BIG white guy that can eat

Hey Everyone,

Well the new city boy is now here. Ha-ha well I have started to enjoy the big town. They have all kinds of nice things that I never even dreamed of here. Lets just say that I will be enjoying my last few months. I have almost anything I could want - like a Philly Steak Sandwich today. Yeah how crazy is that!! Well I find it very different and I really miss my little town of Bo- but its ok. It is time to learn a new place I guess.

It was nice to talk with my family. They sound like their pictures. Much older than when I left. But that’s ok. It was nice to talk small and even in the call I saw a monkey outside and had to tell them. Ha-ha. It was funny.

Well I am in the Freetown Branch. But we help the assistants cover the Dwazark Branch a few times a week. It is a lot of work with 2 branches and 2 zones to cover. But we are doing great and I have a strong companion named Elder Andersen. He is from Ogden but now his family lives in Midway. We get along great and should have a blast together. I think this will be a great time for each of us.

We live in a 3 story building on the 2nd floor. We have 6 elders with us and it’s a little packed but I am in the best room so all is well. We should have a fun time together there also.

We had a branch Christmas/Boxing Day activity at a big school. We had music and dancing and games. I played soccer in my white shirt. It took about an hour to wash today. I also won the eating contest. I won by about 5 min. I got a funny video of it and the whole branch knows who I am now. Everyone knows the big guy that can eat now. We also had races and African checkers called draft. Hard to get a hang of but very fun.

I had to say goodbye to my little town of Bo on Christmas Eve. President and Sister Squires drove me in themselves and it was a sad experience. It almost felt like I was going home. But I am just putting that behind me now and moving forward. The great people of Bo will live without me and the people of Freetown need me now. So all is well and I think that I should get over it.

I also got to meet all the new elders. Elder Lancaster from StGeorge is out in Bo. Elder Kenner is from Sandy. And a Elder Enyito (I spelled that one wrong) from Ghana. They are very nice and ready to get out and work. Which is just what we need. They are a little skinny though so maybe the new rice diet will fatten them up a little. They should do well and I am excited to work with the big 2 zones of Freetown. There is much work to do and not time to do it so I am out for this week. I know it looks bad and rushed. That’s cause it is.

Love

Elder lamb

I'll go where you want me to go = Transfer

Hey everyone,
I guess I should just announce it right off the bat - I am going on transfer on Christmas Eve. I am going to Freetown branch Freetown. Right in the middle of the city with a lot of people and noise. It will sure be different than my sweet little Bo. I am really going to miss my little town of Bo. I almost spent a year there. But now I am going. I felt very sad about all the people that I will be leaving behind. I will miss all of them. But that’s ok. It was like a small taste of what going home might feel like. For some reason I don’t see it very good.
Well yesterday we had our super p day in Kenema. We went on a hike. The same one that we did a long time ago. It was a lot of fun and most of the Elders had a good time. I think that everyone liked something about it. No one got hurt and we saw some nice country. We also played in the stream small. And sorry mom but we drank from the local spring. Haha hopefully I don’t get too sick. Just kidding!! I am a bush man now.
My big bags are going to be hauled by President Squires himself on Thursday. I think it will be a nice ride with him and I don’t know what the plans are for Freetown. But hopefully some good food is involved. I am sure it will. It will be nice I think.
Well not a whole lot happened this week. Just the big news about Freetown. I will still be a Zne Leader with Elder Anderson. He is from Midway. I should get to know a lot more elders like Elder Lowe (Santaquin) and Massey and Hickie. Well there are a lot more elders in Freetown so it should be nice. I hope that I will be able to adjust to the new place and noise all the time. No more motorcycle rides for me. I will miss Bo, but that’s ok. I will go where you want me to go. Over mountain or plain or sea. Hello mountain and sea!! Goodbye plains of rice swamps!!
Love
Elder lamb
ps letters come quicker now since they don’t have to come and go from the village. So you should all send me some. Haha

Big fat white man in a Santa suit - IN AFRICA

Hey Everyone,
Wow what a short week! It was sure a blast though. We took our Christmas trip to Freetown last week. It was a lot nicer on the government bus with all the 14 elders with us. The man has never sold so many tickets at once. Ha-ha we arrived in town and went straight to the sports. Basketball and volleyball were first. It has been a long time and someone helped me understand that you can’t lose a shot if you never had one. I was rusty. We had a great time and then we headed over to the soccer field.
The Bo zone all got on their bright green zone shirts. Then the biggest surprise. Some big fat white man had a Santa suit on and ran out with them. I was Santa. Everyone was pretty shocked and it was funny. We then wailed on them so to speak. I was goalie and only allowed one goal. We whomped them pretty good. After the games everyone went caroling until bed time.
Friday was started with the chimpanzee sanctuary. It was a blast just like last year and I even found a postcard in Sierra Leone. Never found one until now. The chimps got in a fight over food and it reminded me of being at home with my brothers. The chimps do more damage than we did though.
We then had a wonderful lunch from Sister Squires and Sister Jones followed by every districts skits. They were all good this year and it was a great laugh. We got to watch the Disney movie “Cars.” It is amazing how many things we learned from it. I was happier than a tornado in a trailer park. Ha-ha
I got 2 boxes, one from my mom and another from my Gma Pay. I wasn’t expecting any from anyone else so don’t worry. I finally have batteries that work!
I also got a Christmas card from the First Presidency which was really nice. Also the Stice family sent every elder a card and pen. Good pens are hard to find here.
Well not much else from the trip. Elder Jones drove us back out to Bo in the mission van and we are having a small baptism next week which should be nice. Transfer news is this Sunday. I could go or stay. don’t really know actually. And of course I get my Christmas call home next week which should be sweet. So all is well for me and thank you all for all that you do.
It is sad to hear that George died (my cousins 3 legged dog). He made it a long time. (23+ years!!) Stay strong Aunt Marian life will go on. I heard the Christmas party was a hit this year.
Also another birthday shout to Marybeth who is going on mission soon. Good luck!!!!
Love
Elder Lamb

What does trunky mean to you?

