Well, I won't get anyone's hope up, no pictures this week, again.
Computers here stink. No question mark or exclamation either ha, total piece.
But we had an interesting week. Always do it seems. I know I have
mentioned it 200 times, but we get so much rain here. I am permanently wet
around the ankles, paths are just so bad. And its not just mud, its human waste
and garbage too, we love it..
Anyway, I get a few bad puddle stumbles every day, but I had a way
bad one on Wednesday. Up to my knee in sludge, then I jumped out and got my whole arm covered. Luckily I had some homies at a little shop wash me down with
some pump water. Then we taught our last few times of the night and called it
good. Needless to say, I was a wreck that night. A Malagasy dirt trail is a
piece of work.. It can't be compared to anything back home.
No mountains in the new area. Analamahitsy was in the outskirts, so it was all hills, but we are smack in the city now, its flat. We walk a ton, nonstop all day. We stick close to home, but its still walking 24-7. I go to bed at like 9:30 every night. It makes time go by fast though.
I did splits a few times this week. Worthen is a ZL, so he does it
a lot. I worked with Elder Horne on Tuesday and Elder Bates (the new kid) on
Sunday. We did work. Except for a few overly heated bible bashers who say we
dont follow Jesus, everything was way good.
A few weeks ago, we tracted into a family from Toliara (down
south) and we started teaching them. Sickest people ever. They always go berzerk
about how much they love the times. They asked for a baptismal date in our
second lesson. Last night on splits their daughters were telling me how much
they love it. They said "We know for sure that this is the true church,
because you guys teach so clear. No pastor in all of Toliara ever taught as
clearly, they always preach and no one can understand what they mean. But you
missionaries make sense." I love that family. We will see how things go
with them for the next while.
We are supposed to have 3 baptisms this coming weekend.
We will see if they all go through, I am pretty sure about 2 of them. We might
have to push another back.
All the missionaries talk to the health people, they know when
things are serious or not. Don't worry, if I have problems they'll get taken care
of. It's just the fact that we live in a less than third world country in the
dirtiest areas in the mission. I am honestly fine overall, my stomach is just
used to lighter Malagasy food, so heavy American food throws it off sometimes.
But I still like a good American meal every now and then.
As far as Easter, its just a big weekend of drinking. Things are
gonna get wild. We will probably just chill with oher missionaries. To be
honest, Malagasies love any excuse for a party, so a wild weekend isn't too
unheard of. Just the usual drunks roaming the streets and wreaking havoc.
Conference will be in English. Saturday sessions in English, then
Sunday in Malagasy at the church. Only outside of Tana is it always in Malagasy
only.
It's a short one, but I dont want to bore you guys with a long email and no pictures ha.
Taylor
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