Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Because my computer expert is in Africa....
If the videos don't work - someone let me know - please! I really don't know how come they worked today and didn't 2 weeks ago. I did the exact same thing!
Where is the Spanish Fork accent???
Sister Wire said he got cut off at the end, but she sent it so we could hear him talking "African". We put this on repeat so it played over and over and over - and Amy Lyn could not stop laughing!! He only has TWO QUICK seconds to talk - but it is so good to see him!
Weather forecast: Cloudy and less rain
hello everyone,
africa has been nice this week. the rain has let up a little and we have been enjoying the clouds that dont pour on us. this week we were able to attend zone conference in paynesville. it was so nice to not have to go and catch transport. sister wire had to use our kitchen to cook lunch and she said it is cleaner than hers so we did great.
sister squires talked about using our money wisely and what we should be using it for. then elder gibson talked about better scripture study. then elder mogotsi talked about forgiveness. but my favorite talk was president squires. he talked about how we are the pioneers for liberia. right now the church isnt running like it should. it is quite different from utah. the elders are now in charge of making sure everything is running good. it is weird to go to the relief society president and teach her. or to tell the elders quorum president how things should be done and to instruct him. i think things would run fine if the people would actually do what we ask of them. they all like to make excuses and no one ever does anything they are asked unless you piggyback them the whole time. the elders are the one in charge of home teaching, visiting teaching, teaching sunday school, primary, young womens, and whoever else doesnt come to teach. we are supposed to have p.e.c in the morning. the branch president and us are the only ones that come. the first and 2nd counselor always come late to church and it feels like the branch president and us are the only ones doing anything. but we are doing our best and no effort is wasted.
in liberia there is no address system. you just ask people to help you find someone. they say a broad area and you go search for them or have the person take you to thier house. sometimes it makes contacting hard. usually the people we contact lie to our face and tell us they will come to church then we never see them again.
me and mogotsi are trying to work hard. mogotsi is very homesick and i am dragging him out and then he is fine. as long as we get into the field he is great. when we come home he is slacking and trying to sleep so he wont think about home.
he leaves on september 15th. it is sad to know that he will be gone. he is truly a great missionary and has served and is serving the lord well. we are working hard and have a nice part member family that we are planning on baptising on the 30th.
the main problem we have with investigators is the law of chastity. whether it is fornication or modesty. they are intertwined. i am so grateful for the knowledge i gained from the church so that i didnt end up like a lot of the people here. here if you get a girl pregnant it is no problem. you just switch girls or move in with the girl.
we just had our branch mission leader released. he was breaking the law of chastity then coming to the gospel essentials class and teaching the investigators about it. so we talked with the branch president and now we are starting to iron out the problems here.
all is well and there is way to much to do. we cant fit it in the day and i love staying busy.
i hope all is well and thank all of you for everything. especially you frank for getting my dad a job and keeping my mom sane. all is well and dont worry i will be fine.
love
elder lamb
africa has been nice this week. the rain has let up a little and we have been enjoying the clouds that dont pour on us. this week we were able to attend zone conference in paynesville. it was so nice to not have to go and catch transport. sister wire had to use our kitchen to cook lunch and she said it is cleaner than hers so we did great.
sister squires talked about using our money wisely and what we should be using it for. then elder gibson talked about better scripture study. then elder mogotsi talked about forgiveness. but my favorite talk was president squires. he talked about how we are the pioneers for liberia. right now the church isnt running like it should. it is quite different from utah. the elders are now in charge of making sure everything is running good. it is weird to go to the relief society president and teach her. or to tell the elders quorum president how things should be done and to instruct him. i think things would run fine if the people would actually do what we ask of them. they all like to make excuses and no one ever does anything they are asked unless you piggyback them the whole time. the elders are the one in charge of home teaching, visiting teaching, teaching sunday school, primary, young womens, and whoever else doesnt come to teach. we are supposed to have p.e.c in the morning. the branch president and us are the only ones that come. the first and 2nd counselor always come late to church and it feels like the branch president and us are the only ones doing anything. but we are doing our best and no effort is wasted.
in liberia there is no address system. you just ask people to help you find someone. they say a broad area and you go search for them or have the person take you to thier house. sometimes it makes contacting hard. usually the people we contact lie to our face and tell us they will come to church then we never see them again.
me and mogotsi are trying to work hard. mogotsi is very homesick and i am dragging him out and then he is fine. as long as we get into the field he is great. when we come home he is slacking and trying to sleep so he wont think about home.
he leaves on september 15th. it is sad to know that he will be gone. he is truly a great missionary and has served and is serving the lord well. we are working hard and have a nice part member family that we are planning on baptising on the 30th.
the main problem we have with investigators is the law of chastity. whether it is fornication or modesty. they are intertwined. i am so grateful for the knowledge i gained from the church so that i didnt end up like a lot of the people here. here if you get a girl pregnant it is no problem. you just switch girls or move in with the girl.
we just had our branch mission leader released. he was breaking the law of chastity then coming to the gospel essentials class and teaching the investigators about it. so we talked with the branch president and now we are starting to iron out the problems here.
all is well and there is way to much to do. we cant fit it in the day and i love staying busy.
i hope all is well and thank all of you for everything. especially you frank for getting my dad a job and keeping my mom sane. all is well and dont worry i will be fine.
love
elder lamb
I have the Light of Christ
Here is Elder Skinny Lamb!! It is really hard to hear - so turn up your speakers. Sister Wire sent a video 2 weeks ago and I could not get them on the blog. Maybe now I will be able to. He only has TWO seconds to talk.
