Well I know that you are all waiting to hear about transfers so, here goes. Dad your April Fool's joke was half true. I am going to Lilongwe, Malawi and part of my area is in the bush. But the email thing was false. My companion is named Elder Shabongu, he is from South Africa and he is the District Leader. I will be killing him. I will also be driving a Toyota Hilux (This is the nicest truck that you will find here. I will also be in the nicest one in the mission.) There will be four of us living in our house, but then the nearest missionary after that is 4 hours away in Blantyre. Elder Sefatsa is staying in Glenview again. It will be six months there for him by the end of the transfer. I am sad that I'm leaving Zimbabwe but I am really excited to go to Malawi. We did get to see conference at President's house. Except not the Priesthood Session. I loved it. One of my favorite moments was in the first session. I can't remember who it was that spoke I would have to look at my notes but he was the one who spoke right before the Choir and congregation sang "I Know That My Redeemer Lives" I really liked the talk and then while we were singing there was around 40 of us singing from our souls. It was so powerful. I loved that. I also really liked President Eyring's talk. Another moment I really enjoyed was President Monson spoke about the Temple. It was funny when he talked about the Rome Temple and he said that he saw a temple in a great city, that has 2500 years of history. Elder Harper and I looked at each other and said, "Jerusalem" but then he said which one it was and we realized that Jerusalem was a lot older than that. But then Elder Bucholtz said, "Man I was scared, I was thinking 'Yo I need to repent' !" Man it was funny. But that talk made me really want to go to the temple. I enjoyed his talk a lot and then after the Choir sang "The Spirit of God" we were all blown away. We also laughed at C. Scott Grow. I really really enjoyed conference, I can't wait to watch it again in a few weeks in Malawi. We had our baptisms, but they were on Sunday not Saturday so they haven't been confirmed. We got fed like crazy this week though because I was leaving. We had lunch and two dinners almost everyday. Sister Mhlanga, that less-active that we reactivated gave me a really nice story written by some missionary who served in Houston.
Mom why would you put yourself through that kind of torture? 5 HOURS A DAY IS WAY TOO MUCH MATH! Even 1 hour is way too much. Nicole's April Fool's joke sounded so powerful, I laughed for quite awhile. I even shared it with some of the other guys and they thought that it was really powerful too. I wish that I could see the video. I received packages from the Doubeks and Grandma. Thank you so much, the candy is always appreciated. I am really grateful that they came when they did otherwise it might be quite a while before I get any mail. So Butler and Uconn are in the championship that is powerful. I assume that the championship is tonight. Well I hope that all is well.
With love,
Elder Cecil
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