Well this might be really really short. Cause I dont have any time to write, so ill try to put as much in as I can before I have to leave. So this week has been really crazy, President Dil came this week so that means Zone Conference and that took a long time between five hour conferences and interviews, and lunch. Took a long time, well and then we saw general conference!! This one is very well done, I have really gained an appreciation of conference over the last year and a half, ever since the general conference that I saw during college. Each one gets better and better! The talks are so inspired and now I know that when you go into conference with questions and you come out with answers! I really do now appreciate it now, not just something to sleep through on sunday. Well this week we had the opportunity to give a blessing to one of our investigators,and what an experience. She has malaria and wasnt doing so well, so we decided to give her a blessing and it was an amazing spiritual experience! THe power of the priesthood is real, it is the power and authority to act in the name of god for the blessing of his children! I am so glad that I had this opportunity to give her a blessing, it was Hortance, my African mother. So glad that I can live my life worthy to use it and help these people gain their faith in Jesus Christ! I will never forget it, ever! So I have received a lot of instruction and now all I got to do is show that I learned it by living it! Well transfers are next week and so I will learn if I am moving, hopefully not but its possible. Well time had come that I got to go like a herd of turtles, so I love you guys and hope all is well! Remember who you are!
love
elderly
Monday, October 29, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
It is so hot here in Benin!
So by far this week was the hottest week i have ever had to live thorugh, maybe 3 a days for football came close, but its true the African sun is HOT! I cant believe how hot and humid it is, i havnt stopped sweating, even at nite for a long time. Each day I am drinking like 5 liters trying to maintain some sort of balance.
Well this week has been really good, really good. We got out and taught alot of good really quality lessons andwe were rewarded for it, we had more investigators come to church ever cause of two things. One it didn't rain Saturday or even look like sunday, and too we were blessed for our hard work! My district leader said we taught the most lessons again and we doing good. A good way to end a transfer. This week is going to be very fast and chaotic! This week is Zone conference which means the president from ghana will have to make the 11 hour trip to come. Transfers would usually be this week but they are going to wait until the 5 of oct for that. That will take up to days and then this weekend I get to listen to General Conference for the first time! I am really excited cause I get to try to listen to it in French and see how really well I understand this language! That will take up all of Saturday and Sunday! So this week is kinda shot so tomorrow will be full!
This week was pretty interesting, alot of random stories of stuff that happens/ Like we were teaching a lesson along a busy road and my back was to this road and al of the sudden i heard this huge crash, I turned around to see billions of glittering objects exploding around us. It turns out that this huge old travel bus, the huge back window of it came loose and fell and tyhen exploded! Glass was everywhere, the funny thing was the bus didnt even stop, just continued moseying down the road, and all the motos and cars that went through it got flat tires a ways down the road. It was a big mess! It was really funny, at least I thought! What else, oh that same appointment, right after we finished i stood up and turned to leave and sliced my head open on the tin roofing thing, blood was dripping off my head and everyone just said.... OOOOHHH! Doucement! THe blood just blended into my hair, no biggie! I dunno, what else of my secrets I want to share this week so I guess this is it and i will talk to you guys later! Love ya and remember who you are!
love
elderly
Well this week has been really good, really good. We got out and taught alot of good really quality lessons andwe were rewarded for it, we had more investigators come to church ever cause of two things. One it didn't rain Saturday or even look like sunday, and too we were blessed for our hard work! My district leader said we taught the most lessons again and we doing good. A good way to end a transfer. This week is going to be very fast and chaotic! This week is Zone conference which means the president from ghana will have to make the 11 hour trip to come. Transfers would usually be this week but they are going to wait until the 5 of oct for that. That will take up to days and then this weekend I get to listen to General Conference for the first time! I am really excited cause I get to try to listen to it in French and see how really well I understand this language! That will take up all of Saturday and Sunday! So this week is kinda shot so tomorrow will be full!
