Una Kushe!
What's Up everyone?! I had another wonderful and exciting week this last week. I hope everyone did as well! I will share two experiences from the week that I really enjoyed and found somewhat different.
Before I share those experiences, we had a multi zone activity today! My Zone made this big activity called Bo Games. We do different team building activities and played Rugby and Soccer. We ended up taking second place, but it was still just super fun to go and run around and get sweaty!
On Thursday Elder Palacay, one of our Zone Leaders, went on an exchange with me in my own area. This was a great experience for me. I planned out our day, which was nice because I made it so we left earlier and came back later. We had a busy and successful day. It was also good for me because I could not rely on my companion for directions. I had to show Elder Palacay everywhere by myself, which I was a little bit nervous about, but it was great because I did everything by myself. Throughout the day I learned so much from Elder Palacay, He truly is a great example to everyone in the Zone. He really said some nice things about my planning and enthusiasm for the work that made me feel pretty dang good! Overall, just a very successful day and made me really want to get out of training and hopefully train another missionary!
On Saturday Night our Stake had a meeting with the Stake Presidency, all of the Bishops and all of the Missionaries. Our purpose was to talk about how our Stake was doing compared to 2017. it sounds like a great idea right? Well not really. Let me just say first that our purpose in this mission is to not baptize for quantity but for quality. To really find the people who will help build up the Church in Salone. So the meeting began and it was going well, until it came to the topic of baptisms and missionaries. Oh man, I think they just called us there to roast and yell at us. It was a rough meeting to get through because these leaders do not understand the importance of having Active Members. They just want to baptize baptize baptize. When we explained that it was not our purpose to just baptize anyone with a face, they really blew up on us. It was quite an experience. But you must realize that The Church is literally 3 years old here. We have to have so much patience because it is hard when even The Stake President does many things wrong. But it just makes me want to help that much more. I have realized that trying to correct every little thing is not the way to go. We must have patience and a spirit of charity and humility with these leaders. It is quite an experience.
Overall, I had a great week. I am slightly sad because we think that Elder Pasikala will be getting transferred this Friday! I have really come to love Him as a friend, leader and companion. He is such a good guy. I am excited to see if I do get a new companion though.
Being in Salone at this time is really a once in a life time experience. I wake up almost every night now drenched in sweat because it is dry season, and sweat continuously throughout the day. But I love it and I am really realizing that 2 years is short! And so I am trying to soak it all up!
Hope you all have a good week like I am going to have!
-Elder Morgan
Elder Morgan, this is Brother Lawrencs. I want you to know I enjoy your weekly accounts of your mission. The spiritual growth that you have developed in the last couple month's is quit obvious. I too was told to seek for those that could develope a syrong testimony in thsir savior Jesus Christ, due to the fact tbere would be many members who would be prejudice of them joining the church because they were black. Having served in the southern states, sadly this was common throughout my mission. Do what is right and let the consequence follow and follow the advice that your mission President has given.
ReplyDeleteSincerely, your brother in the priesthood