November 10 Letter
Another transfer is done and over. And this is a big deal,
because I am hitting what is called a "chick mish." That means, if I
was a sister missionary, I would be on my way home. And so that does mean that
Sister Johnson, who was with us in the MTC, is getting on a plane home. It is
really crazy to think about and I am sure that I am going to have some mixed
feelings about that as I attend her departure dinner this week and send her off
on an airplane. But at the same time I will be happy to meet a fellow ohioan at
the airport at Wednesday. Also I will be excited to try and live through this
crazy week. Things are always crazy here, its just how we roll.
So this last week was really good. Rather simple week, figuring
out transfers, teaching, going on splits, etc, etc etc.
Actually the week was pretty full of things. The biggest one
would be our investigator Andry got baptized on Saturday. I had the opportunity
to baptize him. It was a really good service and he knows that this church is
true. He is what missionaries call a golden investigator. He was just so
prepared by the Lord in order to receive the lessons from the missionaries. He
understands his role, and that he is a child of God. He knows that his potential
is great and that he has so many opportunities to grow and progress. We also
got to attend another baptism this week and the Bishop in his remarks made a
lot of comments about how important the church is in our lives. He referenced
the talk from this last general conference about staying in the boat. He taught
the recent converts that what ever life may throw at them, it is easy to handle
while still in the boat. He also taught them that they made a covenant with
Heavenly Father, and not a covenant with the missionaries, or the bishop, or
any other person on this earth. Therefore if so and so does such and such of a
thing, it is no reason to EVER leave the boat. It is so important for us to
always stay in the boat. So please remember, to never leave the boat. If the
boat cant handle the storm, there is no way you on your own will be able to
handle it.
Also this week we did a lot of work on getting
transfers decided and then also planning all of the logistics of transfers. We
also went on a split on Wednesday out to Sabotsy Namehana and Analamahitsy. It
was a good split, got to teach some cool people. Thursday we did some running
around, taking care of errands, and then we met with our DMP.
So our ward has been bishopless for quite some time now. But
we are excited because this Sunday we have Ward Conference, and rumor has it,
they are finally going to call a new bishop. Which should really help in the
progress of this ward. It is hard for a ward to run, if there is no bishop. We
are really optimistic about the future of this ward.
Other than that, we taught english this week, taught a few
lessons, tried really hard to be good missionaries, and all of that fun
jazz.
These last 6 weeks have flown by, and this next transfer
will be even faster because it is a five week transfer! Because 6 weeks from
now is Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, the church decided to have a 5 week
transfer followed by a 7 week transfer. So this transfer will FLY by, because
there are 6 zone conferences to be had, more transfers to be decided, more
splits to go on, lots of travel time is a car, lots of rain to be poured on our
heads (hehehe at least we have a car) and tons of other things.
So some news from our corner of the world. I will be staying
with Elder Fox for the next 5 weeks, and also we just created two new zones
bringing the total on the Madagascar island from 4 to 6. That is a big new
change and we are hoping to get some momentum from this new change.
Life is going well. The mission keeps on going. Little by
Little or a Lot by a lot, the time keeps trucking on.
I really dont have much else to say. Do you have any
questions for me? I feel like my mission makes sense to me, but I am not sure
how much you guys understand things.
So until next week, when we shall talk again, I bid.... Good
evening, good night, and good week!
Elder Weber
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