Elder Lamb - The African Adventure

Monday, October 19, 2009

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

Monday, October 5, 2009

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

Monday, September 28, 2009

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

Monday, September 21, 2009

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