Monday, March 6, 2017

This week will be a pretty short email given our lack of "working" in our area this week. We had interviews on Tuesday with our Mission President. Right after we were talking with his wife and she sent Elder Nunes to the hospital (cough, lack of appetite and such). 5 or so hours, blood tests and x-rays later, and he is pretty much totally fine. Just a cough. Better safe than sorry though. They did however order bed rest for the week. We did work on Wednesday and Thursday but then we stayed in the house.

We did have Zone Conference on Friday which was nice to see some of the other Elders I havent seen in a while. I was able to chat with Elder Burchett and get a package my Mum gave to an Elder that she found in Utah (Thanks Mum!) After eating some nice Pizza Hut little pizzas we went and started the official bed rest time. I got tons of reading done this week.

On Saturday we did have Movany's baptism. He is the brother of Sarita (who was baptized 2 weeks ago). Sarita's mom took weeks of talking with to finally agree to the baptism. Sarita invited Movany to church one week and he hasnt missed since. We had to visit him 4+ times a week to get him all the lessons, but it all worked out super well. The baptism was small, but nice.

Here are some answers to questions from last week:

It seems like you are having good success in your area. Are you getting to know the people in your new ward?

I am getting to know the people from my area. I have some nice ward friends who I enjoy chatting with and such, but no super close friends. Everyone knows I will leave within a few months, so its hard for people to get attached. Still trying to get to know everyone though.

Is it a ward or a branch?

Ward, part of the Maputo stake which will soon split into the Maputo/Matola stakes.

What are the biggest differences between this area and the last one?

Much smaller area, less walking more hitch hiking. We have a strip of the beach, so we go get food there when we can which is soooooo awesome and sooooo cheap. 125 Met for the plate of food I got-totally full after too. But healthy. We also work with members a lot more there.

 How is the garden doing?

Growing like crazy. The one papaya tree is like 3 feet tall already.

What are you trying to grow?

3 Papaya trees and an orange tree.

 How long has it been growing?

6 weeks, right when I got here it started.

One thing. Home teaching. No one here does it. I can't tell you how many people we talk to that haven't been to church in years say they stopped because "a little after baptism the missionaries couldn't keep coming and we felt alone, like no one cared". Literally all it takes for tons of people is feeling cared about and home/visiting teaching does that.

Thanks for all the love and support. Emails, letters and the like. Love all of you!

Elder Howell






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