Monday, September 1, 2008

5 baptisms - more rain

hello everyone,
i am doing great here in africa. on saturday we had 5 baptisms and everyone even showed up on time. it was great. elder golden of the first quorum of the 70 is coming to visit liberia today and tomorrow. we will receive instruction from him tomorrow. it should be a great time. he is also coming to inspect our apartment so i had to get it all cleaned up nice. it looks very nice right now so the first person to screw it up with recieve the rath of the lamb of god. ha ha
i am doing good and the work is creeping forward. the main focus is to help the leaders run the church right before we bring a bunch of people into it. imagine baptising someone then having no one go home teaching or talking to them. ya well there is a reason that there are so many less actives in my area. so we have to take each leader by the hand and show them how it is done. it should be fun.
the people here are clueless. they dont come to church then we go visit and ask why and they make a retarded excuse. one lady told us it was because of the rain in the morning. it didnt rain.... so i get to work a lot on my patience everyday. sometimes it is discouraging but i know it is just satan trying to stop me from doing the work.
we dont have any baptisms set up for this week. elder mogotsi goes on the 14th. so i will get a new companion then. they still havent decided to make me a senior or not so they dont know who will come yet. elder ukpong will be going to replace the ap who is going home so me and lauti will be the only ones left in the apartment. it is sad to see them go but at least i will meet them again sometime.
the weather has been rainy still. most days it is around 85 and nice. other days the sun beats down on us and it is around 95. but we go out no matter what and preach the gospel.
most of the time i get to teach 2 lessons every sunday. the investigators class and either young men or young women. it just depends on who didnt show up. it is fun and the kids all love me here.
well i am out of time and i just want to say thank you to all who read this and pray for me. i know the lord is watching over me and i cant wait to see you all again.
love
elder lamb
ps i love getting letters ;)

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