Hey,
This week was way nice. We started off with pretty much nobody to visit but still got in like 12 or 13 lessons. Tons of first lessons and I felt like we got pretty good at 1st lessons and the restoration. We got rejected a lot but found 2 super awesome families. One we contacted on the street (Lucas e Marta) and the other was a reference from one of our other investigators we just met. His wife is from South Africa and so we taught in English but he was with his brother David and we sat with him and he is super interested. The first lesson with him reminded me of the 1st lesson with Bobo, both were just super open and happy and excited.
We invited him to be baptized and he accepted so we wrote the date down - August 3rd - on the back of the restoration pamphlet we left and he was like “You guys forgot to write down what time on the 3rd? And what do I need for this!" haha. It was super nice. He is a police officer.
I really love Maputo. It is soo much different than Beira. Beira was an awesome experience too, though. It felt more like Africa -especially Inhamizua, but they are honestly like different missions. Our branch is way nice and we are trying to work more with the members. They help a ton, especially references, so this week we are going to try that approach way more than contacts. New elders and sisters are coming this week!! 9 elders 3 sisters and a couple who got here Saturday. They are headed up to Beira so we will get to walk with the elders til transfers on Monday. This Friday is a zone conference with President as well!
My idea of leaving a sign up sheet for bible studies is working! We left it at a place called King Pie FAST FOOD (super super nice I want to start it in America, they put like burgers and steak and ribs and all kinds of stuff in what look like pot pies on steroids!) But anyway the owner grew up in the states and has helped us a ton. We ate their for free and we always talk to him, but anyways, we are going to print out a ton of these papers and have the members help us put them all over the city and see what happens.
Love you guys
Elder Bigelow
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