tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54586201426640062542023-11-16T05:54:27.944-07:00Elder Barclay goes to MadagascarJeffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800728589323490241noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458620142664006254.post-65771904247984572832013-04-15T10:31:00.000-06:002013-04-15T11:11:11.964-06:00<br />
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for splits and zone conference. Elder Steele and I drove down on Wednesday and
worked with everyone in the zone. I got eaten alive by fleas. I have bites from
my head to my toes. It's miserable. I got to work in some sweet places while we
were in Antsirabe. Sradroa is the name of a small valley up in the
mountains of Antsirabe. We had a 30 minute hike in just to get to the
place. You can't get there by car. When we got there none of the people that we
were supposed to teach were home so we helped one of the member families bring
in their bundles of rice from the fields. It was so hard. We had to balance a
huge roll of rice on our heads and walk along the tiny mud paths between rice
patties for a solid 150 yards. Little girls were doing it like it was nothing,
but I was dying. Once we had gotten all the rice in we went and taught the
investigators the restoration and hiked back out. It was a pretty neat
experience and I can't wait to show you the pictures we took. Our zone
conference went well on Saturday and on Sunday we went out to another small
group out in a place called Besoa. You have to have a 4 wheel drive
vehicle to get to this place. We went out there with President and Sister
Adams, Elder and Sister Todd, and Elders Moore and Baker. We went out there to
tell them that their group was being closed and that they now have to walk an
hour and a half to a place called Manandona for church every Sunday.
It was really uncomfortable and I felt so bad for them. I could only think
about how happy they must have been when they built their church building out
there. That is the 2nd unit that President Adams has closed since being here
and it will not be the last. It's tough to see these places close, but it is
awesome to know that what we're working for is 5 stakes and then a temple. I'm
so thankful that I have been able to be a part of this preparation here. The
work is going so well and it is only improving. Missionaries are becoming much
more obedient and diligent and the unit leaders are starting to run the wards
and branches like they are supposed to. We just got handbook 2 in Malagasy and
the missionaries are training the leaders and members how to use it. I get so
excited talking about this haha. I can't wait to come back to the temple
that will be here. I'll just need Jeremy to hook a brother up with some sky
miles right? :) Well I don't know If I will have time to send an email next
week. I will be flying to Reunion next Monday and there we will have our exit
interviews and departure dinner. It has been a quick two years. I think I'll
take this last week off and treat myself for the hard work I've done. I love
you all and I hope you have a great week. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jeffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800728589323490241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458620142664006254.post-37593008919670284032013-04-08T09:04:00.001-06:002013-04-08T09:04:00.659-06:00<br />
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friends 'twas a gooood week. We had some funny happeninsss. First I'll
tell you about sweet little ol' Elder Gaul's fahalavoana. We eat at this little
pink & green restaurant everyday for lunch and on Saturday we were enjoying
some juice before our food came. Out of nowhere the legs of Elder Gaul's chair
bent in half and he dropped haha. On his way down he smacked the table and
catapulted Elder Robinson's juice into his lap. Elder Gaul was Elder Steele's
right guard in high school and is a man and a half. He looked up at me after he
had fallen and said, "Are you kiddin me?" I had tears in my eyes for
the next hour from laughing. The chairs were garbage. Funny happenin faha
roa... We had just taught a lesson late Friday night and we were walking the
member that helped us home. As we came around a corner we saw a man stumble out
of a bar to the ledge of a canal and start to relieve himself into it. Then his
knees buckled and he dropped onto the ledge while urinating all over himself
and then fell face first off of the 4 foot high ledge into the canal of sewage.
I don't know how his neck didn't break. He was too drunk to put his hands out
and so he literally landed on his face. After we had dropped the member off at
home we walked back past the man still in the water (he wasn't drowning) and
saw his buddy who was also plastered drunk "going" into the canal
right onto his friend. Classic. Luckily they won't remember any of it. Sorry if
that was a bit gross. We had some good experiences teaching. Lanto is working
to get off cigarettes and he is so happy to learn. I asked him a question
during our lesson and he answered perfectly and I said, "Yes!
Exactly!" He started to smile and then turned to his daughter, raised an
eyebrow, and then shrugged his shoulders like, "Yeah.. I know what I'm
talking about." haha I love seeing him get excited about the gospel. His
and my favorite part of each lesson is him explaining what he has read in the
Book of Mormon. He gets all sorts of pumped up and his voice raises a bit haha.
We are still trying everything we can to get Alicia's family more involved in
the lessons and get them to actually investigate. We took a lady from the
relief society with us to our last lesson with them and Alicia's mom and the
member clicked so well. Alicia is a STUD. We have taught her every lesson once
and she can explain everything we have taught her. Her father is the one that
we gave the blessing to not too long ago. We had that awesome experience where
Alicia's mom had the dream about us giving the blessing to her husband and when
we gave the blessing he was told that he would be healed. All he has to do is
read the Book of Mormon. He still hasn't done it. We told them again that all
he has to do is read the Book of Mormon and he will get better. So many times
the spirit has moved my companions and I to promise people blessings like that
and for some reason people just won’t do their part. That is definitely
something that I'm thankful to have developed throughout my mission, that is,
to have faith enough to follow the impressions of the spirit and believe that
if the person will do their part then a miracle will come to pass in their
life. Some people have done their part and the promises have been fulfilled. Its
nuts how it just works. Today we played soccer against the elder’s quorum of
the Tana 1st ward and beat them 6 to 4. Chumps. Life is good. I love you all,
have a good week!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jeffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800728589323490241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458620142664006254.post-7721045402202754792013-04-01T09:27:00.001-06:002013-04-01T14:50:03.224-06:00<br />
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great P-day. We played some football americaine and got some sun. I was
wheelin' and dealin' at QB. The only problem was that no one could reel in the
ball. Anyways, we'll start off with a tid bit from this morning. I got out of
bed and started cleaning and then went back into our bedroom and Elder Steele
said, "President just called and he wants us to go to the office and meet
with him." I thought great there goes p day. Then he said April fools and
we laughed and I picked up our phone and called President Adams and told him
that we had an emergency. I said that as Elder Steele and I were coming home
from our morning run a scooter hit some loose gravel and slid into Elder Steele
and his leg was split open and bleeding pretty badly. He fell for it and
started asking me where I was going to take him and what we were going to do.
