July 15, 2013
Wow this week went by too fast. These weeks are going
by so fast, I feel like I just emailed yesterday.
This week was really good.
Tuesday started the week off a little slow because we were
only able to see 2 people for lessons, but it was good. Margret who got
baptized about a month ago was asking why do ladies always say they are glad
they have the husband they do? She was asking if that is boasting,
I didn’t have an answer for her, but my companion carefully
explained why. He used the story of Ammon not boasting of himself but
boasting of his God after his mission and reuniting with the other Sons of
Mosiah. I am very thankful for my companion.
Wednesday we saw plenty people! We had about 7
lessons. We were working hard and walking a lot. The day flew
by!!!!! We had one lesson and we were
walking to our next appointment and a group of men, about 5, called us
over. One of them was a member who I have never seen before, we'll fix
that. He said the guys were giving him a hard time about the Book of
Mormon, then he saw us walking. We
sat and talked to them and explained what it was, who wrote it, how we have it,
and helped them understand certain scriptures that made references to it from
the Bible. We were asked a question from Revelations about adding
scriptures, and we answered that. The man who asked
the question was very quiet after that. The spirit was strong with me and
Elder Marondera. We were both just feeding off of each other. It
was a great lesson. Thursday was the same thing. Lots of walking and lots of lessons. We almost never get to see everyone we plan for, but Thursday we saw everyone and then some more! These two days were awesome.
Friday I went on exchange with Elder Tolar. For some
reason whenever I go on exchanges, we always get bounced. We spent a long time trying to figure out who
to go and see. We had plenty time to just sit and talk to each
other. We had a good little chat while we sat for lunch and are potato
greens (my favorite). We had some good lessons talking about the Book of
Mormon, and answering questions about it.
The exchange was a lot of fun, and I met a lot of great people and had
some good lessons.
Sunday was very quick. we had a good sacrament meeting
and church service. I hope the talks were good, i didn’t hear them.
We need to move the speakers. The other meetings were good. Elder
Marondera was asked to teach the youth Sunday School class. it was fun
listening to that. We then had a
devotional by President Kirkham that was district wide, it was good, but I
already heard it when he arrived in LIB. Thus far not much has changed
with our new mission. A new zone
was created and Elder Skouson (he was Collin’s first companion) was made the
Zone Leader, he is back in our old area. He has been there his whole
mission, except 4 weeks, hahaha!!! We got new missionaries on Friday and
we will get more in August. This mission is growing!!
My week was great. I love you all and miss you all
I know the church is true and that the Book of Mormon is the
word of God.
Elder Park
The White African
T.I.A.
What do potatoes greens taste like
and who is cooking them for you at lunchtime?
Potato greens are similar to
spinach, I think, at least by the looks. There are people who have cook
shops that we go to for food. The one I went to was next to our
apartment. Sister T loves us!
Do they season the greens w
something? Still doesn't sound good to me.
They season potato greens with pepe (pepper/ spicy
goodness) idk how to make it or how it’s grown. They have
potatoes. I can get potato salad for a lot more than I can
pay.
How do you deal w not having refrigeration?
Are you always buying stuff on your way home every night? What do
you eat for protein?
We have a small refrigerator that only gets cold at night when the generator is on. We buy a lot of canned stuff, kidney beans, mixed veggies, sardines, mackerel, and corn beef, sometimes we add eggs. For breakfast we buy bread. I get some peanut butter, and I usually get bananas too. Protein is mostly fish when people cook for us. Fish is the cheapest around here
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