Wow wow wow these weeks are continuing to fly by like seriously! And Thursday marks 3 months that I have been gone like wow!
The highlight of the week was our conference at the temple! The bus ride there was crazy sweaty and stinky. The bus had air conditioning but it barely worked. It got to the point where when I let my arms rest on my lap and then lifted them back up, my pants were soaked. It was awesome to see so many missionaries and also the progression of the Abidjan Temple! It is kind of funny because it looks like every other sketchy building here that is under construction but it will one day be an amazing House of the Lord where people can go and grow closer to our Heavenly Father! Hopefully it is finished while I am here so I can help these amazing people attend the Temple!
President Kearon was there and shared an amazing message of not worrying and just to lose ourselves in the work. He also re-emphasized the same message from when he visited the Provo MTC of Becoming the Message and having joy in this work which was awesome to hear again! He has such and energy and light about him and you can't help but be fascinated by what he has to say. It might be his british accent who knows.
We invited one of our amis, Frère Christ, to baptism this week! He has such a good grasp on the doctrine and he remembers a lot of what we teach him and keeps his commitments which is awesome! He is set for the 30th and I am sure he will be really ready for then! This is my first ami that I actually started to teach and help him come unto Christ so I am really excited! We also have a lot more amis that are progressing very nicely and hopefully can be baptised by the end of this transfer! This work is honestly something else. I get so happy when I am able to bear my testimony and share the love I have for this Gospel and also for the love that my Heavenly Father has for me!
I had my first fish head this week. That's right I looked a fish dead in the cooked eyes and bit its head clean off, and it actually didn't taste bad at all! A little crunchy though haha. I also had some foutou which is like a sticky banana paste that you dip in sauce and it is really popular here but for some reason it just doesn't agree with my stomach at all so hopefully I learn to like it. There is one thing I will never like here though. That's the pork. How pork works here is that they take the dead pig then just chop it into a bunch of little bits including the head and legs...everything and then barely cook it so it is super chewy and it includes the skin, bone, and even hair sometimes. You know how some members decide to not drink caffeine? Well it's like that for me but just with the pork here. It isn't good for my physical or emotional health. It makes me really miss my Uncle Kevin's amazing pork at IDK Barbeque there's a little shoutout for ya Kevin. I expect a paycheck when I get home.
WEEKLY WISDOM: Just Smile! Even when It seems hard to. I have a story with this one. During one of my lessons I was giving the story of the First Vision and while I was reciting Joseph Smith's account, the people we were teaching started laughing because I was talking weird and soft so my companion had to take over and I got really discouraged but instead of continuing my day in discouragement, I decided to just smile and it actually helped my attitude and by then end of the lesson I paid no mind to it. Never forget the power of smiling. It can improve your day and also someone else's!
PHOTOS- Sorry I realised that I forgot to put descriptions for my photos so you were probably confused for some of them haha
1- Sweaty Bus Ride!
2- Me in front of the soon to be temple!
3- Conference Selfie!
4- My Provo MTC MTs!
5- Shot with Stake Center and a lot of the missionaries!
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