Hey Everyone,
Sorry there isn’t much to talk about this week. We made it back alive to Bo and were sick for a few days. I am doing much better now and I feel great. Maybe it is from the exercise or maybe from losing a few pounds. Anyways.
We are going right back to Freetown on Thursday. This time it is for our Christmas conference. We are doing many fun things. I won’t spoil the surprise so that will be next week. Let’s just say that we had zone shirts made just for our soccer game versus Freetown. I will make sure to take lots of pics. Hopefully my package comes from my mom so that I can have rechargeable batteries that stay charged. Who would of thought that they would wear out like that? Haha well my mom is doing great at taking care of me from halfway around the world.
This week we did do a small play like thing for the people. It was called Journey to Bethlehem. The people walked through different rooms on the way to Bethlehem. We had shepherds. Joseph and Mary and the innkeeper and an angel and I played Nephi. You know the large in stature one. Haha. It went very well and helped the people remember that Christmas is about Christ. Hopefully we can all remember that. Sure presents and trees are nice but let’s not forget what it’s all about.
Well I have to make a shout out to Amy B and say happy birthday. I also have to tell Mel happy birthday. You are both getting old like me. Haha
ummm. Well I do need to give the explanation of trunky I guess. Trunky to me means talking about home and going home. So when I say elders around me are trunky it basically means that they are never ending talking about home. So don’t get the wrong idea that they aren’t working. We are blessed with a great group of elders in this mission. They are now all working hard and doing well. I am not perfect so they are also a great help to me and help me do what is right.
Well the time just keeps getting shorter. Thanks to a few updates I now have to know that my time is short. But no worries I will make sure that the best is last. Haha! Now that I have kinda figured out how to teach and understand how to help people better I can’t get lazy now that I know how to do what I should. So don’t worry about me. I am doing great and working hard. I don’t know what to think because I don’t have time to think.
Well sorry it was random and I don’t know what to say. I am well and working hard.
Love
Elder Lamb.
Send me some letters.

I eat monkey and turtle!! Roast sounds like heaven

MISC INFO:
**Cold and snow in Spanish Fork - well I will trade you any day. Haha I will probably die when I get home from the cold. It hasn’t been too bad yet I guess
**(Just to explain this part – anyone who knows Elder Lamb (before Africa) knows of his extreme love of hamburgers!! Serious love-affair!! But the boy was strange and would not eat roast. Sunday dinner he would eat everything BUT the roast.) What did you eat yesterday? Do you think you will now eat roast when you get home?? Rice and pumpkin stew. Actually really nice. –Mom, I eat monkey and turtle and everything else. Roast sounds like heaven now.
** I have a machete under my bed. We have been having thief problems. (That makes a mom kind of worry)

Malaria strikes again!!

Hey Everyone,
Life is going pretty good for me. Except today I got sick again. But the medicine worked very quickly so it was taken care of quickly luckily. I am sitting in Freetown and we just had our zone leader’s council. It is always nice to learn from President Squires and the other elders and I gained many insights today. It is nice to learn and grow.
Well I finally finished the Book of Mormon. I am starting it again already. Haha!! It is wonderful and I learned many new things this last time. Hopefully I can be able to explain them in Krio so the people will understand. The funny thing is they understand English they are just stubborn and want you to learn Krio.
We also had the Bo district conference on Saturday and Sunday. For some strange reason I knew almost all the people there. It was funny as the elders watched because I greeted almost everyone by name. I hope that I have been an effective instrument in the hands of the Lord in the city of Bo. Or maybe I haven’t been that good and he is keeping me here to do more. Haha.
We learned more about the upcoming Bo temple trip. Every time I hear about it it just makes me all the more grateful. The saints of Bo have to get on a bus very early. The only time the bus will stop on the trip to Ghana is if it breaks down. Gets stuck. Or they have to pee. They travel day and night for 4 days just to reach Ghana. Then they stay only a few days because they can’t afford much room and board. They go to the temple for 2 or 3 days then get right back on the bus and get going again. 4 days of nonstop travel back to Bo. There are no hotels they stop at and no toilet they use. They sleep on the bus or the floor the whole time. To me it is a huge sacrifice and yet we have 8 people in our branch going this upcoming December. I am very happy for them and would encourage all of you who get this to go to the temple soon. Don’t take for advantage the easiness of the way. For most of us all it takes is the decision to make time to go. So do it and I know that it will be a great blessing in your life!! Let me know how it felt. Because I sure miss that beautiful place so very much.
Well not much else on the week to talk about. I am doing great now and feeling much better so don’t worry about that. I am staying strong and looking forward to our combined zone Christmas conference on the 10-13 of December. I think it will be a blast and our skit is already set up. Almost.
Thank you all and keep writing I love it.
Love
Elder Lamb

The Snake Killer LIVES ON!!!

Hey Everyone,
Well things are going great out here in the bush. I think that our generator is dead again and the repairman has chicken pox so we have been in the dark sometimes. Haha! Well that’s ok I guess.
Yesterday we celebrated Thanksgiving as a zone and had chicken and gravy and potatoes and fruit and no bake cookies and banana bread. It was the biggest feast I have ever had in Africa and NO RICE!! Thank you mom for teaching me how to cook small.
We had our zone meeting. The Elders who are lazy are still lazy and it looks like the meeting didn’t do much for them. Its annoying but they have the correct principle. Now they must govern themselves, and stop being so crazily trunky. Elder Yardley printed off pictures of his somewhat girlfriend. Well he is very trunky now. As for me I am holding in there small small and studying to keep my mind occupied. Not that I have much spare time anyways.
We decided to do some service for a member who cut down her tree. So we offered to come and cut it into fire wood. We ended up with like 20 blisters from the homemade axe and machete. It was a nice project and I only got one new scar from it. Haha no worries though I am ok.
The other day we were teaching and a snake popped up next door. Luckily there was a machete lying around. So I grabbed it and started the execution. Quite literally. He just put his head right on the tree so perfect that I cut it clean off. It was a nice shot. And don’t worry I am still unbitten. Haha for now. The snake killer lives. So you better watch out Larry. If you steal my truck from john you could be next. Haha
All is well and I am working hard. The time is starting to dawn on me since Christmas is almost here. It makes me sad and at the same time more willing to work hard. It’s like the last few laps of the Indy 500. Just put the pedal down and go. That’s what I will do.
Next week I will be in Freetown for a meeting so hopefully I can send a few pics.
Thanks to all of you who write and send things. I love you all and good thing that Mel is ok and just needs vitamins. Haha
Love
Elder Lamb

