BonSSSOOOOIIRRR et soyez bienvenue!
Literally last p-day felt like yesterday again but it's been yet another week! Ups and downs as the usual!
This email is dedicated to the children of Africa because they are just so dang cute but also insane and devilish but also so strong! As I said before, the classic "le blanc!" being shouted constantly in the streets has returned and who knew how much I actually did miss it? It allows me to interact with so many people who otherwise I might accidentally miss! I've honestly learned a lot of life lessons just by observing the people, especially the kids! It's a part of the culture here that I will always remember!
Otherwise this week went by fast and was pretty normal I'd say. We were supposed to have Zone conference this week, but it was delayed due to someone being sick in the mission office. I was kind of bummed because it was going to be my first completely normal Zone conference since the last time I was here in Cote d'Ivoire with it being all in one day and NOT over zoom haha. It's going to be this week instead which is going to be hard because it's the last week of the transfer and we need to do zone conference, interviews, and have exchanges with the assistants all in this one week and then we're getting transfer news this upcoming Saturday so next week will be interesting for sure.
I got my first good rainstorm! It was storming most of the night but it continued to rain pretty hard in the morning. Luckily, it lightened up enough for us to go out by the afternoon. It was nice to have some overcast weather because it's been pretty sunny and hot while I've been here. The official rainy season is supposed to start sometime in April so I'm excited for that.
Also that reminds me GENERAL CONFERENCE IS IN TWO WEEKS?!?! Wow that's insane! I don't know how this one will go for us here with he time change and all but I'll probably stay with my English speaking companion so we might just watch it on our phone in English which will be sweet! Not that I don't love french but just hearing their voices and all make it all the better for me.
This part of the vineyard is having some good fruits! We were able to find a bunch more people this week! Half of them were literally from us walking down the street and them stopping us asking why we're walking around so much, why is there le blanc, get in the shade it's too hot, etc. and they ended up turning into gospel discussions! Lord works in mysterious ways! We also were able to put Mary Loh, Herman, Vincent, Prisca, and Vanessa on date to be baptized! They were some of the first people that we found when we got whitewashed into the area and they've been doing great!. For now the baptism is set for the weekend after General Conference, but it can still change depending on if we need to make sure their ready and all but I'm super excited for them!
I'm love my mission! It's crazy how much time I have left, a little over 4 months! I don't want it to end so I want to do all I can to do this work until the end! I'll sprint to the finish line!
Elder Perkins
PHOTOS
1-2 These kids are always waiting for me when we come around to teach one of our amis so I had to take a picture with them. I even got some of them to call me Elder Perkins rather than le blanc!
3-4 after a mini exchange with our district leader we went by the stake center where a bunch of guys were playing soccer. We can't join them sadly but we watched and talked with them for a little bit!
5. This kid is adorable and keeps us entertained during sacrament meeting. Her name is Laura
6. Pink chickens...don't know how or why
7. Snapped a picture of a moderately busy street market
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