This week was pretty interesting, alot of random stories of stuff that happens/ Like we were teaching a lesson along a busy road and my back was to this road and al of the sudden i heard this huge crash, I turned around to see billions of glittering objects exploding around us. It turns out that this huge old travel bus, the huge back window of it came loose and fell and tyhen exploded! Glass was everywhere, the funny thing was the bus didnt even stop, just continued moseying down the road, and all the motos and cars that went through it got flat tires a ways down the road. It was a big mess! It was really funny, at least I thought! What else, oh that same appointment, right after we finished i stood up and turned to leave and sliced my head open on the tin roofing thing, blood was dripping off my head and everyone just said.... OOOOHHH! Doucement! THe blood just blended into my hair, no biggie! I dunno, what else of my secrets I want to share this week so I guess this is it and i will talk to you guys later! Love ya and remember who you are!
love
elderly
Monday, October 15, 2007
Haha from Benin
Bonjour
Wow another week has flown by, by next week i might be done with my mission, thats going to be a sad day. Well this week has been very interesting. Alot of wierd random unexplained stuff has happened. Well to get off with the bad news that this week one of the missionaries might be going home, due to mental depression problems, the kids is really weird and all of the sudden he goes into these depression pits and doesnt stop for a long time. I dunno I hope he doesnt go but, its a good possiblity. Well with that out of the way I can go to bigger and better things. So this week was interesting one alot of cool experiences have happened. Like one day we were way far away teaching danic and he was occupied for sometime so to we went and visited some other investigators close but none of them were there and we are not supposed top proyslete that far out right now and so the stadium and there were alot of people going into it and so we decided to try to get in for free. and we did and it was a soccer match between the benin national team and the president of Benin and his cabinet. Sure we got patted down by huge army dudes with ak-47 strapped to their backs. But we saw the president of the country play soccer for a little bit and it was pretty cool, in a stadium of 30,000 there were three white people, we were 2.
Also this week on sunday was an amazing experience. so during the week we met Frankie and his story is that he was once an investigator long ago and never came to church but recently, before talking to us he started like blessing his food, saying his prayers, and reading the the book of mormon, then one day he saw us walking down the street and called us over and we are now teaching him. When he told us this earlier that day I read the scripture in 2 Nephi 32:8 and it was , BAM here it is in Live action for ya! and he has came to church for the very first time!!! I just hope he continues to progress!
Also the missionaires got invited over to a real african b-day party and it was huge! Lots of people and lots of amazing food! But the worse part is that we had leave before we ate cause of an activity we planned at the church. We had a lot of games so that we could invite our investigators and members so that they could mingle and get to know each other better, it was really cool! well I gotta get going but thanks for the support and have an amazing week and remember who you are! love ya!
love elderly
Wow another week has flown by, by next week i might be done with my mission, thats going to be a sad day. Well this week has been very interesting. Alot of wierd random unexplained stuff has happened. Well to get off with the bad news that this week one of the missionaries might be going home, due to mental depression problems, the kids is really weird and all of the sudden he goes into these depression pits and doesnt stop for a long time. I dunno I hope he doesnt go but, its a good possiblity. Well with that out of the way I can go to bigger and better things. So this week was interesting one alot of cool experiences have happened. Like one day we were way far away teaching danic and he was occupied for sometime so to we went and visited some other investigators close but none of them were there and we are not supposed top proyslete that far out right now and so the stadium and there were alot of people going into it and so we decided to try to get in for free. and we did and it was a soccer match between the benin national team and the president of Benin and his cabinet. Sure we got patted down by huge army dudes with ak-47 strapped to their backs. But we saw the president of the country play soccer for a little bit and it was pretty cool, in a stadium of 30,000 there were three white people, we were 2.
Also this week on sunday was an amazing experience. so during the week we met Frankie and his story is that he was once an investigator long ago and never came to church but recently, before talking to us he started like blessing his food, saying his prayers, and reading the the book of mormon, then one day he saw us walking down the street and called us over and we are now teaching him. When he told us this earlier that day I read the scripture in 2 Nephi 32:8 and it was , BAM here it is in Live action for ya! and he has came to church for the very first time!!! I just hope he continues to progress!
