Hey Everyone!!
Well one thing I can say is that Sierra Leone is pretty wild.
This weeks email begins from the last day at the MTC...
The final day at the MTC was super fun! We had a big goodbye devotional from President and Sister Allen. It was pretty spiritual and we got to shake their hands on the way out. When I shook President Allen's hand, he said some really awesome nice things to me so that was pretty nice!
We then went back to our dorms and slept. The Missionaries going to Sierra Leone left at 9:00 am the next morning. We hopped on a plane for about 3 hours and landed in the Airport of Sierra Leone. The airport its self look like a small shack, and so we walked right off the plane and got our luggage. Once we walked out of the front doors of the Airport, all of these people began to run up to us and try and grab our bags. We finally got to the people who we thought were there to pick us up. They didn't say anything but just began to take our bags and put us into a bus. We just went with it and hoped for the best.
They then took us to the boat docks and we hopped onto a speed boat that took us to Sierra Leone. That was pretty fun. We then docked in Freetown and were greeted by President Clawson and His Wife Toi. After meeting them, they took us to the Mission Office. I don't think I have ever been so scared in my life. The way they drive over hear is just totally insane and I though we were going to crash multiple times haha. But we ended up going to the Mission Office and having dinner and interviews with President.
The next day we received our assignments and were sent off. I am assigned to The Bo, Batiama Area. So it was a 3 hour drive to Bo. Bo is the next biggest city apart from Freetown. I really like it over here. They Speak a language called Mende here which is pretty confusing because some speak Krio but most speak Mende. So I am trying to learn both! Its coming pretty good! Once we got to Bo I met my Trainer. his name is Elder Pasikala. He is from Tonga and has been out for 7 months. He works hard and we get a lot done. We get along super well and have a lot of fun. I met him in the night time so we cleaned the apartment and then went to bed.
My first real day was an eye opener to what happens here. Its pretty tough to see everything due to the amount of poverty and corruption here. Just think of all the pictures you see of kids in barely any clothing, houses made a straw and cinder block or mud. Its like that basically.
Our first day Elder Pasikala had a district meeting, he is District Leader, and while waiting for him to be done we just here these loud painful screams. We look over the fence to see what happened and I won't go into too much detail but we just see this man just abusing this little girl really badly. That's pretty normal here and its just really hard to see it happen. It was tough to see all the abused animals as well. Its hard to see all the poverty, I just feel like I wanna help everyone here!
Proselyting is pretty tough. There are no real roads here and so it is just a bunch of dirt trails that intertwine everywhere. We ride bikes because the area is big. But I am really enjoying sweating through my clothes and tie everyday, makes me feel good haha.
Overall, I am really enjoying this area. As we ride down the street all we hear is "Elders" or "Pumwee", which means White guy. This usually followed by a bunch of little kids running out and hugging you or giving you high fives. Its fun!
I have tons of pictures, but I'll send them next week.
Love,
Elder Morgan
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