Finishers Wanted

Hey everyone! Another week and another email! Missionary work and life is thriving here in Cote d'Ivoire. Our bishop asked us yesterday to start wearing our masks to church so I guess we have to do that. Ugh so hard😂

Well this day marks exactly 3 months until the end of my mission. It's definitely mixed feelings of excitement and dread but ça va aller. We had Zone Conference this past week which was amazing! I also became a sprinter. In this mission, once a missionary has 3 months(two transfers) left, they become a sprinter and they set goals for how they can sprint to the finish line instead of running out of energy and slowly walking till the end. So it's official that my mission is ending now and I'm going to sprint all the way to the end! 

I love the talk by President Thomas S. Monson, "Finishers Wanted", that talks about how important it is to keep going and "keep the faith" until the end. That's why as missionaries we teach about enduring to the end after baptism! 

Well as far as the work goes this week, we had a lot happen with a lot of our amis! I love when amis ask very interesting questions like, "can women wear pants?", or maybe have objections like, "Not everyone will be resurrected." And be able to be directed be the Holy Ghost of how to best help them understand the doctrine and most importantly, to feel God's love for them! We also ran into a guy who follows the antichrist here in Cote d'Ivoire and we definitely followed the Spirit by getting out of there chopchop.

That's honestly it this week! Nothing crazy happened this week but it's been fun living life here in Cote d'Ivoire!

Elder Perkins

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