Goalie - PYRO - and Noahs Ark

Hey Everyone,
Well this week has gone by quick. The transfer news is that I am still in this area and that me and Elder Degen are remaining the same. My apartment got 2 new additions. Elder Amegayie from Ghana who is the most trunky next to Elder Yardley. And then Elder Visser from Iowa. He is really new and is pretty funny. I enjoy having him in the same apartment with me. He is almost as tall as me but just a hair shorter. Hopefully I don’t shrink. Elder Tippets from Colorado also joined our zone. He has put on a little weight on mission but he is also a nice addition. Not much else happened.
We were teaching a man who has word of wisdom problems. We tried to teach him that he must follow the prophet. So we used the example of Noah and the ark. I asked him, “What did the people do when Noah began to build the ark?” He replied, they went and toileted inside to stop him. I have no idea where that crazy idea came from but it made me laugh for a very long time. I just couldn’t stop laughing like crazy. When we finally calmed down we asked him to show us in the bible. Of course he couldn’t and just went off about nothing like he normally does. It was a funny day.
Today we had our weekly soccer practice. We are playing Freetown this transfer for our Christmas party so we have to practice and make sure we win. Anyways I scored another goal today. But now that our old goalie left on transfer I am half the time then another elder is the rest of the time. I don’t like goalie too much, but I like playing defense where I can run into people and stuff. Haha
Well not much else. Maybe you would be interested in what we do with trash here. Most people just throw it on the street but in our compound we have a hole that we fill then burn. Well I decided to be a pyro and burn some today. As I was burning the trash I failed to realize that there were a lot of explosive empty bottles and spray cans. Well we had a minor fireworks show and I thought it was cool but the neighbors came and started yelling at the gate asking what the heck was going on in there. We had it under control so they left us alone after a while. It was pretty funny.
Well not much else is happening over here. Just a lot of sunshine and hard work. We are happy with the people we have but are always looking for more. Hopefully the Lord provides. Well I am out of time now so until next week. I love you all and thank you for your support of the Lord’s work.
Love
Elder Lamb

Chicken in the closet

Hey everyone,
How are you this week? I am doing well out here in the bush still. President wants to try a new system here. Instead of the normal transfer news on Saturday before you leave it is now on Tuesday night - the day before transfer. I am fine with it because I know that I am not going anywhere. Well at least I don’t think so. Well some elders weren’t to happy with it and some quick packing will have to be done tomorrow for some of them. But that is part of life and hopefully things go well for them.
Elder Yardley is a little angry with me but it wasn’t my fault. I forgot to tell this story last week. We came home to collect a few things from the church driver Marcus. We left the door open to go grab things from the truck. Well when we were done we were dropping off letters in each elder’s room. Well a chicken found its way into Elder Yardley’s room. We closed the door for a while and before we left again we went to check on it. Well he disappeared. So we searched and lo and behold he was on Elder Yardley’s clothes in his closet. So we closed the door and locked it in. We came back in the evening and Elder Yardley opened up his closet. Well he didn’t see it at first. So I came with my camera and made a classic video of him cursing me and telling me that he is going to kill me. The best part was after we got the chicken out and Elder Yardley started cleaning out his closet. He found an egg that the chicken had laid. It was the funniest thing I have ever seen.
Today also we were playing soccer. We were down one goal with 8 minutes left. Elder Yardley shot a ball but the goalie knocked it out of the goal. So it was a corner kick. They called in the back up. Me. I ran in and they kicked the ball. With my ridiculous height I was able to jump all the way up and hit the ball straight in the goal to tie the game. No one else scored after that, but I saved us from our first loss. We play in Bo zone about every Monday against the branch missionaries. Today they pulled out the ringers but we were right there with them. We are practicing to go and play Freetown zone in the Christmas conference on December 10-13. We will wail on them.
We caught the Pyne family walking out of their new apostate church. Pastor Benjamin has done well with them, but I call him pb and j. Haha!! Well Brother Pyne looked like he was going to explode with fear when he saw me walk up to him and ask why he didn’t come to church today. He was shaking from head to foot. It was a sad experience as I thought about what he would look like before Jesus Christ someday. Hopefully the Book of Mormon will save him.
We have one family named the Kenewas. They are amazing and have saved me. They are in total about 8. Well it depends on the week. They are all starting to come to church and because of our great members helping teach he already wants to be baptized. It is amazing and I am excited for them.
Well not much else this week. I am doing good and working hard. I want to say thanks to all of you supporting the Thanksgiving and Christmas party. Thank you for the letters also and I can’t wait for more.
I love you all
Love
Elder Lamb

Elder Lamb = Hard worker

Working hard to beautify Africa one wheelbarrow at a time

Proof that Elder Lamb does a lot of walking!

Trick or treating - African style

Hey Everyone,
How are you this week? Well things are very hectic for me yet again as they always seem to be now. We are in Freetown and it is late so this wont be to long. We had our zone leaders meeting with President Squires and he has instructed us well how to lead the Lords work here. I always love these meetings. They are just so nice all the time. Afterwards we got to eat Sister Squires amazing meatloaf and gravy and mashed potatoes. A big cushe (good job) to her.
Well the week has been very quick. We had to make a quick run out to Kenema to do some interviews and a lot of other things like that. It was a very quick trip and my knees still ache from the 2 car rides and the bus to town today plus we get to take it back out to the bush tomorrow. What a busy life I live. I did get some letters though so hopefully I will find a little time to read them. Thank you all for writing I love it!!!!!!
Well we also had to celebrate Halloween so we went to new London apartment and did a little trick or treating as Muslims. Then we came home and carved pumpkins. They actually have them here only they are small different. But thats ok because we still carved them. Haha!! Well the work is nice and I am loving it. The elders really liked carving the pumpkins and it really brought a great unity in our district. Also all the elders love dodgeball even though many of them have never played it before. We are trying to get more creative and things like that. Thanksgiving is coming up and we are planning something nice so hopefully we can enjoy. The Christmas party in Freetown will be the 10-13th of December so that will also be amazing. Well not much else I can remember and I need to get to bed. Night
Love
Elder Lamb

Baptism of Joseph Davies

***Baptism of Joseph Davies - Elder Lamb with Elder Degen

Well I decided to share the story of Joseph Davies with a good friend and now you all can hear it.

He was a strong member of his other church. But my friend and former companion contacted him and started teaching. He took it well and was a very humble man. He never spoke much, but had a deep understanding. Something that is very hard to find here. He truly latched on the gospel when we used our wise Mission Presidents amazing advice to use members to help us teach. It just so happened a recent convert worked with him and was his friend. They instantly became a strength to each other and helped each other work hard. He then became strong and did almost anything that we asked. Which is also hard to find here. Through one good friend he made a firm grasp in the gospel soil. I was grateful to be the one to baptize him and happy because I know that he is strong in the gospel and now has the Holy Ghost on his side.

On the other hand we have one family who is less active now. The elders did very well teaching them and then they got baptized and all was well. Then Satan got the better half. A pastor from another church came and offered to sponsor them if they came to his church. Now they are full fledged members of this great apostasy that we live in today. The Pyne family may have fallen, but I believe with a few members testimonies and a few great stories of the Book of Mormon we can get them back. The other day we met Mr. Pastor Benjamin at their house. He felt very awkward about the whole thing. And now we will keep our presence known and never give up in this only true cause. I know that they will be back someday. It will be a long hard shameful road, but they will be back. Even if it isn’t me that gets them there.

