. We had a mini coordination
meeting with our branch president. Then we went to see Marie-Sylvie, a recent
convert. That we went to see a lady that we've been teaching in a restaurant.
But apparently she didn't have permission to because the owner came out and
told us we had to leave halfway through the lesson... hahaha That was kinda
weird. So then we went to Francky's house and they fed us. We ate some sort of
wild mango sauce over rice. It was really good. We saw some weird things that
day though. I'll share some of the things. We saw a man with bleach blond hair
walking down the middle of the road in diaper (we saw him again today), people
were saying the the Red Cross is a sect, we were stopped by a crazy old man
that told us not to follow him home or ask him questions but then said God
bless you, we were stopped by a handicapped man in a wheelchair that knew the
missionaries really well before, has read the entire Book of Mormon, and is
going to America in a month. That's just a sneak peak into the daily life of a
missionary in Yaoundé haha. Lots of crazy things.
So
to try and answer some of your questions that I missed last time... I would
recommend everything that I bought except the socks and belts. Handkerchiefs
are much needed. Bring more shirts and stuff than your call packet says. At
least 15. The pants are incredible. I would recommend buying the tailored fit
though. By the way, if you send me more, could you get the tailored fit? If not
I can get them tailored here for a dollar... But these are really poofy haha.
Anyway, I'll reread your other email and answer the other questions haha.
Anyway,
ebola is fine. Our mission president did let us know that there is a cholera
outbreak here, so he told us to take some precautionary measures, but it's
fine. It's not usually fatal and the symptoms are very distinct haha. We have a
huge medical book in our apartment that tells you about all kinds of diseases
and stuff and everything about what they do and how to treat them. So we'll be
good ;)
I'm glad that I got that email last week
cause I was able to participate in the fast for Gene as well. I hope that she'll be ok.
That fast was one of the greatest experiences I've had from fasting. I started my
fast and in my study sunday morning I read Elder Bednar's talk from last
conference. It said "There is no physical pain, no spiritual wound, no
anguish of the soul or heartache, no infirmity or weakness you or I ever
confront in mortality that the Savior did not experience first." The Lord
loves each and every one of us. I hope that during this difficult time that her
and her family will be comforted and they will be able to feel His love for
them. The Lord is watching over them and will take care of them.
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