Monday, November 24, 2008

Best man and a Baby - African style

mom,
psh dont worry it is nothing. it is way better now. yes i remember when i cut my head open and went boating still. i am fine and even got the blood stain out of my argentina jersey.
i am gettng sick of washing my shirts by hand. they get so dirty in the taxi. next package next year i will need some shirts and pants probably. just to let your prepare. dont worry i will make it til next year easy.
wow i wish it would go down to 60. i have been sweating like crazy.
super p day is on wednesday. interviews are on thursday. so we get two really good meals ths week. i amd starting to get fat from eating so many fms here. the people are so good and so bad. the relief society is rebelling against the contribution rule. they are collecting money for the michells wedding on saturday. i am one of the best men. also one of our investigators named her baby boy spenser. they spelled it wrong but it was really after me. he is really cute.
the work is good and dont worry i am fine and working hard and not thinking about anything but keeping on.
sis wire is taking good care of me and i think she hinted to me and seawright about leaving. she gave only me and him isiah 41:15. so maybe i will conquer mountains soon. ha ha well see in a few weeks.
i cant wait to get your package. thank you so much for being an amazing mother!!!
love
elder lamb

This is Africa.....

Bloggers:
dont worry my eye is doing much better now. it should heal up really nice and only leave a small scar. what a bummer. ha ha
the work has been interesting this week. mostly from the relief society. the president is getting her civil marriage. they get traditional first which is accepted by the church but civil is needed to go to the temple. anyways so our relief society president is getting married this saturday and i have been asked to be one of the best men. so in relief society class yesterday they asked for donations for the wedding. the hand book of instuctions clearly states that this is against the rules. so one sister objects and says it is wrong. the sisters exploded on her. the branch president then ran in to see what the problem was. i quote what he said about the contribution. "this is africa and things are different from the USA." just to give you a perspective of what i am up against everyday. :)
also one of our investigators daughter had a baby boy. she decided to name him cherish spencer folly. yeah after me. i was surprised and honored at the same time. i guess some people actually like me here. ha ha
the work is good and we are plannning for some baptisms in a few weeks. i havent had any for a while. probably since i dont want to bring anyone into a place where they can so easily fall away. owell.
dont worry all is well and i am having thanksgiving on wednesday and interviews on thursday so we are kinda celebrating. i could use a little money to buy some gifts for a few members though. just a thought..
got to go now.
love
elder lamb

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Bandaids = the real mans stitches

hey everyone,
well you could say that i prefer american football instead of soccer. yesterday while playing soccer against some branch missionaries i was chasing after a ball. i bumped into a branch missionary and my head hit his. my eye brow split open and i started bleeding a little bit. so i had to go lay down while sister mauldin came to look at it. so a few bandaids later i was fine. no worries i got some nice pics. thanks for the million bandaids you sent me with mom.

ha ha sunday was even better. in elders quorum the members got in a fight about president squires. many people were very bitter and they said some very degrading things. so now president knows that monrovia is rebelling and wanting money. these people are funny.
the work is great and i am still learning a lot everyday. there is so much for all of us to learn. wow the scriptures are so amazing. i love them. dont worry about me i am fine and i refused to go to the doctor here. i have seen the schools and the boy scouts teach more than the schools here. ha ha all is well.
love
elder lamb


He is going to have a nice "shiner"!!

I am not getting stitches!! I am a Lamb!!!

This is what the boy sent to his mom: by the way i got a minor cut on my eye from playin football. dont worry everything is ok and its not serious. sister wire made a funny video. dont worry i was only joking about stitches.

Sister Wire was so thoughtful to send pictures AND video to let the worrying mother know that her child in Africa was okay. I am thinking she didn't send the "funny" video??

Although this one is funny. He is so serious!! I don't know how he said it with a such a serious face without cracking up!! What a dork!!

Video - he hits himself in the head

Hello this is my companion Elder Lamb and he hits himself...

When Amy and I first watched/listened we thought he said he eats himself!! We just laughed that they would make a video saying how much Elder Lamb eats!! We thought Elder Tuvaifale was speaking some African language. Listen again....it does kind of sound like it - Seriously!!

Emails to Mom and Amy Lyn

mom,
this will be the 5th time i have written this email so ill try it again.
i am doing fine and the work is ok. today we are going to play ghetto basketball and football. then lauti is coming to cut my hair.
super p day next week should be awesome. i cant wait. sister wire is making everything!! i love her. she is so good to us.
president isnt coming until next week so im still waiting for gmas package.
thanks for everything and dont worry about me i am fine.
love
elder lamb


amy lyner,
ha ha i cant wait for christmas here. i am way excited to get your presents. they should be amazing. mana is doing better and isnt as skinny any more.she is still skinny though. she kinda looks like maya except she is darker.

always do your best cause thats what the lord expects of you.
i love you and miss you a lot. i cant wait to hear from you on christmas. by the way i killed like 50 cockroaches last night. it was pretty intense. ha ha well i have to go now. thanks for being amazing.
love
elder lamb

District Conference for West Africa

hello everyone,
this week has been great. it always seems like there is never enough time to do what we need. the work has been great and i am so sick of being asked how i feel about a black man ruling america. i dont even want to talk about it. the people here think that it is the greatest thing in the world. i just read the 13 articles of faith. especially number 12 to them and they usually dont ask any more.
the work is the same old same old. the members are doing better. we just had a district conference from president uchdorf and jefferey holland. it was amazing and focused directly on the needs here. i hope the people actually payed attention. the members are good but the investigators have been getting lazy. not much we can do but keep up the good work we are doing.
president squires quoted the worlds greatest swimmer when they asked him why he was the best. he said " because i kicked when i didnt want to kick and i stroked when i didnt want to stroke" i love that quote. do dont worry i am stilll kicking and stroking strong.
thanks for all that you do. sorry no snakes or cool things this week. ha ha
love
elder lamb

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Wordless Wednesday!!!

Don't dis the Argentina Jersey


Supply Day and a visit from the Wires!!!

He says " dont dis on my argentina jersey " (The blue and white shirt)

He said they don't have Halloween - but it looks like he is dressed as Indiana Jones!! This is on their way to do a service project. I think he found out Tanner was Indiana Jones and wanted to be JUST LIKE TANNER!!!

How de pinky????

hey everyone,
hows the day? how de pinky? ( how are your children) ha ha yeah its retarded.
the work is well the work is there at least. yesteday was testimony meeting. so after a few stories i got up and bore my testimony. then the next man got up and said " i bear you my testimony on prayer, in the name of jesus christ amen' then he sat down. wow i have a lot of work to do. the branch is still running a few degrees of so i need to help them turn back.
the investigators here are very lazy and i have been dropping quite a few. i have been blessed with a few good new ones so maybe they will be different from the rest. most peopl just want a white friend and not the gospel. so i am weeding out the shallow ones and looking for better ones.
the apartment is dirty now. me and tuvaifale are the only ones that clean so it gets pretty dirty from the other 2 elders. but we are doing our best and maybe they just need a correction. so we will take care of it tomorrow in the district meeting.
i am looking forward to some good letters and stuff from everyone in my christmas package. i cant wait.
all is well and i am working hard.
thanks for everything
love
elder lamb