Well that should be good. Keep after the lord’s work and make sure you choose the right even when older people around you aren’t.
Love
Elder lamb

18 MONTHS!!!!

Lesson in Krio: me back I don feel say you deh na oues for work them computer things them. cushe mommy

Hey Everyone,
Well we have had a very busy week that just seemed to fly by again. Somehow we just run out of time and end up at the internet cafe and its Monday all over again. I guess it’s nice to have the time fly. But I just wish I could remember more of it.
We had a super pday today. Well are still in the middle of it. We played dodge ball this morning and the elders just couldn’t help to add a little soccer after. We all had a great time and it was a little different from the same old same old. We also had a zone dinner last night in memory of my Grandma Spencer’s bday, being sealed to my family in the temple and my 18 month mark. I made mashed potatoes and gravy and chicken for the whole zone. They were all very happy and want to tell my mom thanks for training me a little in the ways of the kitchen.
Well last Monday we went out to Kenema and had a nice exchange with those elders. They are doing great and working hard out there so no worries. I got to go with Elder Grabau from Texas. Wee had a great day and he is a great elder. We really enjoyed our time together.
On Saturday we had a baptism. Joseph Davies was baptized by me. Cushe to you Bryce(former Elder Rogers). Well he is doing great and it was a wonderful baptism. The other elders in the zone reenacted the waters of Mormon and Alma baptizing the multitudes. So we get to train them that they shouldn’t have so many people at once. Its ok I guess... oh the joys of leading people. Haha!!
Next week we get to watch conference. I am very excited and hopefully my magazine will come soon enough. I am soo excited! Our church time just rotated again. Now we are at 8 in the morning. It should be a challenge to get people on time again. But owell.
Well the reading is coming along fine and we are still tricking our people into reading so here you go with the bait this week.
Alma 1;25, 5all, 7;8-13, 23, 13;3, 17all, 18all.
Alma 17 and 18 is how we are getting people hooked. They love stories like crazy over here so we are reading them very slowly with them to see if it helps. It takes a long time and a lot of patience but we will see if the book with a promise comes through yet again. I know it will.
Well all is well and I am excited to continue the Lords work. It is amazing the strength that the Lord gives and I am so happy with what he has done for me and is still doing everyday.
Thank you all for the letters and all that you do. I love you all and can’t wait for more letters. Haha well keep sending them at least. Thank you all so much.
love
The Bush Elder
Elder Spencer Lamb

me back I don feel say you deh na oues for work them computer things them. cushe mommy = I thought that you were home to work on the computer. good job mom

Christmas is coming......

Elder Lamb reminded me again today that for Christmas he would really just like a letter/card from everyone.

If you were thinking of sending a package he would rather just have the money you would have spent mailing it. I have to send the money via Western Union – so if anyone is interested in sending money let me know. I also am starting to collect letters/cards/pictures to mail to him. Just like last year, if you would like to send a few generic cards to misc Elders that would be great too! Sister Wire emailed today and said that we really should have Christmas boxes sent by November 1st – so I will give you two weeks to get them to me. That means your deadline is October 26th!!!!! This was his favorite present last year – To make it even easier, you can just email me and I will print it out. Can’t make it any easier for you!!

If you have any questions...just let me know!!

Fruity Pebbles in AFRICA!!!!

Hey everyone,
Well things are going good this week. Not much really going on except a ton of work. Even this evening we are going out to Kenema to go on exchanges with Elder Kpodi and Elder Grabau from Texas. He seems to be liking his area and I am excited to see him. Those 2 can get lonely out there and only come in a few times a month. That is just part of the work though.
So I had the best week ever, for only one reason. We were just walking down the street and we saw fruity pebbles for sell!! Yeah fruity pebbles as in cereal!!! So we had to buy a bunch of boxes of course. So we have been eating them all week now and just enjoying them. Too bad we don’t have any real milk. We buy condensed milk and then mix it with water. It isn’t too bad I guess. What can you do out in the bush. I also found some Irish spring body wash. Oh the adventures out in the bush.
We starting working more with the Book of Mormon. We have tried to have the people get addicted. So we are starting most people with the story of Ammon. They love it here and we are figuring out some other ideas to just get them reading. It seems to be working so far. Right now I just got to Alma. I am trying to stay ahead of my mom and sister so I have dedicated a lot of time to it. I love the Book of Mormon with all my heart.
Here are some of my favorites from the last little while.
Mosiah 2;41, 15all, 16all, 21;16-15, 23;14, 21, 24all\
Well you have to find some of your own for yourself.
We had a wonderful zone conference this week. It was so good to hear from President Squires and to do those things that we need. He really helped us to see how we could be better missionaries and let us choose whether we wanted to or not. I love him.
Yesterday we were teaching one man after church and we had a monkey come and start playing with us. It was rather distracting and kind of funny. He climbed on my head and after the lesson we got some funny pictures and things. It was weird.
Well that’s about all for this week. Not much but at least something right?
Keep writing and remember that I can only email family. You can still email but don’t expect a return.
Love
Elder Lamb

No electricity = no lights, no pump and no water

Misc Info:
**dry season is now here and the sun is frying my arms and neck black yet again. Please don’t remind me that I am missing out on my snowmobiling and hunting adventures yet one more time.
**I asked if they have a lot of appointments that no one is home when they go for their appointment: at least 2 times a day. Sometimes 8 times a day. That’s why you always have 3 back up plans. Haha well I am doing better. You just have to treat them like kids. Haha
**A tree fell into our yard with 20 pieces of papaya and is still growing. it is kinda leaning on our fence so we are waiting for it to ripen and enjoy. Things grow so fast here - especially my hair. Well i need to get it cut now

Hey everyone,
Well this week seemed to just disappear. I don’t really know what happened. It seems like just yesterday I was writing to you. If every week was like this I don’t think I would remember anything except for my journal. Luckily I found some things for you this week.
Well our house broke again. Which means we didn’t have light for about 2 or 3 days - which means we can’t use our pump to get running water. So I found a funny scripture to go with that. 2nd Nephi 22:3, Haha good one right?? (2 Nephi 22:3 “Therefore, with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.” No one tell him that I didn’t make you look this up – k?)
Well the scripture reading is going good and I am in Enos now. Yeah I have been really flying. All my spare time is to finish before Christmas. A long shot but I am trying. Well I hope that you are all reading along with the saints of Bo also.
This week we went and did a little service for one of our church members. He starting building a house and then ran out of funds so it stopped for like 10 years. So we went and helped him scrape off the moss from the cement walls. Note: this is a very nice house since the walls are cement and not mud brick. They were very happy and grateful.
Well here are a few teasers from my study:
2nd Nephi 1:5, 2;6-8, 6;5, 9all, 10;23, 26;8, 28;24,
Jacob 7;11.
Well I aint giving you as much anymore to encourage you to read more for yourself. And also it is hard to type the scriptures and is time consuming. Here money is time at the cafe. Well I am doing good and I love all of you!! Follow the gospel because it is true. It will bring you happiness. Even when you get sick or no one is home to teach or no one comes to church this week. Haha!! Well I am doing great and the work is nice so don’t worry. I love all of you and hope that you send some letters. Haha!!
Love
Elder Lamb