My courage ran out about there and I told him it was April Fool’s day. He
laughed and said, "I'll remember this." Uhhhh... ha goood. Then I
walked into Elder Robinson's room and told him to get his rear out of bed and
start calling his zone because we were evacuating due to major rioting in
downtown Tana. Elder Gaul had his shoes on before I could even get out of their
room haha. I waited until Elder Robinson was about done telling his first
district leader about the evacuation over the phone to tell them all it was a
joke. Suckers :) We had some really cool things happen this week. Alicia has a
bap date for April 20th. Her Dad loves what we teach but he can't leave his bed
because he is so sick. Last week as we were leaving their house I felt like we
should give him a blessing. The next time we went to teach them Elder Steele
and I had forgotten about the prompting to give the blessing and as we were
finishing the lesson Alicia's mom told us that she had a dream in which Elder
Steele and I gave her husband a blessing. It was an awesome blessing. He was
told that he still had work to do here on earth and for that he would be healed
and able to lead his family as they joined the church. We taught Lanto on
Saturday for the first time in a while because he had been out of town working.
He has almost finished 2nd Nephi and it had been 4 days since he had last
smoked cigarettes. We have been praying very intently for him and he is starting
to make progress. We taught Helen twice this week and Bruno and her can finally
get married this Saturday! So... we have a possibility of 4 baptisms the
Saturday before I leave. Either way, they are all going to make it and I'm so
happy. We had been in a bit of a rough patch as far as people progressing
throughout March, but we're moving again. I interviewed a young lady for
baptism last Sunday and she invited us to her baptism on Saturday. It was great
to hear her testimony after the baptism. In the interview she told me all about
her plans to go to the temple. The work is going so well here. People are being
retained and we are seeing real growth. Our ward council meetings have gone
from activity planning and verbal battles to a detailed discussion about
investigators, less actives, recent converts, and potential Melchizedek
Priesthood holders. I'm so grateful to have been able to be a part of all this
and to have been able to seen the change that has taken place. Well, have a
great week everyone. Make sure to so whatever the Lord needs you to do in each
of your personal circumstances this week. You are all where you are for a
specific reason. So don't be lazy chumps. Loves :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jeffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800728589323490241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458620142664006254.post-64120770273880705262013-03-25T08:56:00.001-06:002013-03-25T08:56:09.535-06:00<br />
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good week but I can't remember what happened. Tuesday I was on splits with
Elder Arrington in Ambohimanarana. We got slapped by a crazy storm. It was
super hot and the sun was shining bright when I thought a flash grenade went
off right in front of us. It was lightening and it was so bright that it
blinded me for a second haha. Yowza! It scared us so bad. Then the black clouds
rolled in from every direction and dumped on us. On Wednesday I was on splits
in my area with Elder Razafimandimby. We did a lot of street contacting and no
one was having it. It was refreshing to get rejected like that. It took me back
to the good ol' Reunion days. Elder Fennell went home on Wednesday. He is done!
I called him and said goodbye, it’s crazy how much you can love people out
here. These guys will all be friends for life. On Thursday we stopped by a
member's house because he was sick and had been throwing up blood. He didn't
have enough money to go to the hospital and the doctor he talked to told him to
eat more food. That's hard to do when you don't have money. So we gave him a
blessing. His house was the dirtiest and creepiest house I've ever been in. I
can't even explain it. Elder Steele and I went running this morning for the
first time in a long while and woooweee I'm a tub of LARD. I almost ralphed.
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Jeffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800728589323490241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458620142664006254.post-18929311986712134202013-03-18T08:44:00.001-06:002013-03-18T08:44:21.648-06:00<br />
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zone conference on Tuesday and then we taught the rest of the week. We were
able to work a ton with the members. We visited tons of less active families
with our bishop and other members and it was so sick! We flat out told people
to repent and come back to church. Our investigators have all kind of hit
brick walls. Helen can't get married because she is underage and has to wait
until July and Lanto has been out of town working and still has word of wisdom probloems
that he isn't doing very well with. Alicia's family is starting to come around
though. We gave her a bap date for the 20th of May to try and get her family
jumpstarted and it's kind of working, we'll see. Our ward is doing so well. We
had a ward council yesterday and the progress record that we had given to our
bishop Thursday night was the main focus throughout the meeting. He talked
about every investigator, every recent convert, and every less active that we
had on the paper. They followed up on last week’s visiting assignments and
everyone had done what they said they would do. Now as we go around town we see
our members out visiting people and we even run into members at our
appointments. I want to throw a fat fist pump and shout hoorah for Israel. Stuff
is getting done! I love it so much. Thats about it for this week. Je vous aime!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jeffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800728589323490241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458620142664006254.post-72270135851614406792013-03-12T09:30:00.001-06:002013-03-12T09:30:49.473-06:00<br />
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It was a fast week. I'm tired and we have an office meeting in a couple
minutes.... so.... this will be quick, I'm sorry. We had stake conference
yesterday with Elder Cook and his wife. It was AWESOME. It was packed and we
got there 2 hours early to get the good seats. Lanto and his daughter came and
also Hanitra, Lalaina, and Anita came. They all got to meet Elder Cook. The
speakers gave great talks and the Cooks spoke to all the investigators and
recent converts after the meeting. It was so sick! We had a sweet P day at the
beach last Monday and a safe trip home to Tana. Another busy week coming up!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Wilson, Walker, and Maua'i home on Wednesday and welcomed 6 new elders right
after the departing group went through security. On Thursday Elder Steele
managed the training and orientation for the new elders while I was out with
Elder Bergera (new office elder) taking care of transfers. All but maybe 6
companionships were moved. It was the biggest transfer I've seen. I don't know
how bigger missions do it. Elder Bergera attended "Barclay's Auto
Ecole" Wednesday night and all day Thursday haha. Boy was that a rodeo! I
almost wet my pants numerous times because I was laughing so hard. He's getting
the hang of it now. I actually am very impressed that he was able to learn to
drive a manual so quickly, let alone do it in Madagascar. He must have had a
ballin instructor. Thursday morning we Elder Steele and I packed our bags and
drove to Tamatave. We had Elder horman and Elder Rasoanaivo with us who were
getting transferred to Tamatave. The trip was an adventure, and... we'll leave
it at that for Mom's sake. We slid halfway off the road at one point what...???
