I Have A Bad Feeling About This...

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Ok well here's yet another week that's flown by! I feel like I'm in a montage right now that's just showing me getting up every morning! This week went by fast but oh boy was there a lot that happened!

So the biggest thing was something honestly pretty nuts. I honestly can't go too much into detail but basically we got stuck in a random crazy church for multiple hours because they wouldn't let us leave unless we prayed their way which was a BIG no no. An ami that we are teaching told us that she had a mama that she wanted to talk to so we followed her and the farther we went, the more we were thinking it was a priest or something, and we were right. I was definitely having the classic Star Wars "I have a bad feeling about this" feeling(a.k.a the Spirit) the whole time.

We eventually were able to leave because they realized that we weren't going to do it but we had to get a mission leader to come pick us up and there was even police there so it was just a big mess honestly haha. In short, we should've never gone in there and we are perfectly fine right now and no harm came to us. We stayed stong to our faith and our testimonies and that's all that matters! It was just a big misunderstanding haha

We also had Zone Conference this week! It was crazy because the last time I had a completely normal Zone conference, fully in person for the day, was last year when I was last here in Cote d'Ivoire. I honestly forgot how much I really do love hearing from President Lewis! We focused a lot on using technology wisely, surrounding our teaching with the baptismal interview questions, and God's love for us! In all it was wonderful and I learned a lot! We've also been doing a Facebook and Messenger fast for the past week until this Friday and it's honestly been pretty relieving haha.

We had an impromptu exchange with Elder Grover on friday which was pretty hype! His companion had a going home meeting for most of the day so Elder Grover got stuck with us but it was fun to teach with him and get to know him better. I feel like my time is so short here but it's good to know the mission is in good hands once I leave!

We also had a wonderful baptismal service on Saturday then a cool Stake Missionary Fireside Sunday night! We sadly didn't have baptisms this week but the rest of our Zone is killing it finish off the transfer strong! The Fireside went okay but the only problem is that hardly anyone was there besides the missionaries and stake and ward leaders. However we had a great Q&A discussion lead by me and my companion which I had no knowledge of until they announced it and my companion was like, "oh yeah I forgot to tell you..." haha but it was great!

Transfer news is simple, Elder Owuor and I are sticking together for the time being! Who knows if it'll be for the rest of the transfer because things change very often with missionaries coming and going but I'm happy to be with him for now! Our amis are doing pretty good! We still have 4(Prisca, Vanessa, Vincent, and Mary Loh) who should be good for baptism on April 10th and then the rest will be later in the month! We've been trying to get members super involved because A) people listen to Adults or their peers more than two random kids in cute white shirts and ties and B) Members just are the best when it comes to missionary work!

Okay well this email became way too long sorry I highly doubt you'll make it this far but just make sure you are ready for General Conference this weekend! I don't know how they'll top the last one but I'm sure they will! Love you all and HAPPY EASTER!

On est ensemble

Elder Perkins

Photos

1. This old helicopter and plane are right next to our ward building which is pretty cool!

2-3. There was a Young Women activity that we popped into at the last second because we were hungry haha

4. Zone Selmer! Two of the sisters are going home and one companionship got doubled out so there's a lot of changes happening!

5. Cosmos selfie haha. We realized it's actually in our secteur so that's nice.