The Bush Man

Hey everyone,
Well the computer is driving me crazy again. Well at least I can email something right? Things are good this week. We worked very hard and had to drop off elders at the bus and had to pick them up and things. It was fun.
Oh our electricity shot up to 300 volts and blew up 3 fans and most the light bulbs. It has been crazy all week and the company doesn’t care anymore. Owell what can you do?
On Monday for our family home evening the activity was stick pulling. Like Joseph Smiths favorite game. Well it didn’t sit well with everyone when the white man won. They all had to try and beat me but I wouldn’t let them. Haha it was fun and we all had a good time.
Well not much this week. The computer isn’t agreeing. You should all be reading your Book of Mormon along with me. I jumped ahead to 2 Nephi today. So you should be able to find your own insights. Don’t worry I will give a few every now and then. Good luck with the reading and I love all of you.
Love
The bush man
Elder Lamb

Nice farmer's tan

Elder Lamb in Liberia

The green stuff behind him that you might think is grass or weeds -

is really water with water plants.

(and yes that is the 'technical' name for those plants - haha!!)

WOW!! What else can you say?

Nice farmers tan?

Strike that - nice MISSIONARY TAN!!

OOPS!! Looks like a "Lamb" Adventure!!

Cushe Pappy!!!

Hey Everyone,

Well I am sure you all heard from my dad about his big buck this year. I just got like 10 pictures and I must admit it is a nice buck. Cushe pappy.

Well things are going good out here in the bush. My companion Elder Muthwa is going to Liberia and I am getting Elder Degen from Salt Lake. I am already good friends with him and we should have a lot of great times together. I think we will do great. I am excited to stretch and grow and it should be great for me. I will miss the great example of my companion but I hope that I have learned enough from him and my mission president to be well off enough. Haha.

Well the work is going nice and we had a baptism on Saturday. Margaret and Nyarkay Kamara got baptized and it was a very nice service. I did Nyarkay and Muthwa did Margaret. They have been investigating for about 1 year now. Slow and steady for them. They will do great and I am so proud of them. We have some nice people coming into our pool and I am excited to keep working with them. It should be lots of fun and good hard work.

As a district of bo we are having a book of Mormon challenge. The challenge is to read one chapter each day starting Oct 1st. Anyone of you is also invited and that is where I will try to pull my scriptures now so we will all be on the same page. Haha well I hope that it will go well.

Here are your scriptures for this week.
1st John 1:8, 2;3, 10, 12, 15-17, 3;2, 13, 18, 24, 5;3, 18-20,
3rd John 1;4, 11,
Jude1; 4, 06-19,
Revelation 1;3, 3;19-21

Well I will stop there. The other ones need a manual and a lot of time to think about Haha. Good old John.

Well all is well and I am doing so well now. All my sicknesses are gone and I am doing great. Don’t worry about me at all.

Love
Elder Lamb

Changes are in the air...

This picture is from a Bo Zone Conference the end of August 2009 with Elder Dickson and his wife (couple on the right side). President and Sister Squires are on the left side. Elder Lamb is the TALL WHITE one in the back - hahaha!!!!

Hey everyone,
Well I am doing good and working hard as always. I am actually sitting in Freetown right now since I am here on another meeting. It was really fun - yesterday after church I got to ride in the car with my mission president and his wife. My companion and Sister Squires fell asleep so me and president talked for over an hour. We have many things in common about the great outdoors and many things like that. It was a wonderful drive and I love just being around President Squires. He is my hero.
Well today we were very busy. The Freetown zone was having their super p day and we got to join them. It was so nice to meet all the new elders and see the new faces of those who I haven’t seen in nearly a year. They are all very different and yet still kind of the same. Elder Gaxiola is very more skinny now and the mountains are finishing him. Haha the elders are usually more skinny with the exception of Elder Linde. He was a quite a bit chunkier than I remember. Haha well it was nice to see them all and we played volleyball and threw a football around and then watched the movie: The Work and the Glory. It made me kinda trunky but that’s ok I guess. Too many kissing scenes. Haha
Last week we got to go on exchanges out to Kenema. I went with Elder Kpodi and it was a nice day. We saw so many cocoa beans. The stuff they make chocolate from. There were just truckloads all over the place. Tons and tons and tons of it all over. It was a neat experience and the car ride was a little scary but I am alive still. They seat 4 on the back seat and 2 in the front passenger seat. It was tight for the 1 hour drive but owell what can you do out here.
While me and elder Kpodi were teaching a lady she asked why white people in general don’t believe in god. She then said almost all Africans believe in god. But the Americans and Chinese and others don’t. Why? I thought about it and realized that what she is saying is mostly correct. The people of Sierra Leone and Liberia are the most believing people I have ever met. They are so trusting. It is mostly from their humbling circumstances. All I could tell the lady was my testimony. It was rather interesting and fun.
Well not much else going on this week. Tomorrow morning I get on the bus to travel back out to Bo and me and Elder Yardley will be on exchanges on Friday. Then transfer news is on Saturday so we will see what that means. Elder Seawright and Elder Linde and Elder Jackson are all going home and we are getting 3 more elders. I will miss those elders and really feel this transfer since my good friend Wade Richins is now coming home also. Which means I am next in my group of friends. But I still have plenty of time and don’t worry about me.
Oh on a side note. My mom is starting to think about Christmas already. This is for all you who want to send something. All I want is a letter and money. You have to send the money to my mom and a letter to the post office. That’s it. Anything you want to send can be found now in Freetown. So just send money and a letter. That will make it easier for you and me. But there is still plenty of time until then so don’t worry too much yet. Just to let you know.
Thank you all for your prayers and support. I appreciate it. Don’t worry about me I am back up to full health and doing very well now. Most likely thanks to all of you and my dear loving Heavenly Father who is taking so good of care of me. Thank you all and may the lord lead you in the plan of happiness.
Love
Elder lamb

Pictures for YOU!!

This is for you Maya!! Elder Lamb found you a friend!!

WOW!! This is for you Becca!!
This is for everyone else - Elder Lamb in a hut

African scenery....

