What I could use now is some time, i really dont know where it all goes but someone needs to share ALOT with me! Well this week has been a week of learning, I have spent a lot of time thinking about what I can do to help this branch, and I have been blessed with bunches of revelation that will help this area be the best in Abidjan. All I need is some time, and bunches of spirit and enthusiasm and i really think it could all start to work. Well the first thing we needed was a DMB, ward mission leader, so we went out an found the old one and talked to him about the problems and who we need him, he was very discouraged because the lack of efforts of members and sadly previous missionaries, no branch missionaries, and a dispute bewteen him and the eveque pretty much killed his desire to put forth vain efforts and that resulting in four=2 0baptisms. So we tried to motivate him and I think we sparked something, he promised to come to CEP this week and help with our activity. We hav been blessed with better and better investigators, and even this week we lanced a batismal date! And we ahve another two to do this week! So our numbers are always growing, this week we had another suprise come in the morning leadership meeting with president, basically to intruct us on some small stuff, grr. It messed up our program for that day and supposively our busiest day! today after finishing my cleaning duties, i was reading and thinking about our problems, basically the conclusion I decided is that the members dont know how to do missionary work, so what if for three mintues before the third hour, a branch missionary, DMB or missionnaire full time gives like a TIP of how to do various missionary tasks. When this thought came, i knew it could work and could slove alot of future and present problems! I dunno seems like this week was full of this kinda stuff, more than usual, just amazingly great ideas and spiritual thoughts, i dunno that was I remember of this week, later on today we are going on a safari.... to the zoo should be interesting! Then friday President Cardon, area authority will be here for our zone conference, we will see what he says... whats else... I love you all!!! I dont think there is much more to write that would be interesting to you, oh Amutahn ahs arrived, meaning nice dry air and cooler nights!!! Well have a great week and remember who you are!!!!
Elder Le
Monday, January 19, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
Ma Lettre
Seems like I am here every other day, so this week we starved. AZ the end of soutien, and we spent a lot of money on taxi so that we can see people, here we spend alot more money on taxi than food and we didnt have much of of either. But today we went to marché so next two weeks will be good, right now im stuffed with futru.So this week we talked with my majic family, they didnt come to church and we taught them once, it it was kinda difficult the lesson, but we taught a record high for this place with 14 lessons this week! So what I found out this week is that last year this ward had only 4 baptisms. that may sound like a lot for a ward but usually is like 30-40 baptisms. So we got a lot of work to do. We have orgainzed a fireside so hopefully we will find some more people to teach, I think though that we might need to start teaching the members the lessons cause they dont know them, from what I have seen when a member is baptised they have stopped teachiing the lsssons, and they four that were baptised have no idea for joseph smith or commandements, so it might be to stregnethen the members here cause really they dont do anything, so build and strengthen SION! If the members dont do missionary work , there is no missionary work. So we have been discussing and we might need to build a foundation with the members. We got a lot of work to do. Well the new new is the gillis are coming here, they will help out in the office until they leave with me. We do a lot of traveling for our Zone, assisting at different district meetings, and such. We were at the office of the mission, and sister Aykoue was going to take us back to our next appointment, and it ended taking us hours, cause she had to stop 3 places and she drove slower than we walk. So this week we did some contacting by the new ward building that the church is building, supposively done in February by in reality septembre. With mild success, finding a member from ghana who did know the church was here. Anyways hope all going well ove there have a great week and reemmber who you are!!!!
Love You all!!!
Elder Lee
Love You all!!!
Elder Lee
Monday, January 5, 2009
Les Meilleurs Voeux!
Les Meilleurs Voeux!
A New Year has started, 2009! Its really wierd to think about cause this is the year I come home, for all of 2008 I was in the excellent service of my Lord, everyday, and it wierd to think that this year, I will and will not.... Im not sure how that makes me feel... SO this week was interesting, seeing how the Ivorians celebrate the new years was a little different than Togo, Togo most people drink and are wasted, here EVERYONE and their DOG is wasted, for at least two days. THe streets were empty cause everyone was trying to sleep off their hangover. Needless to say, not muxh progressed. Except we are now teaching two families that probably will get baptised! One of the families wer found was probably the most unique way I have ever found someone to teach. So we were visiting an investigator, not serious, and I noticed some kids playing next to the house, so I pulled a coin out of my pocket and called them over... and I started doing magic tricks for these kids. They were delighted! I was passing a good time with these kids and the papa came out. And said that he wanted to talk to us. He was impressed that a grown up would go out of his way to play with kids, he told us we must have something special. So we khave started to teach his family, and they really have accpeted it so far! Thanks to magic tricks!We had a leadership meeting this week. I need to eat something, all I have eaten all we is bread, rice, and loco(fried bananas) not al that healthy. I got a question, someone asked me what generation of member I am. I have no idea, do you know? Well anyways love you all have a good day!!!! Remember who you are!
love,
Elder Lee
A New Year has started, 2009! Its really wierd to think about cause this is the year I come home, for all of 2008 I was in the excellent service of my Lord, everyday, and it wierd to think that this year, I will and will not.... Im not sure how that makes me feel... SO this week was interesting, seeing how the Ivorians celebrate the new years was a little different than Togo, Togo most people drink and are wasted, here EVERYONE and their DOG is wasted, for at least two days. THe streets were empty cause everyone was trying to sleep off their hangover. Needless to say, not muxh progressed. Except we are now teaching two families that probably will get baptised! One of the families wer found was probably the most unique way I have ever found someone to teach. So we were visiting an investigator, not serious, and I noticed some kids playing next to the house, so I pulled a coin out of my pocket and called them over... and I started doing magic tricks for these kids. They were delighted! I was passing a good time with these kids and the papa came out. And said that he wanted to talk to us. He was impressed that a grown up would go out of his way to play with kids, he told us we must have something special. So we khave started to teach his family, and they really have accpeted it so far! Thanks to magic tricks!We had a leadership meeting this week. I need to eat something, all I have eaten all we is bread, rice, and loco(fried bananas) not al that healthy. I got a question, someone asked me what generation of member I am. I have no idea, do you know? Well anyways love you all have a good day!!!! Remember who you are!
love,
Elder Lee
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