Woooohoo!
Your boy is TIRED. This last week was a whopper. We had 3 more elders go home
on Wednesday. They were real fun to have around before they left. They had lots
of good stories and they had a real tough time saying goodbye to their
missions. They had become malagasy and loved the people more than I thought
anyone could. We weren't able to teach as much, due to meetings and getting
ready for our trip toAntsirabe for zone conference and splits. Elder Steele and
I drove down in our sweet silverBerlingo on Friday afternoon and finished our 3
1/2 hour road trip around 5 p.m. We went out on splits and I was able to go do
two baptismal interviews for ElderKumar and Elder Andriamamonjisoa. One of the
interviews was a 10 year old little girl and when I asked her to explain to me
who Jesus Christ was she gave me a 5 minute response about his divinity, life
on earth, and Atonement.Haha what? She barely passed... haha. Later on that
night after one of our lessons we heard the neighbor of the family we taught
crying. We asked what was wrong and she explained that her husband had taken
all the money and left and that she and her children had no money or food to
eat. We said a prayer with her and sat with her for a minute. It was a pretty
sad situation and I just wanted to hug her. On Sunday we went on splits with
the zone leaders. We were riding bikes and mine was a death trap. No front
brakes and the back tire was so bald that when I would apply the back brakes
the tire would slide out from under me. The terrain was nuts too ha. As we were
climbing one hill the back tire popped off and then later on the seat fell off.
Now you're probably thinking, "Jeez fatty lay off the rice," but I'm
smaller than the guy that usually rides it so it wasn't my weight that was the problem
I assure you. It'sok though, I survived. Monday morning we were still in
Antsirabe so we took advantage of that and drove up to a sweet lake in the
mountains outside of the citycalled Lake Tritriva. I'll send some pictures. It
was beautiful. Around 1:30 we started our trip back to Antananarivo and arrived
at 2:40. If you look scroll up to the beginning of this email you will notice
that there is a significant difference in the amounts of time it took driving
to and from Antsirabe. I was making some serious moves ha. Elder Steele was
dying in the passenger seathaha. I was laughing so hard I was crying. The
Berlingo is sporty I tell ya. Well now were in the office waiting to get stats
and do some other sweet office work. The power and water in our apartment have
been shut off because our bill didn't get paid and I have no clean underwear
and haven't showered or shaved for two days. WOO! But nevertheless life is
splendid and we have a fun week ahead of us.Lanto, Alicia, and Helen all came
to church and our progressing towards baptism. This week we get to work our
area hard and get some other folks on track as well. I pumped! You gonna bring
the demons outta me?! Have good week!Je vous aime!
Elder Barclay
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