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well this week has been very busy i am finally understanding the AFRICAN ENGLISH. oh and tell shalese i have mastered the african snap. it has been very fun getting to know everyone. my comp ELDER UDOTIM is the district leader now. he is very spiritual and fun. There are two missionaries from Irovy coast elder mea and elder zolo, they both know french as their first language and ELDER MEA know a little bit of english. i sat down and talked to him about the war in his country, it was very personal to him and he expressed that no matter what his country has been through people are still very happy. there is a major difference from the different countries here. nigeria which is where about 50% of the missionaries are from and kinda loud but still very nice. cote'divore or ivory costal they are very nice, quiet and personal which i like. some of the missionaries cant email home because there is no where to receive it, meaning no computers. there is a missionary trainer here that was from liberia during the war and only has one are because of it. but here it is just life here so we deal with it.  i have learned alot about the gospel, they focus mainly on the basics and how to teach the basics it is good for me to start out a little bit slower cause im still trying to understand.

The food has been actually good and there is alot of it which is good for me. The only thing i havent like is the fish heads and plantein the big banana looking thing. every thing else (rice and chicken) is very good. i eat more than most people here so i havent lost too much weight maybe two or three pounds tops.

 

Now that i can kinda understand most of the afican english i am taking lessons from my companions how to speak krio or pigeon english. now that i cant understand at all the african missionaries that are here are suppose to speak english, because there call said they would but i think it is for us white missionaries to understand a little bit. there are only 5 white missionaries out of about 60 sooo that is a change but now i dont see black and white, its cool actually. i told them about eris and they were so excited they said we are going to get married so we can have african babies, there were astonished that i had black friends.

 

the only acon or air conditioning is in the classrooms and chapel everywhere else it is about 85 degrees and very humid. i couldnt sleep the first night because i was sweating so much. when we turn on the acon the african missionaries freeze.

 

The missionaries from South Africa are the most i guess moderized ha. but there say there is alot of racism in south africa. i have learned so much and i am doing my best to jump in with both feet.

 love you all,

ELDER SKOUSON