2/16/15
Hey guys,
It's great to
hear how you all have been doing, Although I am having trouble believing
that it's still so cold over on your side of the world. Hopefully, Spring will come soon for you guys. Right now
we're stuck in the hottest season of the year. January and February are
scorching, but I am getting more and more used to the heat everyday. I
welcome being drenched in sweat now because it makes everything
feel so much cooler as it evaporates off. And with the wind, it sometimes
feels like you are at the beach. We are almost
back into the rainy season, which I am looking forward to because it
cools everything down. And I've always liked the rain. The
storms here can be pretty impressive!
We had an
interesting week. A bird pooped
on one of my shirts that I dried outside, and I have spent most of
the week bleaching and bleaching and scrubbing trying to get these two
brown stains out of my shirt (it finally came out so don't worry!). But I had to wear a dirty shirt on Sunday because of the whole ordeal. And one of the sisters in the branch was not very happy with me!
We have started
having a lot of fun with our laundry. Scrubbing your clothes can get kind of mundane. However, once we realized that we all really missed swimming and water-parks we
decided to start dumping full basins of water over each other
while laundry is getting done. It makes for a much more refreshing
P-Day!
Be warned--I am going to
have to spend a few days at the pool or Dorney's water park or somewhere
when I get home. It felt so good to be drenched with water.
In other
news, Ribera and Mayamba had a few baptisms the other day. To get to the pool where we perform the baptisms, the missionaries have to take a car taxi and
then we have to find moto (motorcycle) taxis for our members who want to come. But
some of our members decided to jump into the car with us, and no
kidding, we literally had 13 people in the 5 seater taxi! That was the most
cramped I have ever been--we even had missionaries riding in the
trunk. Holy cow, transport here is crazy. During church yesterday I saw a moto (again, this is a motorcycle) go by with the driver, a married couple and 6 of their little
kids.
In other
other news, we had a new investigator start coming to church
named Ronald,
he's a good guy who was raised Catholic and is about 22
now. He enjoyed church, even with all of the strange things that seem to happen. There's never
really been a Sunday where something doesn't go awry, but I guess thats
what makes Benin fun.
Everything is going well. We are finding a lot of new people and we've got
several amis who are close to baptism. I am actually hoping that I can
just stay here in Porto and finish some of the things that we have started.
Hope you all
continue to do well. I am enjoying myself (even though I have pretty much
had constant diarrhea since Christmas). I am looking
forward to one day enjoying some of that freezing weather you guys are having.
Love,
Elder Walls
PS By the way, I still haven't gotten the package. It is at the Mission Office, I just haven't been able to get it yet. Hopefully, soon!
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