Monday, June 27, 2022

WK 76 - WELCOME TO FLAVORTOWN

Sometimes I feel like my letters are more of a food blog than missionary emails because I talk about what I eat so much, but this week was a good food week so I'm not ashamed to share some more.

This week we held a Zone Council meeting so we could gather all the missionaries and set a vision for the zone. We talked about being one percent better in all we do and had the District Leaders talk about different aspects of missionary work and how we can do them just a bit better.

We went on exchanges to Arat Kilo this week along with the APs. It is a recently reopened area, so the missionaries there are grinding to figure things out. I ended up with Elder Williams who was in my MTC group, and because they got a brand new area book, we spent the whole day talking to people trying to fill it up! It was so fun being out on the streets in a new area and we talked to some cool people. One of them even ended up coming to church!

Now here's where the food comes in. While we were there, we ordered a plate of eighteen Irtib, which is like fried potato sandwiches. It was so good. I'll attach a picture below. It filled the whole silver platter there was so much. Later that night, for Elder Wallace and Elder Ferrin's one year mark, we celebrated by taking them to the Greek restaurant. I went big and ordered the President Dudfield recommended Greek Roasted Lamb. We flexed a little bit to him. 

Ok enough about food. Our investigators are progressing well. It's been rainy this week so it's been a bit slow. Tekaw brought his friend Esias this week and both are so funny and love coming to meet with us. Tekaw will hopefully get baptized next Sunday. We've had some complications with Tesfaye, so we aren't sure what to do there. We met with a friend named Jonah this week who disagreed with us on the Fall, but really wants to read the Book of Mormon. We met with a Muslim who converted to Christianity and had a good discussion about the Trinity with him.

This Sunday the Branch held a “Come and See” activity where after church, Branch President Rangi provided refreshments and drinks that the members enjoyed after church, then we started a fireside where members shared their conversion stories! Us missionaries gave a musical number and I even conducted half the meeting in Amharic! It was fun and I feel like the branch needs more activities like that.

We were able to attend the baptism of a disfellowshipped member this week, and that was powerful! The whole time I couldn't help but think about the Savior's willingness to forgive if we are humble and we take the necessary steps to repent. Sometimes we get caught up thinking we aren't in the right spot to receive help or feel the Savior's love. But when we are sincerely trying to repent, we are always able to feel confidence, love, and help.

See you next time on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives.

Guy Fieri

And 

Elder Miles

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Zone Council lunch

Tekaw and Esias

Irtib Platter

Flexing on President

Willie and I

Karl Marx looking scary


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