So this week has gone okay. First things first because I know this is
what you are looking for. I now have a step-son (first companion
after the father), Elder Mangumta from Johannesburg. I am excited for
to be with him. Because I am continuing to train him and also for a
change. He will be good, and even though I don't know a whole lot
about him yet he seems like we will get along well. He has only been
a member since last year April. But one thing I know is that he will
follow the mission rules, especially the schedule. I think that that
really hurt us last transfer. But I am grateful to have been with
Elder Munguri though because I really was able to learn patience. I
know that everything happens for a reason known only by him that knows
all things.(2 Ne. 2:24) Which we have to find for ourselves. I have
found my lesson with him so I am grateful for that. So our week went
kind of slow because he wanted to say goodbyes and things. But we did
get 9 lessons so that was okay. Elder Gonza told me that they had an
investigator walk 7 hours to get to church yesterday. That man has
real faith. They are also getting Lilongwe prepared for a zone. A
zone needs at least 8 missionaries so they will have 4 others soon. I
could possibly go back to Lilongwe if that is the case. I hope so.
That would be powerful. Also my transfers were the only ones in the
whole mission. President is preparing for 15 new missionaries in
September. So really we don't know how they will go because we got
them tuesday but it was kind of a special case. We are planning to
have Lamick and Tamika baptized on the 21st of August. I saw Tamika
yesterday, she will be giong back to Kitwe for one week but then she
thinks she will be back for a while. So I hope that things will work
out for her and for us. I am praying that they will.
Well my bag only had our house keys and my epipen in it so that is
okay. Only someone from matero would know where we stay and even then
most don't know where it is. So I think that we are safe that way.
As for the epipen I will be able to get two of them when President
goes to South Africa in like 2 weeks so that will be good. I will be
able to get a new bag here so don't worry about that. I was keeping
my camera under lock and key so it was safe. And I was able to get a
few pictures but not as many as I wanted because I spent so much time
sooking for my bag.
We have Zone Conference this week on Wednesday so I am excited for
that. That is partly why we got the Transfers on Tuesday because
President went to Malawi to do theirs on Wednesday. I also have an
interview with President tomorrow. I am really excited for that.
I love President Hinckley. I also can hear him saying that. I read a
talk by President Packer the other day that had a powerful quote in
it. It said something along the lines of, "We do not need to defend
the Prophet Joseph Smith. The Book of Mormon does it for us." I
really liked that. I thought about it all week long. I feel like I
want to put a lot more emphasis on the Book of Mormon now.
Adventure City would be a lot cooler if we could swim, but we had fun
anyway. They have a nice soccer area with smaller goals so we could
play on a smaller field. We had three teams playing one would sit out
while the others played first goal wins. I was our keeper. My team
never lost and I actually did make some nice saves so that was good.
You can tell Kim that she can send emails, and I can give short
replies and answer any questions they might have.
Man the Phillies must be doing really well to be that far ahead when
the Braves are 17 games over .500 but what happened to McCann. One of
our branch missionaries tempted me the other day though. He said that
the Sox and Yankees were playing and asked if he should record it. I
wanted to so bad but I resisted. That was a hard one to resist. I
talked a little bit about playing in college with Elder Wilson, he
said that judging by my arm strength and accuracy of my throw downs
that I could be a catcher if I wanted to. The package you sent should
still get here but all you need to do is put Zambia Lusaka Mission
before the rest. Well talk to you later.
Love,
Elder Cecil
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