There is never anything to complain about on P-Day. It was a good productive day. It started out
with our lesson with Cxxxxx and Dxxxx at the Rxxxxxx Family “complex” We gave
them some instruction and encouragement, and then sent them on their way to
Morromsene, where they have to go to register Dxxxx. I really hope that they
succeed in getting her registered (as a step towards marriage).
We spent the rest
of our morning contacting. We got all of our contacts for the day fairly quickly
and if I am going to be honest (and hopeful) I felt really good about a lot of
them. I am excited to see what happens with them. We also grocery shopped and
emailed, sometimes it’s nice to go and do things on P-Day other times it is
really nice to have a day to relax and recuperate. This was one of those days.
Some days are interesting! Or, in other words, I don’t quite
know how to label them. Why? Because some great things happen and at the same
time, some really downer things happen. Days that are interesting also seem to
last a couple of days long and what can I say, Tuesday was one of those days .
We had a couple of so-so lessons in the morning. Then we met up with “the man of the hour”, Jxxxxxx,
to help him get his Declarações De Bairro. That was a wild goose chase; we got
the documents all done, and then went to the Municipial to do the Atestado Da
Residencia. That is where things started to spiral downhill like a “double-bird-strike”
We had to run through pouring rain to find somewhere to type a document then go
back just to find out something was wrong with the Declarações and that the
process has to be open for 15 days before the wedding. So we have to do it
tomorrow and there won’t be a wedding/baptism this weekend L. On the other hand, Jxxxxxx
has GIANT FAITH and we had a really great lesson with Zx and Ixxxx a new reference
from Jxxxx.
Wednesday I had presidency meeting in the morning. Then we
walked some more with Jxxxxxx to help him do some documents again. We also
hiked up on the mountain (an hours walk) to Exxxxx and Dxxxxxxx house. It was a
good restoration lesson. There was just one thing, I was on the far right side
of the couch against the arm. I thought I felt something nudging my leg. I
wasn’t sure, so I put my hand between my leg and the couch arm, and sure enough
there was some little beastie inside the couch moving around. Of course my mind
started to pay 100 different scenarios; snake? person? dog? rat? huge spider?
what? What if I get bit? If it jumps out, will I grab it and kill it? I ended
up saying something to them. They
explained that it was a rat. The rat lives in the couch. I am so glad he stayed
inside the couch.
Thursday… Hoje foí um bom dia! (today was a good day!) Thursday
we killed off the day with a less than ideal lesson. It was with a high ranking
man. They are set in a mindset that any church that talks about God is a true
church. We tried, but it isn’t yet their time. After that we rushed home to do
weekly planning. It was super amazing. I feel like weekly planning really gives
me a “big-picture” view of how truly blessed we are by the Lord! I cannot
believe how He has blessed us. After planning we went up to the highest point
in Maxixe to have a really nice lesson with a new family. Rxxxxx and Zxxxx. Rxxxxx
practically taught himself part of the lesson. He is super smart and going to
progress very nicely. We called to check up on Jxxxxxx and Lxxxx. They are
still moving along on their documents. I have to say I really love them! After
a long walk down into Maxixe again, we had a good lesson with Zx at Jxxxxx
home. Then we passed by Cxxxxx and Axxxxx.
I really love them, and I am worried about them. I hope they have enough food to
eat on a regular basis.
Friday was interesting. We started out the day by heading
out to Exxxxxxx house in Abana. We had a super good lesson with him. We taught
about the Plan of Salvation. He really understood and asked some killer questions.
I am honestly impressed with him. Later we walked home, and had district
meeting and ate lunch. We went to meet with Jxxxxx to visit some of the Young Women
she has been bringing to church and hopefully our visit will bring them back to
church. Something happened afterwards, as we were walking we got a phone call
from Presidente Kretly. I am going to Maputo 1 to be Elder Mistola’s new companion.
Wow this is the fourth time knowing about a transfer before it happened. I didn’t
even get the chance to say goodbye to or take pictures with any investigators
or members. L
Oh well, mission life. We finished out our day with some lessons and headed
home so I could spend the better part of the night packing. I will be getting
on an early bus to head down to Maputo on Saturday.
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