Monday, August 11, 2008
The Itsy Bitsy Spider......
In response to Amy Lyn and her many questions, Spencer said: yes we have pigs. yes we have toilet paper. yes there are freakin huge bees . the spiders are freakin big enough to eat sadie
"the spiders i have seen get up to 8 inches from leg to leg. that is my guess. the wasp bee things are as big as my big toe. no bacon. just pigs and the meat they chop off and bbq."
Veronica is baptized!!!!
hey everyone,the computer is being retarded today so this will be short.
i am doing good and we just baptised veronica. she is doing great and the gospel has truly changed her life. she will be a great member.
i am doing good. i got a little sick yesterday and threw up. after a good nights rest i felt much better.
the work is moving along great and i am enjoying working with elder mogotsi. he wants to work hard so he can forget about going home next month and i want to work hard so i can forget about home so we get along great.
the work is moving forward heavy rain or hot shine.all is well and sorry no more snakes this week. but we did get mouse traps and we have killed 13 so far.
i am fine and thank all of you for the support. i love reading your emails and letters.
love
elder lamb
Monday, August 4, 2008
The Mighty Snake Killer
hey everyone,
all is well here in africa. i guess i will tell the best story first. so we went to visit a member family for no reason. we just felt like going. so we went there and when we got there in the rain. everything was out on the porch. it looked like they were moving. so we found sister dougba and asked her what was going on. she said that they had snakes in the house. so me and elder mogotsi went in to see of course. brother dougba was inside filling a hole with rocks. so we started helping him. then i was just looking around and made sure there were no snakes. so i took a wire hanger and started checking for other holes in the floor/wall. so i was just walking around with the wire and flashlight in this little bedroom. so i found this tiny little hole. like the size of a dime. so i jammed the wire in the hole and out came a snake. so everyone but me and mogotsi screamed and ran outside. i grabbed the big machette and chopped it in half. then we stuck the wire in again and another one came out so i chopped that one too. then no more came out and we scooped the dead ones outside. then we bought some cement and fixed all the holes in the house. they were just little snakes like a foot long. but i am pretty sure they are black mambas. which if i remember right is very deadly. (he said they were babies and if they would have came at him then he would have run) so we helped this family out. then yesterday was fast and testimony meeting and sister dougba bore her testimony and told the story of me and mogotsi chopping snakes and saving their family. it was funny cause everyone just stared at us the rest of the meeting.
the rain has held back all week and it only rained on saturday. it was nice and we have been teaching a lot of people. we are planning to baptise veronica on saturday. i am very excited because i am the one that contacted her and invited her to learn about the gospel. she is the golden investigator that every missionary dreams of. then we will probably have a few more people at the end of the month. umaro who we baptised a while ago is doing great. he passes the sacrament every week and goes on splits with us and helps us teach some of his friends. he will be an amazing member. we are doing good.
all is well and i just met with president squires and had a great talk. elder mogotsi's b-day was on sunday so the wires brought us a nice big chocolate cake to eat. it was amazing. hopefully the generator gets fixed today so that we can have light and electricity. i am doing great and i love the work.
transfers are on wednesday. no changes to our apartment. we will get 2 more white elders in liberia though. elder seawright and sesay will be training them. then in september mogotsi goes home so we will see what happens to me then.
all is well and thank all of you for everything.
love
elder lamb
all is well here in africa. i guess i will tell the best story first. so we went to visit a member family for no reason. we just felt like going. so we went there and when we got there in the rain. everything was out on the porch. it looked like they were moving. so we found sister dougba and asked her what was going on. she said that they had snakes in the house. so me and elder mogotsi went in to see of course. brother dougba was inside filling a hole with rocks. so we started helping him. then i was just looking around and made sure there were no snakes. so i took a wire hanger and started checking for other holes in the floor/wall. so i was just walking around with the wire and flashlight in this little bedroom. so i found this tiny little hole. like the size of a dime. so i jammed the wire in the hole and out came a snake. so everyone but me and mogotsi screamed and ran outside. i grabbed the big machette and chopped it in half. then we stuck the wire in again and another one came out so i chopped that one too. then no more came out and we scooped the dead ones outside. then we bought some cement and fixed all the holes in the house. they were just little snakes like a foot long. but i am pretty sure they are black mambas. which if i remember right is very deadly. (he said they were babies and if they would have came at him then he would have run) so we helped this family out. then yesterday was fast and testimony meeting and sister dougba bore her testimony and told the story of me and mogotsi chopping snakes and saving their family. it was funny cause everyone just stared at us the rest of the meeting.
the rain has held back all week and it only rained on saturday. it was nice and we have been teaching a lot of people. we are planning to baptise veronica on saturday. i am very excited because i am the one that contacted her and invited her to learn about the gospel. she is the golden investigator that every missionary dreams of. then we will probably have a few more people at the end of the month. umaro who we baptised a while ago is doing great. he passes the sacrament every week and goes on splits with us and helps us teach some of his friends. he will be an amazing member. we are doing good.
all is well and i just met with president squires and had a great talk. elder mogotsi's b-day was on sunday so the wires brought us a nice big chocolate cake to eat. it was amazing. hopefully the generator gets fixed today so that we can have light and electricity. i am doing great and i love the work.
transfers are on wednesday. no changes to our apartment. we will get 2 more white elders in liberia though. elder seawright and sesay will be training them. then in september mogotsi goes home so we will see what happens to me then.
all is well and thank all of you for everything.
love
elder lamb
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