Well we had an interesting week. They held presidential elections
this week so on Tuesday I think that things were the quietest I have
seen on mission. Most people stayed at home except when they were
going to go vote. So it was nice because there was no cars or noise.
So Tuesday went well. Even Wednesday was good too. Then some small
riots broke out around the country. So we had to stay in our house
all day on Thursday. There was a few in our area but they were on the
far end of the area and at our house there was no sound. We were
completely safe. Then they finally announced who was the winner on
Thursday at like midnight. The opposition party won by a landslide
which made people really happy. If the governing party would have won
we probably would still be in our solitary confinement. I think that
Thursday was like the longest day of my life. We couldn't go out, we
had nothing to do, it was soooooooooooooo boring. That made me so
tired on Friday, because we didn't even think we were going to go out
on Friday but we got a call telling us that we could go out at about
11:00 in the morning. So for that reason the baptisms were put on
hold until this Saturday. We haven't been able to get a hold of JJ or
Sam. Lameck said that he and Sam might start living together so that
Sam is closer to his workplace so that will be good if that works out.
Brother Kabeya hasn't been able to contact him either. He seems to
have dropped off of the map. We contacted this guy on Saturday night
who came to church on Sunday so that could be a promising thing. We
are supposed to see him on Tuesday. He seems like a good guy who
wants to know the truth. I think he has a smoking problem though
because he kind smelled like it at church. We also got a new referral
from this guy who is a recent convert from another area but moved into
the branch. It is his older brother who stays with him and he was at
church as well. So I am hoping that we can keep things going well
here. You asked about Brother Zulu and how often he makes it. He
comes every week and is usually the first person there. With Lazerus
we didn't get to see him because when we went there he was still at
school and then because of the elections it just didn't work out. We
saw Rachel once and she said that she really enjoyed church, somehow
marriage came up and she talked about how she didn't want to get
married because her father used to beat her mother and she thinks that
that will happen to her. But I think that it is more because she is
afraid because of her leg no one will want her. When whe comes back
we will have to try to sort things out. I don't know if we are going
to get to see conference or not. No one has heard anything. So I
guess we will see. We have started this new program that is
technically a new training program for the first 12 weeks of someone's
mission but President is having everyone do it. It outlines our
companionship study for 12 weeks. Every companionship has a portable
DVD player for these Preach My Gospel DVD's that help with teaching
skills. It is a cool program I really like it so far. I don't think
that anybody really had that much of an idea about what was going to
happen with transfers. Mostly because we have never had transfers
from President Padovich and there was a lot of new ones coming.
The email shop we now email at was one that we knew about but we have
to spend more money to get there and when I was with Elder Muguri he
didn't want to spend it. But Elder Mangumta and I think that it is
worth it. I have tried to put pictures on today but for some reason
the computers are being really slow today. But usually it is a nice
place I will try again next week. Sounds like the Braves are limping
down the final stretch. I hope they pull it out. Anyway I guess I
will talk to you later.
Love,
Elder Cecil
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