Hello from Africa,
Well our week went well. We have been seeing the fruits of our
efforts these last two weeks. Right now we are on schedule to have
Sam and the two Phiri children, Tika and Thonde (the h is silent)
baptized. JJ will be ready if we are able to see him during the week.
This last week we never got to see him, but Brother Kabeya talked to
him and he said that his brother in-law sent him out of Lusaka for a
few days. But he doesn't have a phone so he is hard to get a hold of.
He is ready other than the fact that we haven't been able to teach
him about tithing and the prophet yet. Hopefully things will work
out. We went to see Brother Zulu this week. He is the guy that stays
3 hours away. 2 of those hours are walking. That man has a really
strong testimony. I found out from him that he used to be a pastor.
He also is a convert of Elder Sefatsa. I don't think I told you this
but this was the area he worked in before he went to Glenview.
Apparently Brother Zulu had received some Church materials in like
2009 and had just forgotten about them then saw them on his shelf last
year and decided to read them. He showed up at the church one week
and they taught him after church each week. His family also wants to
join the Church but they can't afford the transport. He also said
that many of the people in his village of Chikumbi (chick-oom-bee)
have wanted to follow him, again he used to be their pastor, but they
can't afford it either. In the bush where they are, there is not a
lot of money exchanging. My shoes which started out black turned
white and later turned red because of the dirt road we were walking
on. I took pictures of the progression of the color changing. Also
my black trousers were not black anymore either. But it was a good
trip and we really enjoyed it. We are teaching a recent convert's 8
year old son, Sam Kalonga. He will be baptized next week with Sister
Phiri. We are also going to start working on Brother Kalonga's wife
once the elections are over. She is a policewoman so she doesn't have
time now. But we shared a message about the temple with her one day
and she really wants to be able to be sealed to her family forever.
She came to church yesterday.
As of yet I have not experienced any political issues. When I was in
Malawi I only experienced the fuel crisis for diesel. But it is
possible since the elections are next week. But I'm sure that we will
be safe. The animal park was really not that good. And I didn't get
pictures because I didn't realize that my batteries were low on my
camera. Not that I missed much, the lions at the lion and cheetah
park were better anyway. But the sports and Braai afterward was
great. There is really not that much to do here in Lusaka. The good
game parks in Zambia are in Livingston where Vic Falls is. That is a
loooong ways away. We don't know anything about the transfers yet.
We don't even know if we will get them tomorrow or later in the week.
If things continue going the way they have in my previous areas then I
am leaving. Because in my other areas as soon as we got a powerful
teaching pool I have been transferred so that the incoming
missionaries get to reap the harvest. But it is okay I know that I am
doing my part. Some are called to reap and others to sow. I have
another package but I'm not sure whose it is. My Zone Leaders just
told me that they have one for me. Also something that I have found
out. The address is not 14048 but it is 14038. Not 48 but 38. I
think that the packages are still getting to me because I don't think
there is a 48. But anyway I am really enjoying where I am and what I
am doing. I realized the other day that it has been 10 years since
9/11. It doesn't seem that long ago. The memory of it is still fresh
on my mind. I still remember sitting on your bed watching the news
and then seeing the second plane hit. Then at school all that we did
was watch the news. Anyway on more cheerful note, yesterday was my 10
month. It seems weird that I have been out this long. It doesn't
feel like it. I also think that part of that is because I haven't
seen many new missionaries come in. As of right now, my MTC group is
the second youngest in the mission. Only ahead of my companion's
group. So even though we are no longer the young guys, it still feels
a little bit like it. That will change soon when we get the new
missionaries in the next few transfers. That concert sounds like it
was a good time. Well that is all that I can think of. You are in my
prayers.
Love,
Elder Cecil
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