Yesterday our branch was invaded by Utahns. We had around 45 people
from none other than Provo, Utah come to Sacrament Meeting yesterday.
They were all relatives that had come for some Humanitarian thing. I
felt like I was in Utah again because all af the hymns we sang were
sang properly and I didn't have to listen to myself trying to guide
the rest of the congregation. It was really weird. One of them said
he would email you Mom, I think that his surname was Roney or
something like that. Did you ever get an email from the Harpers?
Just wondering. Well we had a good week. Douglas who is actually
named Augustine Douglas (people aren't very good at telling you their
actual names when you ask), was baptized but he showed up to church
late so he didn't get confirmed. Hopefully next week. Felix, Annan,
and Chancellous are all supposed to be baptized on Saturday.
Chancellous is trained to be something else, but I can't remember
exactly what. Felix probably knows how to study better than any
Malawian I have met. We gave him Alma chapter 40 to read. It talks
about the ressurection and the spirit world and such. He is the only
person that I have taught that has picked up on the first and second
ressurection. I was shocked when he asked about it. But it was a
really good lesson because Edison was with us as well and he is also
very smart so we were able to explain about the next life in a lot
more detail than with most people. It was really powerful. I enjoyed
it a lot. We were able to get a lot of member present lessons this
week, which is something that this area ahs struggled with in the
past. We also did exchanges on Wednesday and Friday. On Wednesday I
went to the other Elder's area with Elder Barlow. We went into the
President's complex because they are teaching one of the President's
body guards and his family. His wife is one of the most powerful
people I have ever met. She really has a testimony of the Book of
Mormon. She loves it so much. She has already read the whole thing.
That was a really really powerful lesson. She is also getting
baptized on Saturday. I worked with Elder Mahachi on Friday. I
really like to teach with him, our teaching blends really well. Elder
Gonza is really powerful we have a good time everyday, so I have
nothing to complain about. The 8th was the one year anniversary since
I turned in my mission papers, and the 11th was my 7 month birthday on
mission. Crazy right?
Dad when you talked about that conversation with Chase and Taylor did
Chase's comment mean that he is going to go or that he plans on going
or that he has the ability to go? Because that just confused me. I
remember when we went to Thunder Ridge and had to do those yells and
such. All of the other troops would suck up to the counselors to try
to win the walking stick or whatever it was (when you win you get to
put something that resembles your troop on it.) but we decided to make
fun of the counselors instead. It was a lot more fun that way. Man
it sounds like there hasn't been any real upsets in college baseball
this year. What happened to TCU? I thought that they would be good
again this year. Oh and Elder Barlow is from Irvine. Well it is
always great to hear that the Yankees were swept by the Red Sox, it
just makes me happy. I am also glad that the Braves are playing well
also.
The weather is basically like mid July in Utah. Hot during the day
and it cools off a little during the night but not ever close to being
cold. No I didn't actually teach Paul the Word of Wisdom, but I did
tell him that smoking is bad and that he should keep the WoW. Then I
patted him on the shoulder and he said, "uhhh." I didn't really see
Paul much this week though but he did smile at me once. We had a
Deisel crisis this past week so we got to waste a lot of time waiting
in line for fuel. We bought a Jerry can to put extra fuel in and the
Bullocks (couple missionaries) advised us to get a few more. That
contributed to not seeing Paul or Musa much.
That's good to hear that Mindy got married. Was her husband big?
Also it is good to hear about Hammy and Bear on a Bicycle. That's too
bad that TJ got beat up, I've never been beat up but I'm sure that it
is no fun. But at least he didn't have any broken bones or anything.
I taught about tithing yesterday in our gospel principles class and
the comment you made to me about obedience reminded me about something
that the manuel says. It says something like 'When we pay our tithing
because we have to and not because we want to, we miss out on part of
the blessings.' That was something I really liked. It is also
something we try to focus on when we teach the commandments. Rather
than focus on the "why we shouldn't" we try to focus on the "Why we
should" instead. We try to show them that the blessings outweigh the
sacrifice by far.
President Dube is coming to Lilongwe in two weeks so if my package is
in Harare by the time he comes, I should get it, along with any other
mail. We don't really know anything about the split. I don't know if
we will get to go to meet him, or if he will come to us, or if we just
have to wait until we get transferred to Lusaka or what. So I guess
we will see. I can't believe that it is already week five of the
transfer. This transfer is flying by. Well have a great week. I
love you.
Love,
Elder Cecil
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