February 3. 2014

February 3, 2014

 

Salama daholo!

So sorry again about last week, i had no time to email, but it's okay cause it was a boring week hahah.  FA!  This week was super good for shizzle haha.  But anyways... So the subject.  Elder Cartmill and I had a good week full of pretty funny adventures as we were walking around ol Betongolo talking to people... Cause pretty much we've been just super duper good preach my gospel missionaries and have been talking to everyone!  And when you do that you have some pretty funny stories!! Anyways so we're walking along the path, and we see some cute little kids, probably like 5 years old.  So as always we got up to them and talk to them and give them a dona (knuckles) ahah.  So we get there and one of the kids looks at me and accusingly asks in a scared voice "DID YOU KILL MY FRIEND?!"  So... Of course i told him "ummm. yes." hahahah. and then he freaks!!!  I don't think i've ever seen a kid more scared hahah i'm pretty sure he thought i was going to eat him haah he was so scared he hid behind his buddy who was laughing his but offf. So I try to make amends and give him a dona!  So he stops for 2 seconds, gives me a dona and continues to scream bloody murder.  Malagasy kids are THE BEST!!!  Hahha but man we had some fun adventures.  We taught a really good amount of times this week but we've really been trying to make good use of our time so we contact a lot also.  Well we went into this one little small neighborhood and well pretty much everybody there was comorian (form the comoros islands, north of mada) so they were all super muslim, really funny and spoke no english or malagasy... But pointed us to a malagasy neighbor! So we knock on a door and a girl with very flasy gold flip flops answers the door, we forget her name so we call her goldy toes ahahhaha.  Well she was super cool and agreed to a return time then she brought us close and said "everybody here... is comorian!!" and i said, "is that okay? are they nice?" and ahha she brings me super close, and says "THEY'RE ADULTERERS!!! THAT'S NOT OKAY WITH JESUS IS IT?!" Hahah i tried my hardest not to laugh and said uhhh yeah.... no it's not! Hahah super funny! Then on saturday with some new family we found there was the cutest little bebe (grandma) we taught, she loved us so much she tried giving us money... that was definitely a first ahhaa! We said honey, our work is FREE!  And the Lord is our sipa kely!  Okay well as i said we have been doing a lot of contacting this week.  WEll Elder Cartmill and I had made a goal during weekly planning to find 7 FLF's (father led families) by the end of the transfer, so we prayed a lot to get help and went to work... Well I am happy to report we found 3 THIS WEEK!!!  How sweet is that.  Granted, all have them have only been taught once, but I'm excited hahah.  We've been getting a lot of little answers to prayers like that. Speakign of which, yesterday at sacrament meeting.  We had a big answer to prayer and had one of our new investigators come to church, with her kids!  Sadly her husband couldn't, but we'll take it!  And 2 less actives that we've been working on came...!! and one of them, Fr Kamero got up and bore his testimony, about us the missionaries! And the blessing we gave him... Super sweet.  The spirit was definitely prevalent in that sacrament meeting yesterday.  I love hearing the simple but powerful testimonies of the malgasy people.  They're such faithful people and it always strengthens my faith to see theirs!!  Anyways so last thing.. Last week i quickly wrote about boneface, the dude that studied to be a priest for a while.  Well.. .We taught the bom and tried to extend a bap date... and he accepted!  As long as he gets his answer to his prayer... So it's up to him and the Lord.. I'm stoked.  We have some sweet baptisms comign up in february. Andry, the sick 18 year old that should be getting baptized on the 22nd yesterday was talking to our Dmp (ward mission leader) about missions and he turned and asked me... does the prophet really go over your mission call and sign it?! and i was like.. yup!! and he said... man.. i wnat to go... do you think i should pray about going on a mission... i was just like... uhhh... 1st thing. i love you. 2nd this. yes. for sure do that hahahahah.  But speaking of missions Aina, thought we call him Max our DmP got his mission call to NEW HAMPSHIRE!! how sick is that??!! I'm stoked cause not many malagasies go to america, even cooler cause his aunt, which is more like his sister cause she's 5 years older and they live together also got her mission call to temple square! Super cool!!  Anyways. Things are going good, i'm happy, and jesus loves you all.  HAve a good week emailers. 

 

Be fitiavana,

Elder Roush