Salama aby!
I'll just start with the crazy stuff today. For our p-day activity, we went to a kung fu temple, and we went with our entire zone. it was really fun! The most interesting part was when we got to a really sacred malagasy part of the mountain we were hiking up. As we were walking, two malagasies stopped us and asked us to take off our shoes, so we did and they also asked that we take no pictures, for it is a sacred site. In respect to that, we didn't take any pictures. But (I kid you not), we saw sacrifice altars, graves for midgets (vazimba in malagasy), famous people, and mermaids. One grave was covered in black cloth, and we were warned that if we were to do anything to harm it, it would immediately kill us (which was hard for me to believe, but I didn't take any chances). We also saw a really sketchy tiny house where apparently people talk to spirits. Didn't have too good of a feeling about that place, but it was cool to soak in a bit of the culture! We also got a killer view of the big city.
Work wise, Ampitatafika is going really great. We had 10 people come to church this past Sunday and 9 of them are on baptismal date. I am really grateful for this chance that I have to work here in Madagascar. Seeing the rice patties and the long horned cows and the kids playing marbles has me thinking in an interesting way every time I see it that I am supposed to be here right now.
I don't have a whole lot of time left here in Madagascar, so I am willing to answer questions about anything anyone has. If there are any questions, it would be better if there were asked while I am here so that I can get the pure answer from the malagasies :)
I love you all! Have a great week!
Elder Johnson
See that missionary squatting to take a picture? That's Elder Whener. Right behind the hill in the background are the mermaid graves. I saw a couple from a distance.
Also I got waaaay sunburned...Nothing new to me XD
And I love apples
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