So remember when I said that the rains finally started? Yeah I think I jinxed it because literally all this week the sun has just been blaring down without mercy and it's been kind of lame. Nevertheless we went forth! Lots of water was drunk, many shirts were sweated through, and lots of sunscreen was not really used...sorry mom... Literally though one day the sun was out and boiling from like 7am all the way till around 5pm so basically sunrise to sunset over here. There's some token drizzles every now and then but definitely no rainstorms so those have been in my prayers and yes I'm actually asking you to bless the rains down here in africa because they aren't really a thing rn lol.
Some fun stuff that happened was that Ramadan ended this week so there was a lot of partying going on. For those who dont know, Ramadan is the Muslim fast that's held during the entire month of Ramadan of their calendar. They can eat after sunset during the month but not a whole lot so once it was over everyone was just eating all day. The day before we saw many many cows and chickens in the streets tied up just waiting to be slaughtered so that was fun and then we actually got a sense of actually how many muslims there's actually were here...and it's A LOT. Super cool though! They know how to party and dress super stylish so mad respect because food is good.
We started teaching is girl named Epiphany(no joke) who's just a little older than us as she's super intelligent and pretty religious! So it makes lessons go a little differently than usual because she can read and knows a lot about christianity already. So we taught her a little about the church and stuff and gave her the Restoration pamphlet. The next visit was fun because she definitely read everything and had lots of questions and doubts about Joseph Smith and his divine manifestations. Welp we trying to talk her though it of the doctrine behind the Great Apostasy and how God still talks to us today. Also with the Book of Mormon. We hope she gives it a try and over time she might be able to see for herself! So pray that Epiphany will have an epiphany(hehe) of the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith!
I'm not gonna lie, I've been getting like many lowkey impressions and miny revelations about going back home which is still half exciting and half terrifying. One example is from the missionary devotional this week by Elder Lund from the Young Men's presidency as half of his talk was about keeping the habits after you return home. Ugh it's hard to accept sometimes but you know as Tony Stark once said, "Every journey has it's end." It's okay though I still have over two months left so I'm gonna live it up here as much as possible!
That's really it for this week! Nothing much else besides it being hot and all. I love you and all and if you need anything dont hesitate to reach out to me and I'd love to chat with ya!
Stay frosty my friends!
Elder Perkins
Lol photos kind of slipped my mind this week(sorry mom)
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