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.
Monday, December 7, 2009
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)
**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
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
Monday, November 23, 2009
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
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
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
Monday, November 9, 2009
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
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
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Elder Lamb = Hard worker
Working hard to beautify Africa one wheelbarrow at a time
Proof that Elder Lamb does a lot of walking!
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