Moving on! Elder Rasoanaivo was not enjoying the ride haha. He is from Besoa
which is a little village about 8 billion miles off the beaten path. He ralphed
his guts out 3 times throughout the drive. One of those times he almost didn't
make it out of the car. He tapped Elder Horman on the shoulder and let him know
what was about to happen so Elder Steele slammed on the brakes as Rasonaivo's
cheeks bulged. The force of the car stopping made it impossible for the sliding
door to be opened so finally when we had come to a complete stop Rasoanaivo
ripped the door open and spewed across the two lane highway that we were on
hahaha. Poor guy... That was probably the most intense ride of his life. So now
we have been in Tamatave since Friday and we are heading back to Tana on
Wednesday. It is bloody hot here. I love it, it reminds me of Reunion. We have
been on splits everyday and it has been a party. I love these guys out here,
I've never had this much fun. The only problem is... It's so hot that no one
wears clothes. Wooh! So today we're going to take a walk on the beach in our
flip flops and drink the milk of coconuts through bendy straws. Before I close
I'll share a proselyting experience. Elder West and I were on splits on
Saturday night and had finished teaching a lady and were headed to the car to
go to our next lesson. I saw a man come out of a gate and thought well, we
should go talk to him. He was just the guardian and after talking to him he
finally went to get the owner of the house. A woman came out and she said,
"I have a cousin who is Mormon." We talked more and her cousin was
the wife of my ward's bishop who just recently passed away. I told her that I
was at the funeral and that I was very close friends with that family. It turns
out that the lady that I was talking to lives in my area in Tana and is married
with kids and has a beautiful family. We got her information and will contact
her next week. It was a miracle. I know that we were guided to that house to
meet her that night. Have a good week I love you all! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Saturday we baptized Hanitra, Lalaina, and Anita. Everything went smooth and
the spirit was strong throughout the entire service. I haven't felt the love of
the Lord that strongly in a while. I couldn't even hold myself together during
the talks. That was definitely the highlight of the week. On Sunday we taught a
man named Raymond for the first time. He works for the U.S. embassy and speaks
english pretty well. We started teaching him about the Godhead and we asked him
who God, Christ, and the Holy Ghost were. He gave us a long explanation of how
he feels that churches have completely distorted the doctrine of the Godhead
and he thinks they are 3 seperate beings. That was a first. Our lesson with him
was very spiritual and exciting because he is so ready. We have been so blessed
with cool people to teach who progress. The three who were baptized on Saturday
couldn't even name a prophet from the bible and now they are bearing testimony
about the restoration, the Atonement, and the living prophet. I love seeing the
gospel change people. We released transfer news last night and the complaints
are coming in hot today haha. Guys have been calling us and chattin' and
shmoozin for 3 months now and they apparently didn't get what they wanted as
far as transfers go. It surprises me how representatives of Jesus Christ can be
so two faced and fake. I'm glad that I have never been that concerned about
what area I'm working in. People must forget that they are in Madagascar, and
that any missionary in freezing cold North Dakota would love to work in the
worst area in Mada. Actually I take that back North Dakota elders are probably
know who they are and know what they have been called to do regardless of the
area. ANYWAYS, We made some good transfers and the work is going to really
progress. I know that because the Holy Ghost told me so in our last transfer
meeting haha. Elder Steele and I have a busy 2 weeks coming up. We now have to
actually move everyone to their areas, pick up the 6 new elders, orient them, train
the trainers, send 4 elders home, and then prepare Tamatave's zone conference
and then drive there and do it. We won't be doing as much teaching as we would
like to, but I'm very excited to see the elders in Tamatave. We picked up Elder
Fryer from the Tamatave bus stop this morning and he ralphed all over himself
during the ride down here. He's a champ haha I wish we could send other people
home and keep hardworkers like him. Thats about all I have for you this week my
friends. I love it out here. I love you all! Bonne semaine!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Good week :) Hanitra, Lalaina, and Anita have bap interviews tonight. I'm not
sure how they'll do but we'll see. We spent a lot of time this week setting up
video conferences in other areas of the mission. Skype and Webex are pretty
neat. We also taught a lot. We had two lessons on Sunday evening that made me
want to scream. First was Miora and Manjaka. We have been teaching them every
Sunday for about 4 weeks now and every lesson is us disproving their
"logical" reasoning with the bible and then laying into them with
testimony and begging them to pray. The lessons have been so slow because they
object to every single little thing we teach because they have no clue what is
really in the bible and they have been blinded by false churches and have no
idea who God really is. When they come up with all their objections I want to
slap them and say, "Well what in your mind allows you to be a member of
the Catholic Church that is not even close to abiding by the doctrine of the
Bible?" The Pope just quit if I'm not mistaken! Does that not send up a
red flag in anyone else’s minds?! HELLFIRE DAMNATION!!! AHHHHHHH!!! REPENT!!!
