The biggest thing that happened this week was obviously the baptisms from this Saturday!!!!!!! We were able to see Mary Loh, Vanessa, and Prisca get baptized!! It was super sweet and I'm so proud of all of them! Ahhhhhh I just love being an instrument in His Hands and being able to see some of the fruits of our labors!
Another fun thing was that we had a whole other paroisse added to our sector. There's still not a while lot of missionaries in our mission so another area in our zone had to be cleared of a companionship. We asked president what to do and he told us to start working there! We also were able to move into La Maison Blanche(the White House) because of it! Basically it's one if the nicest apartments in the mission because it's literally a house...that's white. It's got a washing machine and clim(AC) in our room, both being the first time I've ever had either on the mission here in Cote d'Ivoire! So I'm feeling kind of spoiled rn even though the apartment is still pretty dirty and our clim is a little old but still works okay.
We also went on exchanges with the assistants over in Koumassi! It was super cool because I've never worked outside of the main area of Youpogon in the mission so I got to see more of the mission! I learned a lot from their assistant-wisdom and maybe they a little from me! It rained pretty hard while we were there so that made things interesting! We're still waiting for the official rain season to start but it was nice to cool off for a bit.
We had interviews with President Lewis this week as well and we had a great talk! He was very reassuring of how needed and how appreciative he is for me and all the other Americans who were able to come back and help the mission get back up on its feet again. He also helped me figure out some other stuff for after the mission! Its crazy that I'm at that point now!
Fun little experience: We were teaching these ladies in a busy market area when an older and poorer looking lady came up to us. She seemed a little crazy just by the way she looked but she asked for the Restoration pamphlet that I was holding so I gave it to her! To everyone's surprise, she starting reading out loud then even asked for a pen to start writing on it and literally everyone around started gathering around to see because I guess she was kind of known to be the crazy poor lady that walks around but everyone was super astonished that she could read and write so well! So we obviously talked to her a bit and she was actually super nice! She unfortunately doesn't have a phone nor really a place to stay and gave her our number and she said she was around often so maybe we can talk more later. Basic principle of the lesson is "Don't judge a book by its cover"
Other than that it was a pretty normal week! The work is getting interesting with having to work in two wards now who have church an hour apart from each other and are pretty big areas. It should only be for a couple weeks but I hope we are able to help and teach anyone who is ready to hear the Restored Gospel!
I love you all and pray for you all! Please stay safe and stay healthy. P.S. if your curious, we haven't heard anything about getting vaccinated as I've heard many missionaries in the states have gotten vaccinated. So we'll see what happens here! Have a great week!
Elder Perkins
PHOTOS
1. Idk random photos from sector
2. Africa is iconic for their infamous "brand name" products. This edition is a "Mike" instead of "Nike" backpack. Thought it was funny cuz that's my dad's name lol
3. BAPTISM. ps sorry I'm not in it the pics were kind of rushed
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