On P-Day all of our lessons fell through but on the bright side, we got twelve contacts.
We were able to pay for our Fipag or water bill. We withdrew
the money and waited in the line and got the Fipag paid with the account zeroed
out. No late fees, nothing, all bright and happy. We still had some 4,000 odd
metecals left over for the power. Well, that is when things went a bit
down-hill. The normal place we buy cred-elec was closed. Their computers were
down. The only other place that exists here in Maxixe had a huge, massive,
beast of a not-so-line. Technically it was a line but physically it was just a
big ole’ mash-pit. We found out who was last in line and got behind them. We
waited for upwards of two whole hours. The line wasn’t moving. They system was
out. We called Axxx and asked him if he could go to Inhambane to buy us
cred-elec.
We ate lunch and gave him the money and went all the way to
market of Sujeria for a lesson that fell though. Then we walked about half way
to Homoni which is pronounced Um-Weni to a barrio called Abana. It was mato
mesmo! It was beautiful. We were visiting Exxxxxxx. He is here working from
T-3. He came with a member, Irmão Oxxxxxx. He has been coming to church for
about three months. Well I stupidly, but accidently got us a chapa to Expansão.
Luckily we realized not too far in and got off, walked back to the Praca and
got on the right chapa. We finally got out there and taught him. It was a super
good lesson. He is really smart and appears to really have the desire to get
baptized and learn more, not necessarily in that order. Then we had to get back
to Maxixe. It was already 18H so that wasn’t easy. It took about another 30
minutes to get a chapa. All the cars on the road were “caixa-abertas” or open backed
trucks. As missionaries, we have a rule that we cannot take those. We finally
got back and headed home. On the birght side, we got to explore our area more.
It is like being on an adventure. We also got to pick up our grill for grilling
food. We got one member present. On the down side that was our only lesson for
the day.
The next day we spent another hour waiting in cred-elec
line. But this machine broke so we ended up paying some kid 20mt to buy us
cred-elec on this phone through M-Pesa. That stressed me out, but it all ended
up being good. Now we have energy for the house.
We got 18 contacts for Wednesday. That is a lot of contacts.
As you must know by now, days with high contacts usually means low lessons.
Unfortunately, that was in fact the case for Wednesday. We are getting plenty
of contacts, but all of them are falling through as lessons, even some
double-marked ones. I really hope we can start boosting these numbers so we can
have a chance to see some baptisms. Speaking of baptisms, Jxxxxx and Lxxxx have
now received all of the missionary lessons. Now it is review and hard-core
document mode time. Mxxxxxx gave us permission to have Jxxxxxx do the yard at
the church, so that rocks! Now he will not only have the money he needs to do
documents but also to feed his wife and four children.
We visited Cxxxxx and Axxxxx Wednesday night. They too are
doing well. However, they still haven’t picked up their Declarações do Bairro.
So Wednesday night we really pushed how extremely important continued progress
on these documents is for them. We committed Cxxxxx to go talk to the Chefe do
Bairro that night mesmo so that he can pick up his documents. I really think
with just a little bit of força and fé (strength and faith) we can get all
three of these casais (couples) married on the 28th. That would be
so fantastic if that could happen here in Maxixe.
Thursday was going to be our Expansão day, but sadly all of
our marked lessons fell through, so we didn’t get to go. We worked on getting
lessons from house contacts. It wasn’t going super well. We did get one with a
man who shall not be named. He was looking for flaws and errors in everything
we said, which took away from the ability for the Holy Ghost to be present. However,
we had a good lesson after that. Then we had a member present with the Branch
President at Rxxxxxx’s. It was good.
Friday was good, we got up early to run and get ready to be
out of the house an hour early. We went to Abana again to teach Exxxxxxx. It
was totally worth it. It was an absolutely awesome lesson. He is super solid
and super ready. At the end of the lesson, one of his questions was – what are,
or would be some of his responsibilities as a member of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints. We read the baptismal covenant with him and talked
about callings and the priesthood. The only down-side to that lesson is that it
turned 100.1% impossible to get a chapa on the way home. We walked for an hour
to get to Scananini and another 30 to 45 minutes until home. On the way home we
got a call from the office elders that District Meeting would be promptly
starting. So we sat on a log, ate bread, cookies and Molina during the meeting
as we were all rather hungry. Molina is a really tasty, rather genius little bar
with peanuts and sugar. Finally we arrived home and had comp study. The rest of
the day was a half-decent day of lessons. We had a good one with an inactive
sister. Irmã Pxxxxx. It was nice. I really hope she decides to come back to
church. Then we walked a very, very long time to the very farthest point of
Chambone to have another lesson. It went really nice.
Saturday! Bem, hoje foi um dia interesante, mesmo (Well,
today was an interesting day, even). We went to Homoine. We went to visit
Pxxxxxx. Things are quite different that I was led to believe. I had been told
that Pxxxxxx and his family had more or less apostatized from the church.
However, Pxxxxxx and Mxxxx still have very strong testimonies. They were just
treaded very badly here in the church and were offended. They shared their
story with us. They both have very interesting and individual conversion
stories. They were so happy to receive a visit from us. They said they would be
coming back to church this week (tomorrow) I really hope Presidente Chambal and
the rest of the members receive and treat them well.
We had a first lesson with Sxxxxx. His wife wasn’t there but
it was an awesome lesson. This guy is awesome. He is 25 and has been legally
married for three years. He is like a golden investigator. He completely
understood the lesson. The whole time he was agreeing with what we were saying.
It was quite a solid lesson. We also had a really good lesson with the Rxxxxxx
clan. They are all nice. Rxxxxxx is still “busy to be baptized” which just mean
he really wants to get baptized. He truly does have a true desire.
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