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