The FLAMING BIBLE Church

A nice house

Street scene

Another street scene -

notice that in almost every picture there is garbage just on

the ground/in the water EVERYWHERE!

African People

Touching the skin of the Big White man

Life in Africa...

Don't you just LOVE the little boy in the sunglasses??

Elder Lamb surrounded by friends

More pictures.....

Elder Echi-Aboli and Elder Lamb

Water Crossing

Cutting the grass "African Style"

Nap time - African Style

Thanks Larry for the jersey!! Too bad Cutler isn't a Bronco any more!!

(maybe not - he is playing awful so far this year)

Good thing people in Africa don't know that :)

It was JUST malaria and typhoid

Hey everyone,

Things are going pretty good I guess. Well there isn’t much to say about last week since I was sick and down most of the week. But please don’t worry I am doing much better now and working back at it. So everything is fine and I am already over it so everyone can just calm down. Apparently the word already got out - so calm down I am fine now. Oh mom you just need to chill out.

Well we were able to have our zone service project last week. We went to the hospital in Bo to sing to the patients and things. It was actually kind of depressing for me because I felt so bad when we went into the children’s ward. They were all so small and sick with so many ghetto tubes and beds and things. It was just kind of sad and I am very glad that I didn’t have to go there for my treatment ha-ha!! But we sang the best we could and it was very nice and everything was fine. The people were very surprised that we would even take the time to come and sing so it was nice for them. 2 elders in our zone refused to come because they believe if you go to the hospital that you will get sick for sure. So they refused to come because of that reason alone. They stayed home while the rest of us went and had a good time. It was an interesting situation.

Today we played soccer against the branch missionaries. We beat them but that’s not what counts. No one got hurt and everyone had a good time so it was a success.

Well I don’t have much to say and not many scriptures this week.
Hebrews 11;1, 3, 6, 40, 12;1-2, 9, 13;4,
James 1;2-3, 5, 12, 19-22, 2;9-10, 14, ,17, 4;7-8, 17, 5;8, 14-16, 20
D&C 101;1-5,

Well that’s about it for this week. I don’t know how all you people already found out that I was sick but its ok I guess. Well now looking at my emails you all prayed for my crazy foot fungus that is gone. But I guess I needed your prayers for my malaria and typhoid that I had all week. The medicine really knocked me out and I just sat and sweat on the mattress all week. But don’t worry all is well and don’t worry I have Sister Squires here for a good reason. She took very good care of me and I am well. So everyone can stop worrying.

Thank you all for your prayers and fasting. I appreciate it. Thank you and no worries I am well and fine. Maybe just 10 pounds lighter than last week. Haha!!

Love
Elder lamb

Pictures of Life in Africa

Elder Lamb at the orphanage

Elder Lamb lifting weights - African Style

WOW!!

New Missionary outfit?

Proof - French Fry Sandwich - with pringles

OOPS!! Guess his mom forgot to teach him about well-balanced meals

More pictures.......

Pictures from Elder LambShowing off how tall he is in the doorway (?)

Wow! What a dork!! -that is about all you can say about this picture

Eating at a members home - notice the table/chair/his knees

Mr Skinny!!

King of the Bush!!!

These pictures are from Elder Yardley's mom: Working the wheelbarrow

Elder Albright and Elder Lamb eating ICE CREAM!!!

Missionaries in Bo on p-day

Elder Lamb - King of the Bush!!!

Elder Yardley and Elder Lamb at a baptism in Bo

We put the missionary move on...

Hey everyone,

Things are going good back out In the bush of Bo. The long ride on the bus from Freetown wasn’t to bad. As we were getting on a new manager of the bus helped us board and called us elders without a glance at the tag. So we were wondering a little bit. Then we put the missionary move on and she told us she had lived in Texas for a while and that she was even sealed in the temple. She just moved back out to Freetown a little while ago and attends church even. It was really funny actually. She even bought us rice for breakfast at the moyamba junction. That is in the middle of the trip kind of and you can look in the map maybe. It was nice and we got back in not to long.

The work out here is very nice and we just added a lot of people to our teaching pool so we have a ton of work to do now. It is pretty crazy. We met one couple named Phillip and Cordellia. We started teaching them the restoration and she asked what is the Book of Mormon? So we asked, “How do you know about the book?” She was reading the tract we left and saw the picture. Then she told us that she has a copy. We were very shocked and happy. She just had one in the house and didn’t know what it was. She never opened it or anything. So we explained it for them so they would understand. They are doing very well now and we are working on letting them come and visit the church and to leave their own for one Sunday. It should be very nice when they come.

Well not much else happening out here. My sister is now 12 years old and I feel ancient. Everything is more expensive due to the dollar rising in value or something like that. I don’t know really. But all is well and I am working hard as always.

Here are your scriptures for the last 2 weeks since I lost them last week and now found them again. Haha
1 Nephi 1:19-19, 2;3, 16, 3;5, 21, 4;6, 5;22, 6all, 7;14, 21, 8all
Ether 12:27 Moroni 8:25-26 2 Nephi 2:6-8 Alma 13;3
Ephesians 1:10, 17, 2:1-5,19-20, 3;3, 5, 4;1-6, 11-14, 22-32, 5all, 6all,
Philippians 2;10-12, 3;15, 20-21, 4;6-8, 11, 13
1st Timothy 2;9, 3;1-7, 13, 4;1-3, 8,14, 5;14, 6;9-12, 14
Hebrews 2;1-3, 18, 3;13, 4;2, 11-12

Well I think that should hold you over until next week. Thanks for the support and keep writing me letters I like those the most.

Love
Elder Lamb

4-Wheelin African Style

This is the snake they ran over - story in the blog - Casey is supposed to be identifying it for us

What is the hold up Casey??

River in Grafton/Freetown area

Hey everyone,

Well things are going good this week. Right now I am sitting in president squires chair using his computer to email. I hope I never have to sit in a chair like this again. The other elders are making a nice joke about it. It’s a nice chair at least. Plus there is a/c so I am enjoying.

We got to ride in the truck with elder seawright driving. Since it is rainy season there were a lot of big mud holes and stuff. It was really fun and reminded me of home when me and my dad would go out in the s-10 or jeep and just drive around. Instead this time if the truck died we would be in much bigger trouble. But we made it alive and ran over 2 huge snakes. Then we got out taking pictures of them. They are really good pictures and really big snakes. I should have sent one I think, unless my mom chickens out. But I know that my brothers and dad will absolutely love them.

We arrived safe after a nice zone conference with Elder Dickson of the 70. He is an amazing person and very normal and kind. He gave a wonderful instruction about opening your mouth and always adding more families to your teaching pool, Along with many other things that I learned from him. It was a wonderful time and I loved every minute. His wife reminded me of my Grandma Lamb and made me kind of homesick a little actually. But I am over it now and still focused, somewhat anyways. Ha-ha.

