Akory ka!
This past week has gone so fast and lots of crazy good things happened! I got transfer news that Elder Keener is going to be transferred to Tamatave. He will be whitewashing an area that my new companion, Elder Buthelezi, just left. Elder Buthelezi is sooo cool and he is so amazing, we are going to smash it this transfer! I am a little sad to say veloma to elder keener but I know he will have tons of fun in tamatave.
Here is what happened this last week!
Tuesday: Elder Keener decided to have me lead him to where all the members live that we usually visit without his help. I got a little lost but after a few moments (and prayers) I was able to find my way back to the houses we were supposed to visit. That day was kind of hectic but nonetheless an adventure never to be forgotten.
Wednesday: On this day we made sure that Larissa and Elisa were ready for the baptism and that they were willing to make this sacred convenant with the lord. They were obviously ready, and I couldn't have been more happy than that. After that we went and taught Yvette, the mother of a young man in the ward. We recently extended a baptismal date to her and the son's 12 year old sister on the 16fh of march. How excited I am to be able to continue this work in mahamasina!
Thursday: I went on a split with a missionary named elder Whitesides. He is very very good with the language and we had a great time teaching all of our investigators in our areas. While I was with him, we were able to set a time for an inactive member to go talk to the bishop after the following sacrament meeting. i was so happy because he had some issues with the word of wisdom and after a 2 transfer battle with him of not talking to the bishop he finally decided to talk to him. How amazing!
Friday: On this day Elder keener and I taught a young lady named sarobidy, whose name in english is precious. She has a hard life. Her parents fought and got divorced about a year ago and her father remarried. Her house doesn't have a lot of electricity sometimes because her dad doesn't pay the bills. How sad! We gave her a promise that as she tried to pursue the path of righteousness that she would be able to continue on in life. She accepted that and I could tell that it was the right thing to say.
Saturday; On this day we had the baptism of Larissa and Elisa. I baptised Soarivony Elisa and I felt the spirit very prominently despite the shockingly cold murky water of the baptismal font. It was no sooner that I realised that the water that we baptise with is the same water that runs off of the roads after a typhoon. But, holding the priesthood authority of god, I know for a fact that despite the physical uncleanliness of the water, Elisa's sins were washed away.
To tell a little bit about Elder Buthelezi, he is from South Africa. He is about my height and is a very goofy yet loving soul. He is so amazing, I can already tell. He has a younger brother who is 17 and he too wants to serve a mission.
Today for p-day I got to hold the worlds smallest lemur, which was only around the size of the palm of my hand! It was so cute and so small! I wish I could take it home...
Amim'manaraka, ry namana!
Elder Johnson
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