haha I think I was supposed to have been born around Joseph Smith's time and
preached in the streets of Wales with Dan Jones. Our other lesson of blood
boiling frustration was with Johnny and his family. We had another round of the
dumbest questions and flat out stupidity. I stopped talking because I was
getting so mad. Voangy asked why I wasn't talking and I said, "You don't
listen when I talk." I don't mind when people don't understand and we have
to re-teach them 3 or 4 times but when they are screwing around during our
lessons and daydreaming and then make sarcastic comments about what we've said,
the red hairs in my beard stand on end and the Barclay fury is unleashed. Not
really, I just say bad words in my head while Elder Steele teaches haha. I'm
scared to drop people when I'm mad like that because I feel like it might just
be a result of my impatience. They asked us to give them a chapter to read in
the Book of Mormon and then for us to come back and help them understand it. So
if they haven't read... MATY. We had some positive experiences also, in fact
everything about this week was rad. Sunday night just chapped my hide a bit :)
Sunday afternoon we were walking by frère Jose's house when his once LDS turned
Adventist wife waved us over. We have battled with her a few times haha so it's
kind of awkward. She asked us if we had any medicine because her teeth hurt. In
my mind I knew right away that she wanted a blessing, but my pride got to me
and I said, "Yeah... sorry we don't have any." Then we chatted a bit
and left. We were about halfway through the rice field when I told Elder Steele
we had to go back and give her a blessing. He didn't hesitate because he had
the same things going through his mind. So we went and offered to give her a
blessing and she continued to play dumb and said, "Oh, like in the house?
Yeah sure that works." haha. She was healed instantly and smiling from ear
to ear once the blessing was finished. The blessing was also pretty
straightforward about her need to read the Book of Mormon and get back to
church. It blows my mind that people can have miracles performed in their lives
by the priesthood and still deny the Restoration. On Thursday we had a similar
experience with an investigator. Her teeth were also bothering her. No one owns
a toothbrush. So she asked for a blessing also. I gave the blessing and she
also was healed instantly. We teach her and her husband and they have been
pretty reluctant as well, so hopefully that miracle will help them to really
read the Book of Mormon and pray. Who needs a dentist when you got the
priesthood right? We played basketball with the Malagasy guys this morning even
though I told myself I never would again the last time we played with them.
They played hack-a-shaq as usual and almost successfully broke my back. I'm
pretty sore. I took a good nap afterwards though and now I'm good to go! Have a
great week! Mi aim à Zot!<br />
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Elder Barclay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you all for updating me with all my flight plans and release interview
information. Will we have enough time to stop by Crown Burger before my
interview? Thinking about home is horrible on the mish. It's kind of like
sinning, I feel good while thinking about the family, music, food, ladies, and
naps. However once I slap myself and look at my planner to see where our next
appointment is I feel the guilt for my selfish day-dreaming haha. I'm pumped
though, we have 6 baptisms coming up and they all are sure. If we can get
Alicia's family to pull their heads out of the clouds and actually learn then
we could tack on 4 more. Yesterday we drove President Adams and one of his old
mission buddies to the airport. I got to drive President's ballin Toyota Fortuner
(no I did not misspell that). While we were loading their luggage Revenaldo's
mom (I baptized Revenaldo in Betongolo) came out of the church and told me
about how she and all her other kids are getting baptized now! I love it. On
Thursday we picked up Elder Mkabela, who is a seventy, from the airport and
took him to his hotel. He is South African and speaks 7 different African
languages. We picked him up again on Sunday morning to take him out to the
Ambohibao ward for church. When we got to the hotel we went in to pay for the
room and Fabrice Gonthier from Reunion was there! I gave him a big hug and
mumbled out some French and caught up with him. It's crazy how much you love
people out here. So we all went to church and Elder Steele and I had to translate
for the both of them. Elder Mkabela spoke in sacrament meeting and taught the
elders quorum lesson. Elders quorum was intense haha. On Wednesday we went on
splits with the Ivandry elders. I was with Elder Wilson in my area. Elder
Wilson was in the MTC when I was there and he goes home February 27th. We did a
ton of finding all week and the first couple of days were dragging along. We
ended up having 11 investigators show up to church and we weren't even there.
So the work is going good and time is flying. I broke one of my teeth today
while eating lunch woohoo! So I'll probably just suck it up for a few months.
My glasses are falling apart too so I'm back to contacts. Elder Tregeagle just
called me and told me that he got punched in the eye last night hahaha. Elder
Cusick also texted us today and told us that his pre-mission girlfriend is
getting married and as for Elder Barclay, he has rampant irritable bowel
syndrome and hasn't had a full nights rest in four months because of it haha
wooo! Mi aim à zot!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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woo! We went on splits with two elders who work out in Tanjombato. I worked in
the other area with Elder Horne who just finished his first 12 weeks in the
field. We had fun and slapped bap dates on people for February 23rd! I love
splits. We did a lot of teaching in our area as well this week. We had a really
good lesson with Lanto and his daughter on Friday. The second counselor and his
wife taught faith and Elder Steele and I taught repentance. The ward loves them
and they have a bap date for March 9th. We had a great lesson with Alicia as
well. She taught the plan of salvation back to us perfectly and did a decent
job explaining Lehi's dream. As the lesson was ending someone knocked on the
door and I turned to see who it was. Alicia's friend who happens to be a model
was who it was. Great. So we said a prayer and bounced ha but the member that
was helping us said to the girl, "Where do you live? Do you want to learn
with these guys? They'll teach you, we can go to your house right now!" In
my head I said, "Bruno, la ferme." After that lesson we went to
another member’s house to teach his fiancé. She was sick and so I asked what
was wrong. "Oh... just a headache..." haha Elder Steele and I looked
at each other and smiled and said "Izany... (really...) well why are you
sick?" a detail that I have been leaving out in past emails is that this
investigators stomach has doubled in size. So we kept asking questions like,
"Well... that's weird why do you have to keep going outside to spit?"
finally one of them said, "Yeah she's a little sick to her
stomach..." hahaha "Really? Why does her stomach hurt?"
