Happy happy Monday morning everyone. I wish I had some crazy big or spiritual stories to tell in this email but as usual I just have a lot of funny little stories. So, buckle down it might be a bit long.
B-Day shenanigans:
It was a glorious thing that my b-day ended up
on a p-day. That made it a lot more fun. One of the new missionaries brought a
spikeball set with him, maybe the only set in the whole country, and we played
that for most of the time. Then we celebrated with a nice meal of Chanoly
Noodle. Being able to say I'm 20 is kind of really strange.
Our people:
Patrick the Burundian is on date! He's doing
well but he missed church to go teach French so that was sad. We met with a man
named Warga and he told us a cool story. His father always told him if he
wanted to have a good life, he needed to find a church. Well recently his
father passed away and he moved to Addis. The day he got here, he remembered
his father's words and was looking for a church when we just happened to
stumble upon him. Talk about God putting people in your path, he is so
prepared. We taught a man named Tariku in complete Amharic which was a pure act
of the Gift of Tongues. We have no clue some of the things he said though which
is an issue.
The Tea:
We went to a man's house to teach him and his
friend, and halfway through the lesson his wife brought out tea and they tried
so hard to get us to drink it. So, we had to stop midway through the
Restoration to teach the Word of Wisdom. They seem fairly interested but had a
lot of questions about the Book of Mormon.
Zone Conference:
We had Zone Conference this week. It was
awesome! President talked about elevating the standards and testified about how
obedience brings blessings. The Zone Leaders talked about goals and what we
want to accomplish here, balancing member work and investigator work, but
really if done right they are the same thing! At one point in their
presentation a Minecraft stick popped up on the screen and everybody started
cheering and clapping. It was legendary. The hoops are up now too so we got to
ball up a bit after. Video included. It's worth a watch.
FHE:
We headed to Yeka Abado once more to do an FHE
for Brother Yohannes and his family. It was awesome. Brother Yohannes is a
powerful man. He shared some stories about his mission in Uganda and we talked
about the blessings of the restoration. When we got back to our neighborhood,
the power was out and the area was completely dark. Thankfully we ran into some
police officers who warned us that the area was dangerous and escorted us home!
I can only imagine what other people saw: two cops with AK-47s strapped on
escorting two white guys in white shirts and ties.
Church:
Church was chaotic this week. During Sacrament
meeting, one of the speakers started roasting the leadership. Nobody was
prepared to teach lessons. And we had people storming out during the Baptism.
You live and you learn.
Read Luke 17:32! It's super short, but it has some good meaning behind it. Basically, when we have faith, we have faith in what the future holds, we don't longingly look back at our past ways. Faith brings about repentance and change, and that's a good thing.
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Elder Miles
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| Birthday Chanoly Noodle feast |
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| In the Taxi |
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| Yeka Abado at Sunset |
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| Ninyal, Nyamal, and Warga |
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| Zone Conference |
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