A little taste of awesomeness!!

Hey Everyone,

Well this was a long trip to make it out here to Kenema. Its not that small of a village so don’t worry. I still have 2 supermarkets and a lot of Lebanese diamond dealers and cocoa bean traders. Yeah those are the 2 major exports out here. So I am enjoying the town. It’s not my first time to be here but it is interesting trying to learn the area a little better instead of just following people around. The trip out here was interesting as it took us ( Elder Lowe, Afadi, and Stice.) 10 hours to make it. First Elder Jones dropped us at the bus stop in Freetown. The normal bus was dead so we got the 3rd hand one. Yeah as we left I noticed that the transmission wasn’t quite right. So about 1/3 the way out the transmission went out at a small junction called Masiaka. We waited for about 2 hours for the next bus to come and rescue us. Which finally it did and slowly carried us to Bo. From Bo we rented a car to carry us to the elder’s house and then me and my companion to the car park for Kenema. We loaded my bags and were on our way to Kenema. 1 hour later we reached here. Only one problem. No bike would run through town the way we wanted to go. Apparently the president of Sierra Leone was in town. So we had to pay a taxi to take us around the back back way to the house. It only cost us $2.50. That’s actually a lot here. Yet I made it alive. I only had one suitcase. Which was good. My small one is packed full of junk to take home so I left it locked up in Freetown.

My new apartment is big and spacious. There are 4 bedrooms. Which of course we only use one. We have 2 bathrooms. One for me and one for my companion. There is a lot of fruit in the yard. We have a few banana trees that are producing now and we are enjoying them. We also have some papaya trees that are also producing and we are enjoying them too. The mango tree hasn’t started yet but it should start here soon. We are enjoying the fruit out here. It’s much cheaper than in Freetown and we love it.

The branch is interesting. We had so many people at church that we had to have people sit outside. The branch is near splitting and we are doing our best to find a good way to do it. The map needs a little work and we will be the ones to do it now. So we have much to do and a lot to learn about the area. It should be good to keep me busy these last few months. We don’t get to see anyone really out here. We are loners. Yet at church on Sunday I was asked to bear my testimony as the new missionary. So I stood up to start and was a little surprised to see a white man sitting in the crowd. I had to pause for a moment and recollect myself. Then I bore my testimony. After church we talked small. He is from California. Is a member and is here for work. Some economic thing. It was interesting and kinda funny.

Oh yes the best part is that our room has air conditioning. It won’t run on the generator though. So we pray that light comes every night. Which of course it doesn’t. It comes maybe 1 in 3 or 4 days. So I do get a little taste of awesomeness on a lucky day.

It is a little boring with only 2 people in the apartment. But the CD player helps a lot. Elder Amoa only likes to listen to one efy cd but I usually change it when he leaves the room. He is funny and amusing sometimes. But we get along and will enjoy our time together.

I am doing great and working hard like always. Letters will be very slow but that’s ok. There aren’t much more to write.

Thank you all and I love you

Love

Elder Lamb