November 26, 2012 - Manga

Hey Everybody,

Nice - that's way cool Holden is going to the Philipines! Is he speaking English or Tagalic? My companion’s brother just got home from serving there this week.

This week was pretty interesting. We went on 2 divisions which were nice and found some new families to teach that actually came to church. This Saturday we are baptizing a girl, 27, named Maria who is way cool. She has a strong testimony and I'm excited for her. Transfers are in a week and my comp will probably leave and I'll show my area to a new companion. The power has been on and off for the past couple of days and it's super hot here! It's super weird having summer in December. AC is my best friend - we love chillin together! Last night we didn't have energy all night. A crazy storm came through and it rained super hard and a ton of lightning and wind. Our roof was leaking like crazy and our front room got a ton of water in it! So we had to stay up and try to get all the water out but we got it all and it should be good now. Sometimes having no carpet is blessing. Thanksgiving we did divisions and so we didn't really have time for a big lunch and we were going to make Thanksgiving pancakes that night but we had no power.        This next moth is going to be crazy - I'm way excited. Zone conference with president on the 8th and then Christmas and New Years!  I can't believe how fast time goes when you are serving a mission! It's pretty crazy. 

What else happened? I found a cool coin from Malawi and we found an awesome couple married in the register that we are meeting with tomorrow. Me and Elder Barros were in his area teaching this guy the restoration on Wednesday and we explain the restoration and during the whole thing it seems like a normal lesson. Then when we were almost done we asked him if he understood this one part and all of a sudden he starts going into detail about stuff we didn't even mention! So we look at each other and look at him and Barros says “ You’re a member aren't you?”  He was and he has the Melchezidek Priesthood but has been inactive for years. So we talked to him about what happened and Barros is trying to help him! The guy had photos of our mission secretary, Tualufu, when he served and a bunch of people I knew in Dondo and some members here when they served. It was crazy! Yeah, I learned a lot this week from walking with other missionaries and it was way fun.

We took a train into Beira or the main part today. It was pretty cool and actually cheaper than a chapa. But  thanks for all the letters - everything is going great!

                                                                                         Elder Bigelow