The past two weeks have been like an Ethiopian salad. Overall, pretty good, a little bit crazy with some good and some bad ingredients, as well as a few that don't quite fit in.
The tomatoes: We've been teaching a man named Mulatu for a while now. He is a police officer. He's honestly the nicest guy and we always just run into him while he's working while patrolling the streets. He has a young family so we've been really trying to help him see how the Gospel can bless his family!
The carrots: We started teaching another police officer named Abraham who also happens to be the nicest guy and really interested. The problem is him and Mulatu both have very busy schedules and it's hard to meet with them. Abraham also happens to be the hardest person to get in contact with but we're trying.
The papaya: Is it just me or is papaya not that good? Maybe it's just the papaya here. Last week I ate something bad and got way sick. Not that good either haha.
The avocado: We've been reaching out to an RM who is returning to activity, and one day he took us up near his work and bought us the nicest Ethiopian food I've ever eaten. Photo included below. He also helped us a lot later on.
The bananas: I went on exchanges this week with Elder Adade! He's from Ghana. I was in his area for the day and we had a good time. Highlight of the day: we taught a man who is so interested in the church and has been coming for a few years now, but he has some addictions he has to work through, but he seemed so willing! We taught him about repentance and the church's addiction recovery program.
The lettuce: We've been teaching a few other new people this week. One is a man named Muse who speaks good English but doesn't seem the most interested honestly. We also taught two bank guards named Kifle and Teamrat who came to church last week.
The peppers: We taught English class this week which is always fun, but we also have been working with a man named Melese who wants to learn English so bad and who we want to come to church so bad. We've been teaching him, but he hasn't been coming.
The pineapple: We had the chance to sit down with the Branch President and discuss the work in the branch! It was so helpful. We enjoyed.
The potatoes: Miracle of the week and the best part of the salad for some reason: so, Alazar, the RM, served along with three other missionaries from Ethiopia. One of them happens to be the very less-active sister we have been working with. We let him know, and he wanted to help out so bad. One day, him and another one of the missionaries picked us up, drove us to her house, and we got to witness the reunion of those missionaries after almost TWENTY years of them not seeing her. It was so cool to see and I think it was a good experience for all of them. I could see the spirit work among them as old friendships were renewed. Basically, call me Dr. Phil, I'm out here fixing relationships. Just kidding.
So, that's just about it. Thank you all for reading to the end if you made it here. I appreciate the support and the prayers. Love you all!
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Elder Miles
The greatest Ethiopian food ever Mulatuuuuuuu Nyamal! I went to Mexico on pday The fruit salad Tesfay looking fly Filling the Baptismal font Elder Adade
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