Monday, October 17, 2022

WK 92 - Quickest Home Visit Ever

This week we were out on the streets talking to people, and when on a lonely road we asked a lady if we could help her in any way. She said yes and waved us to come inside her house. Her husband and her daughter were sitting inside, and we sat down and quickly started chatting with them. Popcorn is a common Ethiopia snack (and if you know me you know that's good) and they served us some that they were eating. The first question the father asked was about our home country. When we told him that we were American he told us he didn't like America and then promptly ordered us to leave his house. 

The funniest part is this all happened within the span of like 45 seconds. We went in, ate their popcorn, then got kicked out. Good times. 

We had zone conference this week. We listened to some inspired messages on conference, confidence, self-discipline, and problem-solving. It was good. And lunch was good too. 

We met with a lot of people this week:

*Belay is an older guy we met outside of the popcorn house. He came and we gave him a tour of the Chapel. 

*Abel is a banker that we met at a restaurant then this week met him again! He's a truth seeker and has been tutored by many faiths. By the end of the lesson, we gave him a pamphlet and he noticed the word Mormon in it. Turns out he had a Book of Mormon a few years ago!

*Alemayehu is a super nice man we met on the street that we were able to teach the Restoration to. He seems solid, but sadly he didn't come to church like he said he would. 

*We met with Bienvenue this week and he's not doing so well. Please pray for him. 

*While Elder Folau was working on some police officers, I was talking to a Chinese dude. There are a lot of Chinese people here in Ethiopia and I've never talked to one so this was sweet. He was not very interested but he told me some cool things about China and invited us to play basketball. 

*We visited Sister Hywet at her shop and spent some time getting to know her and her story better. She's really starting to warm up! 

*Kebebew is doing as good as usual. We are working with him to get the Aaronic Priesthood. 

*We never met with Tekaw, but we tried so hard to. He's still outside of the city working. 

*We were teaching Tesfay about prayer when he told us a cool story! At the school where he works, the director told him that he needed to write an exam for the students, but since he is new he doesn't know the students very well and didn't know how to write it. He prayed for help and was able to write a good exam for them! 

Lastly, I was able to participate in a Baptismal Interview this week for a girl named Sinafikish. Her little sister was baptized into the branch two weeks ago and now it's her turn. I love seeing these young people join the church! It will affect their futures so positively and they don't even know it. After her baptism we helped President Rangi catch a tortoise. 

Tomorrow we have transfers. I have spent five and a half months in this area and I'm sad to leave it. I have had great missionary experiences here and have grown to love the members so such. I bore my testimony on Sunday and said goodbye to the members. It's strange to be leaving but I'm excited for what my last transfer(ish) holds.

Elder Miles

The popcorn incident street

Chikina Tibs

Tortoise on a Saturday afternoon

These girls wanted pictures with the foreigners

Kebebew

Brother Melaku

Brother Kirubel

I call this man xxxTentacion like the rapper because he looks kind of like him. I've been trying to get a picture the whole transfer and I finally got one


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