Insects, pizzas and burgers

Hey everyone,

Well I must admit, this past while has been amazing. The lord is truly blessing me and my companion for being obedient tools in his hand. I can say it is not me and my companion but Heavenly Father that is blessing us and making things so great.

We are adding to our pool and getting a bunch ready for their first covenant (Baptism). They are all doing so amazing and I am so happy with them. Our new branch presidency has been calling some great people to get callings and they are all doing so well and working hard. We are getting referrals like crazy and finding some great people who are so smart. I am so happy and I love it here.

My companion just turned one year and is doing well. He is kinda itching to move on and work harder as a senior companion and I think he will in July. We will see. We are enjoying a lot and working so hard.

We had a sweet zone conference on Friday and learned about the book of Mormon and how to use it better. I loved it and President gave a nice instruction on sanctification. I guess you could say I am working hard in that department. Feels so good though.

We were invited to the branch presidency training where we now know what is expected of the leaders to help them make the church better. We are working with them and I am excited for this branch. We are doing so well.

Well sorry gpa lamb. But they just opened the only hamburger joint in a 6 hour drive of anywhere. You can get a hamburger and fries and even steak. Let’s just say that elder lamb’s budget doesn’t cover that kind of expenditure. But I had to try a hamburger at least once within the last year. Ha-ha!! Well I am not rejecting any donations to the hamburger fund. Ha-ha!! I am just kidding - I like letters more than burgers. hint hint!!(Sab's Restaurant = real burgers, steak, cheesecake and almost anything you can think of. Only a burger is 5 dollars and a steak is 14. Too much for me. I am broke lol.)

Well this week I was also attacked by a champion in my sleep. Yep, I was asleep and under my mosquito net. Then I woke up with a huge blister on my arm. So I asked around and found out there is an insect here that walks on you and poops acid on you. Then you get a nasty sweet acid burn on your arm. Not to bad though I guess. I hosed down our room with insect killer and I haven’t been attacked yet.

We live next to a nice couple that are in the church. They rent the house next to the church. Well it was their 26th wedding anniversary so me and Elder Albright kicked up the oven and fixed them 2 pizzas. They were so happy and excited and the smile on their faces made it all worth it. It was so nice.

Well I think that is about it for the week. Things are great and I love it here. I am so lucky to be doing the Lords work and I give all the glory to him.
Love
Elder Lamb

An average day and homemade pizza!!

Picture: Elder Lamb and Elder Stice - they were in the MTC together. Elder Stice is now serving in Liberia

Hey everyone,
Well the work is going well this week. First things first - transfer news. I am staying and so is my companion Eder Albright. Elder Agamah is going to Freetown and Elder Onuoha is coming to us to be the district leader. Well it looks like the Lord needs me to break in another one as my companion said. Ha-ha! Well I think things will go well and Elder Rogers is coming out to sweet Bo town. It should be a lot of fun and I get to make him trunky. Ha-ha but he already is so I can only make it worse. (Elder Rogers comes home in August!!)
Well today was amazing. Me and my companion made pizza. Yup in the bush of Bo. We bought some bread dough and pineapple, cheese, bacon, sauce, and onions. We cooked it in our little shack oven and ate it. We made one for our neighbors the turays. They all loved it and wanted us to make more. But it is a little expensive. But well worth it. We are working on scones or breadsticks next. Ha-ha! Well that is the highlight of the week.
Actually I was very excited that the Belia family was baptized on Saturday and I am having another on sat. It should be very nice and I am excited for Fatmata Sheriff. She is doing very well and is dedicated very well. I love my branch and I am excited for this time here. Things could really turn around with our new branch presidency. They actually get things done!!! Who would of thought?
We had a service project on Thursday. I set it up with the chief governor of southern Sierra Leone, the head of Bo town. We even contacted him but he didn’t come to church. Oh well, we cleaned up the compound of the building and made things look pretty. It was funny.
Ok the other morning at 2 am, there was a group of people who just got up and started wailing and banging drums. The whole neighborhood was pissed and a fight broke out small. It was funny and we didn’t get much sleep. Oh well what can you do?
Oh on a sad note 2 more elders are home unexpectedly. There is gossip why, but I don’t really know. The work must go on though.
Ok so the average day of elder lamb apparently is interesting to you so here it is.
6:30 wake up
Until 7 I usually study and work out a little. Then I shower and eat corned beef and rice.
At 8 is personal study until 9
9 is companion study.
10 we head out and see usually 4 or 5 people that we teach until we return to the apartment at around 8. I don’t feel good after dark so we get in around 8.
Then we cook or study until 10:30 and go to bed. Not really to exciting but there you go. Ha-ha!!
Well thanks for the support and letters should be here on Wednesday so we will see who really loves me.
Love
Elder Lamb