4/6/15
Hey,
Glad to hear that everyone is doing fine back home; and that
you’re having fun together. That Cinderella film must have been really well done
from what I’m hearing about it. That is funny about Dad!
I’ve had a fun week as well, working as always trying to
help our amis to progress, but we’ve had some funny experiences as well.
One thing happened while we stopped along the side of the
road to look at some shoes for my companion. We were stopped and my companion looked
behind and then jumped a little, shocked. I turned to see what he was looking
at, and saw a middle-aged woman walking towards us. She was completely naked
except for a mosquito net that she'd wrapped around herself. I turned back
quickly, even here in Africa that’s not something you see often—people generally
make an effort to keep themselves covered at least while they’re out in public.
She passed us, but stopped midstride and then turned back and walked back in
the direction that she came from. I thought she was gone, but then my comp
whispered in his broken English "She behind you." I tensed up, I didn’t
want to turn around, I asked my comp to turn his head towards me so I could see
my reflection in his sunglasses. He did, and I saw that she was literally right
behind me--staring right at me. It was like a horror film—you know when they
look away and then look back into the mirror only to see the monster is right
behind them. We kept ignoring her and she finally walked away.
Interviews with President were on Wednesday. Then Friday we
walked to the new apartment to finalize some papers and what not. Saturday the
Assistants came to help us move our beds and a few things over to Tokpota.
Since Saturday, we’ve been in the new apartment. And holy cow! It is
nice! I feel like I am sleeping in a museum. It is definitely an improvement
than sleeping on the living room floor for 9 weeks, doing personal study
on our beds and sharing 1 shower that only occasionally worked among 6 Elders.
Now we have a little space to spread out, and I can even do my study at a
desk!!! That shouldn’t be so exciting, but it is.
A few details about Tokpota. It is still in Porto Novo—it is
about an hour away from our previous apartment. We will still have church with
the Branch in PN. We are also responsible for our old amis from other sectors
because they haven’t yet sent missionaries to replace us. So, whenever we teach
one of our amis or go to church, we will have to walk an hour each way.
A little difficulty we have now is that we have very little
in our apartment. No fridge, no grill, no couches, no water filters, etc etc. We
literally just have our beds some desks and closet space. We will have to buy everything
that we eat (hopefully not for too long).
The sector seems nice though. People here are a little
better of than other areas. It seems like most have cars or personal motos, and
nicer homes. Hopefully, that will translate into people who can make the voyage
to church. Also, it seems like there are more Christians here.
I have no idea when or if Ill get to see General Conference.
The DVD takes time to get sent to us, and we don’t have a TV in our branch. Our
Sunday was normal; I finally got officially called as the Sunday School president,
so I’ll continue teaching every week.
I hope you all continue to well, I’ll do my best to do the
same.
Love you,
Elder Walls
PS Mom if you’d like to send a pillow with the Jenkins, that
would be great! I would receive it gladly!!
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