Rain - Rain - EVERYWHERE!!!

hello everyone!!!!
this week in africa has made me realize what the rainy season really means. if you have seen jumamji you can get a glimpse of everyday life when at the end it starts raining and floods everywhere. that is what liberia is like every day now. it rains and rains and rains for days and days. we go out with our rain coats and umbrellas and come home soaked no matter what. it is nice and i spent all tuesday in my flip flops splashing through the swamp known as my area. at least with the rain it cools down a little bit.
i am doing fine and i am loving the work. we have picked up a lot more people to teach and we are staying very busy. some of the people are doing extremely well and others are being lazy so we will see who wants to really come unto christ. the main problem we have here is people getting married. no one wants to be tied down to one woman and so they dont really get married. we lost one investigator because her member boyfriend wouldnt marry her or seperate. so they dropped us instead of doing the right thing. it is sad to realize that 2 souls are traveling down the wrong path and there is nothing we can do. owell hopefully we planted a good seed in their heart.
i wish i could send pictures. i have some really good ones that i will have to share when i get home. i just took my camera to the cafe and had them transfer all my pictures to a cd so i wont lose any and have more space in my camera to take plenty of pics.
presidents flight was cancelled last week so he will be coming down on friday. i cant wait to see some letters or a package maybe. supposedly i have a lot of packages coming!!! one from my parents and 2 or 3 others from my great friends at home. thank all of you so much!!!! i cant wait to read some letters or get some things from america.
shopping here is a little different. everyone just puts all thier stuff in a wheelbarrow and pushes it out to the street. there is no set price and you can almost always haggle anything down. most of the time i feel bad for the people and just pay what they ask if it is reasonable. there is no tax and everything is cheap. i found a woman who will sell a bbq chicken thigh with macaroni salad for 200 libertys so that is my new favorite place to eat. pb and j is always good also.
i get some free meals and they are usually very hot. not from the stove but from the pepper. the people here love hot things. they feed little children meals with so much pepper inside it makes me cry. the 2 year old kid just eats it and smiles. it is funny and i fear no hot sauce anymore.
i am losing weight pretty good. my diet is rice and excersize while skipping lunch and just drinking lots of water. it is a good program and i dont have a scale but i would say i have lost close to 40 pounds. watch out becca i am coming for you. i also have a very dark farmers tan with a very white body. it is funny.
i am doing well and the work is moving along great. we arent having any baptisms this month but we will have some next month hopefully. it isnt about the number of people baptized but the number of souls that have come unto Christ.
thanks for everything and i will have another update next week.
love
elder lamb