One of our member’s fathers died the other day so we went to the funeral. I will emphasize 3 letters for a funeral here. F U N. they just play music and dance and do all kinds of fun stuff. They don’t really mourn at all and just have a good time. They play loud music and dance. Then they have the body taken to the cemetery and that’s about it. It is really strange.

Well we just got done with our meeting with President Squires. Afterwards Sister Squires fixed a wonderful meal for us and I really enjoyed it. We said goodbye to the Petersons who are going home on Wednesday. They are really fun and will be missed a lot. I will miss them but its ok I will meet them next year. Ha-ha. Well we have a lot of new missionaries who are making me kind of trunky and a few just went home which makes me kind of trunky also. But it’s ok I still have my focus; Not enough focus to remember where I wrote down my scriptures for the week so sorry you won’t get any today.

Well the work is much and I am doing it greatly and cannot come down so I will see you all next week. I hope you enjoy the snake pictures.

Love Elder lamb

Sunset in Bo

Pictures of snacks - drinks - and a bridge

YUM!!!!! Elder Lamb eating Kanda

(which is cow skin - double yum!!)

Elder Lamb out teaching in Bo during the rainy season
Fancy bridge - huh?

Nice advertisement! Makes you want to run right out and have a Coke

Converts and missionaries

New Converts???

Elder Gifford, Elder Lamb and Elder Gunderson

Elder Lamb with two of the best Missionaries that came home last Thursday

**Elder Rogers (Cedar City, Utah) and Elder Lamb**

** Elder Burns (Highland, Utah) and Elder Lamb**

Moving on a motorcycle - with luggage

Hey everyone,
Things are going good this week and I am just working hard like always. Being a zone leader aint to bad actually. I just have to take numbers and compile reports and make sure the other elders are doing there best and being obedient and stuff. I get to travel to Freetown next week and stay with the assistants so we can have what’s called a zone council. Where the zone leaders come together and discuss how to help the zone with president and the assistants there. It should be fun
On Friday elder Dickson of the 70 should be coming out to Bo for a zone conference and district fireside. It should be a lot of fun. I am kind of nervous and excited because as a zone leader I get to have an interview with him one on one. It should be really cool for me. But I am just nervous that I will do some thing retarded liked I normally am. Ha-ha well we will see I guess.
Rainy season is in full effect now. It rains quite often now. Not as bad as Liberia last year but just a little bit of rain now and then. It sure makes washing your clothes hard when they never dry. But I am doing my best and I just iron them to speed up the process. It is kind of funny and sad at the same time.
In church on Sunday the man giving the opening prayer got up and asked everyone to stand up to pray. The branch president had to get up and stop him and tell everyone to sit down and pray. It was rather funny. Then in elders quorum we asked what people like about the church. One man said home teaching. Then the teacher asked him if he does his home teaching. The man said. "Don’t ask me. No stop." Then the whole class just busted up because we all know that no one wants to do home teaching here. We can hardly get them to church. Ha-ha.
My foot is getting much better now with my steroid cream. It should be well in a week or 2. I am working out like crazy now so maybe it will help. Ha-ha. Sister Squires said it wouldn’t be enough to get to my muscles really so I don’t think it will do anything.
I had to move on Friday. I have one big suitcase a backpack and a small suitcase. I carried the backpack and big suitcase on the back of a motorcycle!!!! It was a long ride and my abs are killing me. I just held on for dear life and prayed that I would arrive alive. And somehow I did. Ha-ha.
Well we don’t have a fridge because the old one broke. But Elder Peterson is on one of his last runs out to Bo before he goes home so hopefully it will come today. It should be a nice one since we have good light almost all day now. Our generator is kind of sketchy now but I am a pretty good repair man so I got it running again the other day. Just no maintenance out here.
Well here are your scriptures for the week:
Ether, 3 all, 4:6-11,17-19, 7:23, 8:22-26, 9:28, 10:19, 12:3-4, 23, 26-27, 34, 38-41, 14:18, 15:2, 19, 34,
Moroni 1:2-4, 6 all, 7:4-8, 13-17, 39, 40-41, 44-48, 8all, 9:4, 6, 22, 25, 10 all.
And now I am done again!!!
I hope that my scriptures have lead you to a deep love of the scriptures which I now have. And I hope that you will help me to stay strong in it when I get back. Thank you all for your support and keep up the letters. I love reading them.
Love
Elder lamb

Transfers = Same city + old apartment

Hey everyone,

Well the work is going sweet out here in Bo. The line is down so I am using word to type this.

Well here is the big news of the day: Elder lamb is going on transfer again. Yup! That’s right. So I am staying in the same town and zone and I am going back to the first apartment I was in with Elder Echi-aboli - The Sewa Road apartment and I am in the Sewa Road Branch. We meet at the same chapel that I am currently meeting and it is pretty much just the neighbor branch.

Elder Yardley is in my apartment with a Sierra Leonean. Elder Borwah is getting a new American elder. Don’t know who yet. And my companion is Elder Muthwa from South Africa. He was there in my first apartment on mission in Liberia. Now we are companions. He is going home on my birthday. Feb 1st. Not much has really happened besides that.

Well not much is going on this week. I went and did a service project for my new branch president. You can just call me Edward scissor hands because I am a bush cutting machine. We just trimmed his bushes and had a good time.

Elder Gunderson is leaving for Liberia. Now I have no one to update me on twilight and Disney songs. It’s ok, I am excited to be in the same apartment as a new American and to see someone with huge eyes like I used to have.

Well the work is sweet and I am sure that Elder Yardley will let the congosar network know what I am just going to tell you anyways. The Lord wants me to be a zone leader for some crazy reason. I don’t know how to explain it except Isaiah 55:8-9. Well I think it is 8 and 9. Hopefully I can give my best and that is good enough. I should learn a lot I guess. Ha-ha! well now everyone knows and there are no surprises. Ha-ha!

In the next few weeks you should see a large influx of pictures. I sent all my cds full of pictures home with Elder Rogers so you should get some new pics soon.