"Well because there is a baby in there." haha we had already had the
Law of Chastity lesson a while ago and we have been working on that, but they
just finally let us know she's pregnant. It was pretty funny :) We'll just do
some repenting now and get baptized a little later. They're so solid. I love
all the people we teach so much. Last night we had a lesson with Johnny and his
family. Last time when we were on splits Elder Steele and Elder Hansen taught
them and laid it down! They told them very plainly and clearly what we are here
to do. So this lesson was a little tense. We started teaching and it turns out
they couldn't even remember who Joseph Smith was. Wow. It was one of the most
frustrating lessons I've been a part of. By the end I hated them. They were so
rude to us. They kept laughing about stuff we taught and weren't taking it seriously
at all. They are getting one more chance before we dust our feet off and drop
them. It was crazy how much they changed. They were my favorite family and I
was always so excited to go see them. So pray for em. This week we will be
doing a lot of teaching again. I'm excited. Our area is doing well. We have
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President had us create a facebook group for the mission and we had to get on
my account to do it. Holy macrole... I didn't recognize any of the girls names
I knew from high school because they're all married. A lot of my buddies look
like rough scary guys. It was a slap in the face. I'm not coming home. Ever.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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weekend. Before that we had a z.l. council on Thursday and we spent a lot of
time in the office getting stuff ready for that and the trip. We stopped in
Antsirabe first on Friday to do interviews for the missionaries. Then we drove
to Ambositra later that day and did presidency trainings and more interviews.
Elder Steele worked that area a while ago with Elder Abney so while President
did the interviews we were able to run around and visit some people. Saturday
morning we left at 7 a.m. for Fanarantsoa. The stretch of road between
Ambositra and Finanarantsoa is probably the worst road in Madagascar. Very
curvy and loaded with giant potholes. Four hours later we were there and had
zone conference. Sunday we went to church (circus to the max haha) and then
made the 8 hour drive home. It was cool to see the elders out in those areas
and meet the members. During sacrament meeting I sat next to a little kid whose
front tooth was loose. We wiggled that puppy the entire time and it just
wouldn't fall out. So nothing really nuts happened this week. Lots of long
conversations with Sister Adams and getting to know what President was like in
college. We didn't get much dirt on him. Lanto is still coming to church every
week and the members love him. He is loving it all as well. Helen is in
Mahajanga getting ready to marry Bruno and then get baptized. Alicia is coming
to church but we're working on her parents. We should have some awesome lessons
this week. It's really hot. I'm sweaty all the time. Sorry I don't have much
this week. That oughta do it haha. Smell ya later.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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really bad. On Tuesday night I started to have a sharp pain in my side and then
it spread to my back and up into my shoulder. Wednesday morning it was
everywhere in my upper body and it hurt to breath. So I stayed home with and
Elder who had gotten 4 teeth pulled that morning while our companions went out
together. Thursday I was fine and then on Friday We were on splits with the
Manakambahiny zone leaders and I got the sharp pain in my side again. By the
end of the night I was on the floor in our apartment taking short breaths with
a fever. Elder Steele and Elder Robinson thought I was being a girl and told me
to suck it up haha. The next morning I drove to a doctor’s office and got
checked out and the doctor said, "You're fine, maybe a cold if
that." Great haha. They gave me a bunch of medicine and I've been doing
great since. I'm just a woman. So I haven't had as much macho man swag lately,
but I'll get it back. We had 9 investigators at church yesterday. Lanto,
Alicia, and Helen are our progressing investigators who are close to baptism.
Helen just went up north to Mahajanga so the elders their will finish preparing
her. Lanto came to our ward party on Saturday and loved it. The ward is really
integrating him. So the work is going good. We leave for Antsirabe on Friday
this week, Then head further south to Ambositra, then further south to
Fianarantsoa. Zone Conference and branch presidency trainings woohoo! I love traveling
with the Adams. They're just a hoot :) haha I don't know what I mean by that,
but I enjoy their company. So next week’s email will be a doozy! I hope you’re
ready fools! Sorry this one was lame. Mi aim à zot!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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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!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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happening. I snoozed through the coming in of 2013 and we tracted all new year’s
day. Everybody was suffering from the aftermath of their parties. We ran into
one fellow who was a bit strange. We knocked on his gate and the next thing we
knew the shiny barrel of a rifle was coming through the gate. So we left haha.
That was our first day of 2013. Wednesday was cool. One of the Elders in our
apartment has been sick throughout his mission and was having a tough time and
broke down just before we were all about to leave the apartment after lunch. He
asked me to give him a blessing. It was one of the more powerful blessings I
have been a part of and it was such an uplifting experience. The priesthood is
awesome. Saturday was nuts. We went down into an area called Ampandrana which
is kind of the low part of the valley. It started to pour once we got into our
investigators house. When the lesson was over we walked outside and found 3 and
1/2 feet of water waiting for us to walk through. It was still pouring as we
left the house and it was late at night so it was dark. The lightening would
light up everything around us about every 10 seconds. We had to cross two
bridges that were submerged under water which means we didn't know where the
bridges were haha. So Elder Steele grabbed a stick and felt for the bridge as
we tried to cross. We were about halfway across the small bridge and thought we
could go the rest of the way Elder Steele put the stick down one more time and
didn't find the bridge ha. We were one step away from being whisked away by the
rushing pooh river. It took us about 10-15 minutes to get out of the valley and
onto dry ground. It was way intense. Sunday was also awesome. We got up early
and drove to office to meet President and Sister Adams and go to Moramanga for
church. The members out there were so excited to see us. The girl who sat
behind me and Sister Adams during sacrament meeting leaned forwarded and said, "Please
don't leave. Stay here." Missionaries were pulled out about two months ago
and it was the end of the world for the missionaries there and for the small
group as well. We taught a lesson after church for all the nonmembers and
committed them all to be baptized. They all accepted haha. YEAH! After church
was over everyone got out their cameras and took pictures with us and what not.
