Heeeeeyyyy what's going on my favorite people?! Hope everything is going your way and if it's not then it's going the Lord's way so you dont have to worry too much! Here's just yet another weekly email for you!
Well yesterday was Mother's Day! Well for me anyway. Here in Cote d'Ivoire it's actually on the 30th but then that would clash with memorial day weekend for us and we can't have that. Anyway just a little bit about my wonderful mother. Kind, inspirational, dedicated, passionate, and FULL OF LOVE FOR OTHERS. If you haven't met her yet, then you're missing out! I can't wait to see her again in a couple months! Granted I've seen my mom probably way more than any other missionary, both by video call and in-person but hey I can still miss her okay?
We also just had transfer news and gladly Elder Owuor and I are sticking together! Again who knows what might change because we still have little transfers during the actual transfer, so things can still change but it's great we can still work hard together! I'm staying in the same area of Andokoi as well! Great people and now I'll be able to see some of the baptisms happen here! Super exciting. This being my second to last transfer, I dont know if this is where I'll be until the end of my mission, or if President Lewis will send me somewhere else for one transfer. I'm honestly fine with whatever happens. I don't think I can be picky about what area I'm in after I barely got back to Cote d'Ivoire anyways!
So we started teaching this mama named Mary Magdalene(no joke) and she is definitely one of those prepared and elect people. She stopped us in the road a couple weeks ago asking about the church and what we do because we pass by her house a lot to teach another ami. She showed interest but she said she works a lot throughout the week and didn't have her phone number on hand to give us. So we gave her a brochure with our number on it with some hope we could see her again.
Luckily enough, we bumped into her again and started teaching her! She is super sincere in her search for the truth, because honestly she explained of how sick she is of all the churches around here and asked so many powerful questions! We answered as best we could while also teaching a bit about the Restoration. We also invited her to church to come and see how we do things around here. We'll she ended up coming to church yesterday and she LOVED IT. It really made me happy to see how happy she was about church! She even made a friend there which is perfect! We're super excited to help her explore and discover the truth and to really find the true church! Woohoo missionary work!
We had mission leadership council this week and a big part of it was about really knowing how to ask inspired questions. This is something that I'm terrible at and I know a lot of missionaries struggle with this. It's pretty easy to have the same questions to ask every time or not ask questions at all, but its essential to help amis discover the doctrine for themselves and then to also help us get a grip on their understanding. So if you're a missionary reading this or really anyone who teaches and you need help, read below from my amazing mission President.
There are Three Standards of Questions:
1. Understanding- what's the doctrine or subject of what you just taught/read?
2. General Application- how can this apply to everyone?
3. Personal Application- how can this apply to you?
Anyway that's it this week! Not too much going on besides you know, the greatest and hardest work that's ever been done on the face of the earth! And I'm loving it!
Lahgbay-oh(goodbye in Attie, one of the many many native languages here)
Elder Perkins
PHOTOS
1. We sadly had to move out of the White House apartment. No more rats, but also no more AC... but we took a quick picture to remember the short time we had there.
2. We believe in the Laying on of Hands(je vais te frapper eh)
3. MLC! I'll only have two more of these left if I stay zone leader the whole time.
4. English Connect class! Some of these people are honestly really good now and it's awesome to see them progress. Gift of tongues man is REAL.
5-6. Some light gospel memes that I have encountered in my travels. Enjoy.
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