Also the missionaires got invited over to a real african b-day party and it was huge! Lots of people and lots of amazing food! But the worse part is that we had leave before we ate cause of an activity we planned at the church. We had a lot of games so that we could invite our investigators and members so that they could mingle and get to know each other better, it was really cool! well I gotta get going but thanks for the support and have an amazing week and remember who you are! love ya!
love elderly
Monday, October 8, 2007
Bonjour
So hello y'all. How are things back in the cold snowy states of US? Well today is like 94 degrees and 100 percent humity. Nice and toasty! This week is been pretty good to me I have had alot of amazing experiences this week! Wow sometimes I think I am too blessed, I mean really of all the things that of happened to me over my life, I have no idea why I am blessed so much! this week like I said was full of AMAZING experiences! From baptisms to lessons, to prayers, to miracles, to tough stuff, it has been good! I cant explain how awesome it has been so i wont try to describe it. But a little taste of it, well we have been working really hard with my African family, trying to get them ready fot baptism, they are just not sure if they want/need to be baptised again. Eric was ready but he wants to wait for his mom to be ready also! So We have talked alot about the gift of the holy ghost and joseph smith. Saturday there was baptism of two little kids of the age of 9 and 12, 2 new converts, one of the kids parents arnt members. But so we invited Eric and Hortance to the baptsim, eric as already been to multiple baptisms, but not hortance, his mother. So at the baptism it was AMAZING!!!!! Just everything was incredible! We sang Je suis enfant de Dieu, or I am a child of God. ANd the spirit was incredible, the kids parents who wernt members have never came to church before and they werent there for the start of the baptism. Just as we were closing the gate, they showed up, you should have seen the kids face when his parents came!!!! He was grinning from ear to ear! JUST incrededible! I was standing to hortance during the baptism, afterwards she just sat there staring at the font. I asked her why and she wanted to be baptised! I dunno, the spirit is a miracle worker, really he is!! Stuff like that has happened all day, doors that have been shut to us are now starting to open. Seems like anything is possible now!!! All of it is possible by faith! Anything you ask in faith, and it is a righteous desire, you will recieve!!!!!! I dunno things are just opening, miracles are been wrought, even to the point of healing the sick!! Just an awesome sacred testimony that our Savior lives!!! Our loving heavenly father hears and answers prayers! Everything hinges on our knowledge faith and charity and action! I am completely exhausted but never felt content with anything! Most day i die in bed, but find myself still there the next day! I love it! I lvoe ya guys and hope you have an amazing week! remember who you are?
love elderly
love elderly
Monday, October 1, 2007
Vodo People are everywhere
So this week, what is new, first of all BONJOUR! I dunno whats new this week, well we just got done going through Missèbo, the largest open air market in africa! The thing is huge and so we walked all around in there and it was awesome! You can find anything you ever want in there, even black market stuff! Yeah you could get into trouble in there! We bought a lot of ties, we found a place where we could buy ties for 100 francs, or about 20 cents! Some poeple went nuts and bought like 30 ties, wierd! So this week went by fast like every one, i dunno not a lot is changing, just trying to find those people that I need to. I has been kinda hard, just a bunch things have happened, but nothing catastrophic! Everyday is just different, and I like it cause it always changing, nothing is never the same, like the other day on a moto I saw someone carrying three full size refrigorators on his moto, stacked on top of each other. Stuff like that is just cool, you neve see that at home! Well I will describe one nite that I had here, we had a rendez-vous at 7.30 at nite, at 7 it is dark here. And we were a long way from the apartment, this guy came to churhc, but we didnt know where he lived, so we met him at the Etole Rouge, a huge statue of some african guy, and then he came riding a moto, and said he lived about 15 min away on a moto, but we cant take motos here, so there are these things called tro-tros, basically mini-vans that they shovel as many people as they can into them and they drive a route. We got shoved unto one, had no idea where to get off, barely knew this guy, and headed off into the unknown country! There were 27 people in our tro tro, no bad! So going along, suddenly the driver stopped and shouted for the yovos to get out, so we got out and looked around and I didnt see this guy. Suddenly he showed up and all thing were good. Taught a lesson and climbed back into a tro tro and rode home, i dunno it was a pretty freaky/awesome experience! Well things are well, love ya and gotta go! remember who you are and love ya guys!
love
elderly
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elderly
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