They were soo excited, I couldn't believe it. The missionaries that worked
there before must have done a great job. And... That’s what happened last week.
So much fun and exciting stuff. We went out to ambohimanga today and played
with the lemurs and stuff. We watched a crocodile eat a chameleon which was
nuts. I got it on video ha. Sooo until next week! Love y'all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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You all look and sound the same which is nice. Ted's sporting the chin-strap...
Nice :) Well, we have been very busy with meetings and transfers. This last
transfer on the 28th was big. We had people flying in from Fort Dauphin,
Mauritius, and South Africa and then everyone else catching buses and taxis
between cities. I was so tired when it was all done. We survived and now we are
getting ready for the January 9th transfer. We were able to meet a few French guys
this last week. One of them had the biggest house I've seen here and he let us
in. My French is rusty. I'm really bummed about that, I'll just have to marry a
French speaker so I can get it back and get better :) We actually have two
doctors that we will be teaching next week and another guy that used to be some
sort of government figure. Next Sunday Elder Steele, President, and I will be
driving out to a place called Moramanga where there is a small group.
Missionaries were pulled out a few months ago and so we will be going to teach
all the investigators out there and going to church with them. It's about a 3
hour drive towards the east coast. Then on the 9th we get to go down to
Antsirabe for splits and a zone conference. I'm excited to see the different
areas and work with the other elders. Christmas was really good. We went to a
hospital and sang for the kids and gave out candy and stuff. Elder Steele wore
the Santa suit and everyone loved it. The kids would get so excited and start
clapping their hands when we would sing. Great way to spend Christmas. Other
than that we have just been super busy with the transfers and zone conferences.
One story that will make you laugh and also strengthen your faith is about me,
a huge German shepherd and an outhouse. Elder Steele and I were tracting all
day and when the night came we were still tracting. We came up to a way nice
house that had the front gate wide open. As I got to the driveway a giant German
shepherd trotted out from behind a bush and stared me in the eyes and warned me
that if I took one more step I would be his new chew toy. I instantly became
sick to my stomach and backed away slowly from the driveway. Elder Steele asked
me what was going on as we both slowly backed down the path haha. Well My stomach
sickness didn't go away. We were out in the middle of nowhere so I said,
"Ya know what Elder Steele, If we just keep working and stay focused the
Lord will take care of my bowels." About three houses later I lost my
faith and we got hustlin' back to the car. Before we got too far we saw one
last path that led to some houses and something stopped us. So we went up and
yelled at one of the houses. The guy came out and said, "Can you guys come
back during the day another time?" I said yeah sure, can I use your
bathroom?" He told me to go back behind his house and I would see an
outhouse. There was a toilet out there! Woohoo, and then he brought me TP.
While I was dying Elder Steele kept talking to the guy and his wife and the
lady turned out to be a doctor. SOLID. They have family that are members of the
church and they are going to watch their niece get baptized in a few weeks.
Hallelujah! So, The Lord doesn't always work the way we think he will, but he
takes good care of those that trust in him. Have a good week and a happy new
year. I'll be entering stats. WOO! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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worse this week. The streets turn into rivers the second it starts to rain. We
had some really good lessons throughout the week. We set a bap date for January
26th. Her name is Helen and she is either the girlfriend or wife of a member
haha. The lessons are solid though and she is a friend for sure. We taught
Joyeux and we had set a goal for him to completely stop drinking coffee and
smoking cigarettes on the 15th of December. </span><span style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: JasmineUPC;">Our lesson with him was great. He had gone
from drinking coffee 3 times a day to once every other day and now he has
stopped cold turkey. </span><span style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: JasmineUPC;">Pray for him. His baptism is the 29th of
December and I worry about him all the time. He's a champ though and has a
testimony of the Book of Mormon. Etienne and Nana showed up to church on Sunday
which made me fall off my chair. They are the family that has a little girl who
has some strange disease. They are always so against leaving their religion, I
honestly thought we would have to drop them in a week or two. They loved
church. This morning Elder Tregeagle and I got up at </span><span style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: JasmineUPC;">5:30 a.m. and drove to the Tamatave bus stop.
He's gone and Elder Steele is on his way to work with me in Anjanahary (I'm
curious to know how you guys pronounce all these crazy names). Tonight we have
a dinner for Elder Lunt who goes home tomorrow and then Manakambahiny zone conference
on Wednesday. You would think after being on a mission for so long, stuff like
that wouldn't stress me out. But it still does. Woohoo! The work is going very
well in Anjanahary and I love our investigators so much. We have been visiting
lots of members, less active and active and the ward is changing. In our last
Ward Council meeting the majority of the time was spent going over our progress
records and figuring out what members were going to visit all the people we
have been teaching. They are really catching the spirit of missionary work. So
I'll figure out the skype thing this week and add you guys and what not so we
can chat it up for Christmas! We have some hospitals and orphanages to visit on
Christmas day and it should be a great experience. I'm excited. There are a ton
of guys playing computer games here in this cyber and they are all screaming
and yelling in French. One of them just swore in English and Elder Robinson
leaned over to me and said, "Turns out I speak French." haha Well Have
a great week my friends.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: JasmineUPC;">Awesome week. Sunday was NUTS. After church we
drove up to the top of this area called faravohitra to teach a guy. As soon as
we left the church it started to pour. When we got to the top of the hill the
cobblestone road had become a river and lighting was striking everywhere around
us. The thunder was so loud that it would shake my chest. So we got out of the
car and ran to the guys house and running was useless because within 3 seconds
of being in the rain we were soaked. Working in the rain is always a good look
because people are like, "Are you nuts?" We taught the guy and then
descended the mountain and walked our way into one of the lower parts of our
area where a lake had formed. We started down the path to our investigators
house and before we knew it we were wading through knee deep sewage. Yay... The
canals and pooh rivers that we always walk along had all over flown and the
rivers had risen up above the bridges that cross them. So we didn't know where
the bridges were to cross the canals. Luckily a ton of little kids ran to us
and helped us across. One false step and I would have been completely submerged
in a raging river of poop. It was a leap of faith walking across those bridges.
