Guys, guys, shhhhhh, keep your voice down in the Library!
Ok...now that we're talking in whisper...how's it going? This week was pretty good for us. Nobody got robbed which is a win. But a crazy homeless dude did chuck rocks at a car we were in so that's an L.
We started the week out by meeting with a member of the mission presidency in our branch to discuss how we can move the work forward. He invited us to meet him at his place of work, which is the National Library of Ethiopia. We got there and he gave us a sweet tour. Saw some OLD books, and got some pictures. We got a picture on the stand that Haile Selassie, the last emperor of Ethiopia, used to read on. The problem is it's in a study hall, so as we climbed on the creaky wood everyone stared at us.
We had MLC at the mission home this week. I was reflecting on the previous times I had been there before. It was a year ago this month that I arrived in Ethiopia! It was fun to be there and to discuss the needs of the mission now that everyone is returning like empowering leadership and expanding the proselyting areas. Plus, good food like meat, cheese, and root beer so that's always a win.
We taught a lesson to a dude named Robel this week. And funnily enough, my recent convert named Robel showed up as soon as we started teaching him. So, we had Robel help us teach Robel. It was cool to see him testify of things we had taught him less than a year ago, and the effort he put in to make friends with the other Robel was awesome.
We had two days in a row with three or more lessons planned and then all of the lessons fell through. We are struggling to get people to come and be consistent. If any of you out there have any advice, I would love to hear it. We are still teaching the friends Gio and Meles. They are both reading the Book of Mormon.
Speaking of good food, Elder Ayre and I have eaten well this week. Friday night we ate at a Greek restaurant and then on Saturday the Branch President invited us over for pizza. We shared a message with him and his family about unity and they told us about their time in Ethiopia, because they are from New Zealand.
Sunday was the best day of the week! We jumped from having 50 people last week to 67 this week! It was fun seeing the members and they all hyped me up after I gave a closing prayer in Amharic.
Quick spiritual thought! Don't procrastinate the day of your repentance! There is no shame in wanting to get better! Do all you can and be joyful about it. We were given this amazing gift to help us become better and find more joy because of it.
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Elder Miles
Haile Selassie's stand. 
Elder Ayre and I getting stares from all the Ethiopians in the room. 
Pizza with the Rangi family! 
Greek food. 
Reading the Braille Doctrine and Covenants. 
Ethiopian feast with the boys. 
The famous Black lion statue (at a terrible angle because there were tons of beggars there). 
P-day shenanigans at Meskel Square.
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