October 14, 2013 - Matola

Hey guys,

   This week was pretty normal. With Samuel and Maria baptized and since we dropped a bunch of investigators that weren’t progressing, we just marked with tons of new people which means that like 1 in every 5 marked lessons actually go through. Andre and Maria haven’t even told their families they are getting married in 3 weeks and they are a little nervous to talk with them. When we first taught the law of chastity they were super certain their family wouldn’t approve until like next year so they wanted to wait, but then after a couple of lessons and reading ‘Family Proclamation to the World’ with them they have never looked back. And he opened his process for marriage the week after his brother is getting married and his family has been planning this wedding for like a year. They have a ton of faith and I can’t wait until they get baptized. I really hope their families don’t make a huge deal out of it. But I know the Lord blesses those who put his commandments first. 

      We are going to watch General Conference this week and I am super pumped. Things are going good and we are walking with more and more members. We have some super cool members in our branch. Also the branch mission leader gave us the reference of two families that were baptized before the legal marriage change here in Mozambique, so they are inactive and unmarried but they want us to try to help them marry. It reminds me of Inhamizua. By the way, the couple we helped hitch in Inhamizua, Amiise and Pasqua, are doing super good! I heard he is the elders quorum president now! 

   Well love ya guys! Thanks for all the emails and pics.

ate manzuku

       Elder Bigelow