This
week, me and my companion have just been smashing it hard in our area.
Hands down we have been the highest performing companionship in our
district - not that missionary work is a competition!
As
funny as it seems, there hasn't really been any 'Highlight Reel'
lessons to really talk about, we're just going out there and teaching.
Like Elder Etiang, Elder Chola just has that natural ability to talk
with anybody about the gospel. We began teaching Albert's friends
because of it. One day they were working out by his house, and Elder
Chola just began talking to him about exercise (he's a big buffalo
himself!) and that eventually led to us sitting down with them and
teaching. Even yesterday, we were going to be visiting a Recent convert
but she wasn't home, though a non-member sister to her was, and we began
teaching her also.
Come to think of it though,
we had fortune smile on us yesterday. We had two people come to church
today that we had never even taught before. They came from Sigerege (an
aside: I've been told it's a transliteration of a missionary who died in
that area (not of our faith) named Saint Craig) and we had never taught
them before. To our fortune though, they are friends with a member in
the Branch, so we had him tag along with us for our first lesson, and we
are planning to go see them at their home later this week.
Saturday
was the best though. In the morning we continued to assist in cleaning
the streets of Blantyre. A freelance journalist noticed us and started
interviewing some of the members giving service, and we had one former
missionary there named Frank who handled the interview really well. He
used to be an assistant to the former mission president here, so he is
very experienced with talking with people. The journalist did ask one
question though that seemed to be slinging some mud at us, which was
disappointing, but we're hoping for a fair representation of us.
Then
in the afternoon, we watched Meet the Mormons as a District. We tried
inviting as many people as possible, but very few showed. HOWEVER, Alex
and Lexa did come, and they really enjoyed the movie. It was great to
have some members and investigators of the church come to see the movie
and learn more about the church, it was a wonderful experience.
Love
to write more, but I'm in a rush. Hopefully I'll make up for it next
week. One last thing, we've committed Moses to be baptized on August
16th. Here's hoping he makes it!
Yours truly,
Elder Massey
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