Here are your scriptures at least.
Romans 12:1-2, 12:21, 13:8, 14:17, 15:1,
Acts 26:8, 28,
Colossians 1:9-16, 2:8, 3 all.
4th Nephi 1:12, 15, 24,
Mormon 1:19, 2:19, 3:3, 9, 17-22, 5:13-15, 22-24, 6:16-19, 7 all, 8:24-41, 9:20-21, 27-29,
Ether 2:3, 14, 17-18, 23

Well that’s about it. I leave for my former apartment on Friday. I get to carry my suitcase on the back of a motorcycle so that should be interesting. Haha! Well I love you all and hope that you can all write me some letters sometime. Haha

Love Elder Lamb

Misc Info and the Congosar Network

**Spencer’s “disease”: yup I got my medicine and it is slowly going down. I get to take steroid cream. Haha! Don’t worry I will be fine.
**Well I should be in good shape if I finish my mission in the mountains. Looks like I will be in Bo until next year maybe. Haha!!
**I told him that the YW are going to read the Book of Mormon in 100 days to pass off Personal Progress: sweet. I am trying to finish it right now. But looking into the future I won’t have much extra time to read now so maybe one more before I come home.
**Funerals in Africa: you don’t want to know it is pure insanity.
** I asked him what is congosar network: that is you and all the other moms little network of information. Elder Rogers thought it was funny. (I don’t think Elder Rogers is all that funny!! But no one tell him until I get Spencer’s pictures!! And I still think it is some African word he isn’t telling me the true meaning of!)
**And because I don’t know all of this mission “lingo’: Me and Muthwa are the zone leaders. We are in charge of the Bo zone. aka 12 elders. A district leader is in charge of temporal things. he is in charge of the house and only the elders in the house. Zone Leaders have more responsibility and have to instruct and teach the elders of the zone.

Two years are up...for some....not for Elder Lamb

Elder Lamb and Elder Albright (from Idaho)

Hey everyone,

Everything is going good. My feet disease thing is fine and Sister Squires found me some medicine that should work so don’t worry. Things are going pretty good now.

They just split my branch into 2. The Njagboima Branch and the new London branch. I go to church at 8-11 and 12-3. Yeah lots of fun I guess. Ha-ha!! Well I will talk with President to see if I have to stay the whole time. Most likely I will. But that’s ok and I don’t mind too much. Church is more of a game to make sure everything goes ok anyways. It should be fine.

Well on a very sad note, one of my best investigators, Brother Moses Sesay, passed away on Saturday. It was very sad because he was doing so well. But its ok, he is taking the lessons from much better teachers now and we just gotta get his wife to understand and continue on. It was sad for me but I have the gospel light so it’s not that bad.

The Petersons go home here pretty soon so that is really sad also. I got to see them on Saturday as they brought some things out for the new branch. It was nice and we helped them assemble a few things. They are really nice and I will miss them, but the Jones are still here and are getting to know the area small. Ha-ha!! I got some new ties called jatalas. They are the African best I guess. So I will come home and bluff with them I guess. Ha-ha!!

I have sent all my pictures home with Elder Rogers, who leaves next Wednesday. So everyone should be seeing a ton of pics here pretty soon. I kinda wanted to make my mom wait but she is too antsy so I have to send them. Hopefully they make it alive or else there will be no pics. Ha-ha!!

Elder Rogers one of my best friends is going home along with many others next week. Which means transfer time is here again. We will find out on Saturday so I will let you know what happens next week. I don’t think I am going anywhere, but I never know that. Revelation can be very far from what I think so who knows.

Here are your scriptures:
*3rd Nephi 15:9, 16-24, 16;7, 18:18-21, 32, 19 all, how many times does he say to kneel while praying in chapter 19?, 21;4, 9, 23:1, 5, 24:8-10, 25:5-6, 26:9, 27:5-8, 16-21, 27:33,
*Galatians 1:6-12, 2;21, 4:7, 18, 28, 5:1, 13-16, 19-26, 6:7,
*Romans 1:16, 2:7, 13, 16, 3:23, 5:3-5, 6:23, 8:6, 16-17
well that should be good for you.

Enjoy the picture of me and Elder Albright right before he left. Wow! it’s been a while now. Ha-ha!!
Love,
Elder Lamb

Dating counselor - rice planter - mtn climber

---The Njagboima Chapel ---

This is the chapel in Elder Lamb's area. 2 Branches now use it, 3 soon. It is "kinda sorta" like a chapel in America only it is a "crapily done one of the American versions. The pillar spike thing is shipped from America." Zone Conference P-day in the bush of Bo (a couple of months ago)

Hey everyone,
Sorry I was having a rough time last week. All is better now. Just a little stressed since I have so many things on my mind but I am doing much better now. Except they found out that my leg doesn’t have a fungus it is something else. The pictures are on the way to salt lake now ha-ha. Well I don’t know what it is. It is just spreading. Sister Squires is taking good care of me and president says I can have one of many wheelchairs we have in storage. Ha-ha.

Well the main reason I have been so stressed is the fact that they are splitting my branch. Now I can finally tell you mom. ha-ha well it takes a whole heck of a lot of work to redo a map and do all that fun stuff and also train a companion on how to speak krio and mende. Ha-ha but it has been fun and a good experience for me and I have learned a lot from it.

On Thursday we helped an investigator named Alpha to plant his rice farm in the swamp. We waded in ankle deep muck and stuck pieces of growing rice into the muck. It is actually really easy to do and kinda fun when you get the hang of it. You can see rice everywhere in the swamp now because of the rainy season is the best to grow it. Hopefully it will help alpha. He is a little reluctant to join us but I think this will really help him.

In church yesterday we were in Sunday School and there was a small fire in one of the lights in the sacrament room. So the rest of church was dark. Ha-ha. Well it wasn’t too bad. It stopped really fast and almost no damage was done. It should be and easy fix if the man to fix it is honest. We will see about that one too I guess.

Today me and my companion Elder Gifford decided to go for a hike. Except we got a phone call from a sister and had to go help her not leave the church because her fiancé dumped her or something. So half our p day was spent as dating counselors then we got to go and climb up Kandeh Mountain. There is just a bunch of cell phone towers but there was a nice view. We then came home to do all the chores and stuff that we have to do.

Well I don’t know what the next transfer will bring. I either get to cover 2 branches or get split. I guess we will see. Maybe I will have to become a district leader. I am kinda hoping that I stay just a senior companion. Ill be what you want me to be I guess.

Here are your scriptures for the week.
Helaman 11:23, 12:1, 13:6, 14:8, 30-37, 15:6-8, 3rd Nephi 1:22, 3:25, 4:10, 4:33, 5:3,13, 6:14, 7:5, 18, 9:13-22, 10:14, 10:18-19, all of 11, 12:29-30, 12:48, 13:19-21, 33, all of 14,
1st Corinthians 12:27-31, 14:19, 23, 33, 15:29, 15:58, 16:13-14,
2nd Corinthians 5:7, 10, 17, 6:4-10, 7:9-11, 8:11-12, 9:6-7, 11:13-15, 12:2, 7-10

Well I think that should be good for you. I still have a few emails to the family so until next week keep writing me some letters.
Love
Elder lamb