Let me begin this week's email with a statement and then a story. Elder Folau makes really good banana bread. It's as simple as that. And everyone likes it. One day we were teaching Tekaw sitting in the outdoor seating of a cafe. We had brought the banana bread for him, and we were eating it just before we started. Elder Folau was on the phone, so I broke a piece in half and set it on top of the bag for him. Later, I turned just in time to see a not so sane, homeless lady standing right next to the table and she grabbed that half of banana bread so hard without even a please. Not knowing what to do and reacting out of instinct, I used my wrist to pin down her wrist and looked around for help, but she had already gotten ahold of the bread so we let her go. Funny thing is she came back three minutes later for seconds haha.
I'm gonna go fast:
-There were two major holidays this week: Meskel, which is an Orthodox holiday celebrating the discovery of Christ's cross, then Irreecha which is an Oromo holiday celebrating the end of the rainy season. Because of that, we had some slower days for sure.
-We encouraged Tekaw to fast this week for the problems and challenges he's having in his Life. Tesfay bore his testimony in Sacrament meeting. Kebebew brought his friend Dureti with him one day to be taught. Clarisse, the wife of Bienvenue came to church with their daughter Galochka.
-We met a random lady named Adanech on Meskel who invited us over for food and to meet her neighbors. There were a lot of people, some happy to see us and some not so happy, but we shared a message on family and we tried to get the interested ones to church. She made us eat a lot of food and it ended up making me sick though :(
-Had interviews with President Dudfield. He gave me some insight on what will happen for my last transfer as well as gave me some encouragement and advice on the things I can do to make the most of my time as a missionary!
-I went on exchanges with and ex-companion: Elder Willden! After our District Council we travelled to Jemo to teach a member about Priesthood Blessings, then during lunch we met an interesting man who showed us his shoe factory.
I'm am so excited that General Conference has come around once again. Each time it gets better I swear. I hope you all have watched it, because to be honest I've only been able to watch the morning sessions BUT I loved President Nelson's message about how covenants give us rest, as well as Elder Renlund's talk about personal revelation and Elder Rasband's talk about giving the Book of Mormon to Kings and Rulers. Truly, this is revelation for our time.
I love you all. መልካም ሳምንት ይሁንላችሁ
Elder Miles
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| Meskel bonfire down the street. |
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| መልካም በዓል ከእኔ። |
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| The legend's college: Harambe University |
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| Getting a lecture at the shoe factory. |
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| Elder Willden and I. |
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| Elder Folau and I. |
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| After church. |
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| Before church. |
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