When we got to the family's house they were all outside sweeping the water away
from their houses so we grabbed some brooms and helped. It was a party. When it
stopped raining we went inside and taught one of the best lessons of the week.
The whole family was keeping up with dispensations and authority. They were all
way fun to teach and be around. When night rolled around it got way cold. We
taught Andrena and we just talked about her Book of Mormon reading. She has
finished 1st Nephi and is eating it up. She told us that she feels the power of
the book when she reads and she tells us all about the stories she has read
during the week. We had a Zone Leader council on Tuesday and we had the Reunion
and Tamatave zone leaders with us on webex. It was really cool, we made
history! I conducted and the meeting went well. All the zone leaders are studs
and Elders Twitchell and Long in Reunion brought a lot to the meeting.
President Adams ended the council with some teaching from the scriptures about
the gathering of Israel. The spirit was strong and I felt recharged. I love that
stuff. Well that's about all I got. Have a great week. Skype is a go for
Christmas so plan on Christmas eve your time. Have a great week! I love you
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Jeffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800728589323490241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458620142664006254.post-8408446502655888592012-12-03T08:17:00.001-07:002012-12-03T08:17:52.456-07:00
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blown by and people love to tell me how many weekly planning sessions or p-days
or Sundays I have left. It's getting old. It's hard enough to stay focused
without all that ha. We had some good lessons as well as some frustrating
lessons. One of our families dogged us twice over the last two weeks and
whenever we would stop by they wouldn't come out to the gate. So finally we
caught them and they had us come in. The father was buzzed and everyone else
was being loud and dumb. We sit down and pray and then ask how their Book of
Mormon reading is going. They pulled the book off the shelf and blew off the
dust and then giggled. We started to calmly talk about the importance of
reading and they said they don't have time blah blah blah and then the wife
said, "So if I got to your church I can't drink coffee or alcohol or smoke
or anything?" Elder Tregeagle said, "Yes you get to live the
commandments when you join God's church." Then I explained that we weren't
asking them to turn their lives upside down and change everything right this
instant. Their less active sister must have told them about the word of wisdom
and other commandments because we haven't taught them any of that. Then I told
them, "All we ask you to do right now is read this book and pray about
it." 20 minutes later we finished testifying of the blessings that would
come from doing so and told them to read the book every day. I wanted to scream
at them haha but I refrained. People just don't get it. That could be our
fault, but now it should be pretty clear in their minds. We have been stopping
by an excommunicated member's house and the two visits have been awesome. I
have never felt so much compassion and love for someone. She is working harder
than anyone could to repent and get back to where she was and during the
lessons God's love for her almost makes my chest explode. I'm on the verge of
tears every time we go and it's like I just can't find words to really express
what her Father in Heaven feels for her. Every time we leave I thank Heavenly
Father for letting me be a part of those visits. I didn't really realize how
much I love these people out here but now that I have been really reflecting I
see that I would stay here forever with them if I had to. After the first
couple of months of my mission in Reunion I was reading about Ammon in the Book
of Mormon when he tell the king he would labor among his people until the day
he died and I wrote next to that verse, "Reunion till I die?" At that
time I thought YEAH RIGHT. It's crazy how much that has changed. It's good
stuff. Well no crazy stories, I was walking down the street and some American
guy leaned out the window of his taxi and said, "Hey elders!" Way
weird haha Well gotta go Love you all, have a great week. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Jeffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800728589323490241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458620142664006254.post-18568350536643628912012-11-26T08:46:00.002-07:002012-11-26T08:46:08.466-07:00
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: JasmineUPC;">This week was awesome. Sooo many spiritual
experiences with people. I was feeling the love for everyone we taught and I
had to thank Heavenly Father after every lesson for letting me be a part of
those people’s lives. Thanksgiving was a great day. We made a FAT meal and
between 8 of us we still had leftovers. Stuffing, mashed potatoes, corn, gravy,
rolls, two roasts, and chocolate chip cookies for dessert. It literally was the
best meal I have eaten during my mission. Sister Adams, Sister Donnelly, and
Sister Cornelius all couldn't compete with that meal, sorry ladies. Lots of
stuff happened this week but I just don't have time to tell you because the
office is crazy and everyone is looking over my shoulder reading my emails, and
asking me stupid questions and well... I'm just going to call it a quits right
now before I snap and do something that Jesus wouldn't do. Thank you so much
for the pictures. Holy cow there are so many little kids. We are going to play
hard when Uncle Jeff gets home. I love you all and I'll write a better email
next week. Sorry again :( Have a great week everyone! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jeffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800728589323490241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458620142664006254.post-62503238182178150172012-11-20T07:16:00.001-07:002012-11-20T07:16:35.926-07:00
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Good week. We were able to teach over 20 lessons again due to few meetings
which was nice :) We have three complete families that are making progress and
the non-member father of a family has quit smoking and drinking coffee and has
a bap date for December 29th. The work is going well! Elder Abney baptized
Aubin on Saturday from my last area and we were able to stop by and see the
baptism before we drove out to the airport. Now their family is set for
eternity. He'll be a Melchizedek priesthood holder in a year, which is nice.
The summer season has begun and the rain has come along with it. It pours haha.
Yesterday was pretty bad but luckily everyone we stopped by was home and let us
in. On Sunday we also had stake conference and I got to see all the people from
Ankadindramamy and Betongolo. The people from Ankadindramamy were blown away
because I could actually talk to them. It was a real confidence boost. During
the two hours of brain melting stake conference talks in Malagasy I didn't
really pay attention but rather made funny faces at all the little kids around
us. I had about 20 little girlfriends by the time it was over haha. I hope
president doesn't read this stuff. So it is shmelting hot every morning and
then a monsoon comes and floods the land in the evening. Either way I'm
uncomfortable all day everyday ha. Saturday afternoon we were leaving an
appointment and had to drive up a pretty steep hill. On the way up the hill the
car started to struggle and ending up dying so we started to roll back down the
hill. The road was pretty narrow and well,we backed right into a wall. Tree was
driving :) He's been upset about it all weekend and probably is going to be mad
when he finds out that I'm telling you all this. There is literally nothing
else exciting that is going on so I had to spice up this email with that story.
