Well we had a great week. We have a strong teaching pool right now.
We had 7 people at church and 6 of them are progressing well. They
include Andellinah (Sister Zulu spelled it wrong) and Adrine (we
thought they were saying Audrey). Then there is Kennedy, Ackson, a
referral from the Shumba's named James, he is their nephew, and
Emmanuel finally came to church. Speaking of Emmanuel at church. I
think that he finally found his answer after about 2 1/2 months. He
was supposed to go to his home village this week for like a month so
he promised us that he would come. After Church he asked if the
Church had a branch near his village, unfortunately there isn't, but
then he said he will definitely keep coming when he comes back, then
later he said he might not be going after all so shall see with him.
But he absolutely loved Church. It was great. As of now Andellinah
and Adrine are still on track for their baptism on Sunday (we moved it
to Sunday because of a youth activity on Saturday). The rest of them
are hopefully going to be ready by 10 December. But the thing that
really made my week was that Lameck, who was going through the process
of divorce, has decided to forgive his wife and they are now living
together again with their two children. I was so happy about that.
She is now a new investigator and already loves us because of the
change that we helped Lameck make and also because their kids Tapiwa
and Thandiwe (the h is silent) love us even thought we've only seen
them once. We also met these two old men who have been taught by
missionaries before in a different area then came to Matero and
couldn't find the Church. One of them already has a testimony of the
Prophet Joseph Smith. The names are Brother Majumo and Brother
Mulilo. They are great to teach because they basically teach
themselves. We were talking about the Book of Mormon and why we have
it and it came up that the Bible has so many different translations so
it has been changed in some ways. So he went and got his Bible and
began to compare it to ours. So then he was like, "Now I understand
why there is a Book of Mormon." It was kind of funny but really
powerful at the same time. Brother Majumo has a bum leg though and
can't walk to church but Brother Mulilo said that he is trying to fix
up his car and once he does he will pick him up. With Augustine we
will have to take it slow because he wants to really understand
everything but I think that he will progress but it may take time. Oh
and our District President, President Lumbama attended our branch
yesterday and gave a powerful talk about tithing. If Matero can get
37 full tithe payers by the end of the year they will start building a
chapel.
Yes President Padovich is a roadie. So he hates the bikes here
because they are worse than the walmart fall aparts. Except the one I
ride is okay, I now ride the bike Elder Munguri was riding because
Elder Mangumta wanted the rear suspenion. It was fine with me the one
I'm on is a lot nicer. The problem is they are somewhat expensive and
the shop rarely has them. I too think that that guy who stays
opposite that bike ride is lucky. That place was the best. Wow I am
a little surprised to hear about Bishop Eves moving. So that means
you will get a new home teacher soon, he has been our home teacher
forever. I received the Elder's Quorum Birthday card as well as
letters from McCall Bulloch and Miquelle Jenson. So my #1 rating just
keeps being solidified. I don't know if anything is going to happen
for Thanksgiving. But Happy Thanksgiving anyways. I wonder what they
would do if there was a three-way tie for the SEC West especially
because they are the top three in the country. Well I guess I will
talk to you later.
Love,
Elder Cecil
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