I think he'll understand. He was so mad I didn't even crack any jokes. So life
is good and In our transfer meeting this morning we had to take into account
that my group would be going home in May sooo that was weird and not fun. But
it happens. Well friends, I'll talk to y'all later. Have a fantastic week and
think about me whenever you take a nap because I'm sleepy all the time. Mhmm,
ok, gros bisous, je vous aime! Oh wait, I turned 21 on Thursday! Thanks for all
the emails and pictures, the children are just precious. All the computers in
this cyber crashed and then miraculously turned back on and I didn't lose what
I had written because we gathered everyone together in the building and we knelt
and prayed. Not haha sorry So that oughta do it! <br />
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Elder Barclay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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long. President Adams was in South Africa all week so Tree and I were full time
missionaries again! We taught 29 lessons. We did WORK. A lot of the people are
really solid too. Joseph is an older guy probably in his late 40's and is a
math teacher. We taught him for the first time on Thursday. He was really quiet
and would sit and reflect for about 2 minutes after every question we asked
him. Then he would give us a 2 minute long answer which would go right over my
head because he was using some fancy vocabulary. Luckily Tree got it all ha.
The lesson was way long but way good. We didn't have a Book of Mormon on us so
he walked with us back to our car to get one and when we handed it to him he
looked at it and said thanks. Then he walked away slowly looking at the book.
It was a cool thing to see. It is a powerful experience when you give someone a
Book of Mormon that is going to really read it . You can almost see into their
future and picture them learning, getting baptized, and being an active member.
We have been teaching a other young guy named Zoo. He is our age and works as a
guardian for the house right next to our apartment. The thing that is cool
about teaching him is that he is young and has that open minded ready to
experiment attitude and so he is really interested in everything we say and he
asks questions so he can really understand. It was the same experience giving
him a Book of Mormon as it was with Joseph. Their lives could change so much.
I'll tell you about one other family and then talk about funny stuff. We
contacted a man named Etienne on the street one day and set up a time with him
for Friday. When we went to his house we met his wife and kids and their little
family was awesome. They have 3 little boys. John Kevin, John Kennedy, and
Narovana haha. The oldest boy looks younger than his little brother because he
has had some sickness from the time he was born and he was just hiding behind
his mom the entire lesson. They were so humble, but also very strong and had no
sense of "our life is hard". We didn't teach them much but just told
them about what we do and what our purpose is and then shared a spiritual
thought with them. I wanted to hug the kids so bad! This entire week was just
one sobering experience after another. So the work is going great. As for other
news... My stomach has been very upset with me. I don't know what I ate but my
goodness... I have some funny stories about that haha. Last night was weird as
well. I was cooking up some food and went to scratch the flea bites a little
and when I pulled my shirt up I had huge hives all over me. I had one the size
of a pancake on my right thigh and they were yellow/orange. It was way freaky
haha they spread way quick and were everywhere. It wasn't too bad though, I
just took some Benadryl and went to bed. This morning I only had 5 or 6 on my
stomach and sides. I don't know what the heck it was but it was weird. We've
had a Malagasy elder with us the last couple of days and while we were out working
we found a ton of huge spiders and Malagasies aren't scared of them at all so
he just went up and grabbed one off it's web and was playing with it. He acted
like he was going to throw it at me and I said, "Don't." haha. Man
those things are freaky! I'm going to muster up the courage one day to play
with one and I'll take pictures of it on my face or something haha you guys
will love it. Well have a great week :) <br />
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Love Jeffrey </span><br />
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interesting things happened this week. On Friday we had a Zone Leader council
which means another fat meal provided by Sister Adams. Delicious :) We talked
about how we could make Christmas more meaningful this year and we will be
doing some pretty awesome service activities and really looking to bless
people's lives. The spirit was very strong throughout the entire meeting and
everyone is pumped for Christmas. So earlier during the week a lot of our time
was spent in meetings with president and preparing the Z.L. council. Some
really great news is that Tree and I continue to get YACKED out of our minds
every morning at the gym. We have been going 100 MPH all day everyday and by 8
at night during our last lesson whoever is not talking is asleep or dosing off.
Elder Tregeagle has literally fallen asleep during every single one of my
prayers during daily planning haha. Yesterday at church we finally got a ward
mission leader! He was a missionary here about 6 months ago and he is a stud.
We had a meeting after church and he gathered up about 10 guys and assigned
them all days to work with us. There are 2 companionships in our area as of
last transfer. The ward has always struggled but it doesn't seem like that will
be the case for long. The other 2 elders working here with us are studs and way
fun to live with. Anjanahary is going to blow up, mark my words. I translated
for our buddy Jewls again during elders quorum and once I get warmed up I
do pretty well. The only problem is that I have no idea what the teacher is
saying in Malagasy so I teach my own lesson on whatever the topic is haha.
Jewls loves it and smacks his fist into his hand which means "marina izany"
which literally means "true that" haha. Halloween was cool. Not. We
celebrated by eating a couple pieces of candy corn before we went to bed. We
have doing a lot of tracting in a very wealthy area near the church and we gut
SHUT DOWN. Most of them are actually French or German or Indian and don't speak
Malagasy so the French has been coming in handy. We have gotten into a couple
of huge houses and we have some appointments set up. It takes me back to
Reunion. Speaking of which, a family Chong-Mook and I taught is finally getting
baptized! The parents are getting married and then they'll be set for baptism.
Super sick family that would feed us theee most deeelicious food. So that's
just wonderful :) That's it for me. Have a good week everyone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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