January 7, 2013

Hello Mother,
First off I GOT TWO PACKAGES!!!!!!!!! Wooohooo Thank you SOOOO much!! I loved the Nutella and pictures and the candy and oh man just thankyou.  Thank you thank you thank you. I do hope i will get the other two but you just dont know out here. Also do you think you can send some of Brooklyn's Fudge here???;)
This week has been a great week. Starting off with Tuesday or New Years. I'm glad its not new years everyday. Our investigators fed us at every lesson we went to. Usually it is super sweet to get a meal throughout the day but when its every lesson its a problem. Anyways we have to finish everything they give us or they are almost offended. Even if we leave too much bone they get somewhat offended. We had 5 meals in about 5 hours. All full of Pepea. To say the least i didn't sleep to well that night and the next morning my stomach was aching. I feel sorry for some of those missionaries who have two or three dinner appointments a night. Plus i wouldn't be able to keep down the weight.
Speaking of investigators so The man Damo who came to church last week really isn't doing the best now. This week we came to teach him and to help him understand the importance of baptism and at the end of the lesson as i was bearing my testimony he totally denied my testimony. He said how can there only be one true church and blah blah blah. I was so shocked that he insulted me like that. Elder Kouao thankfully saw how almost mad i was and continued to tell him, you cant deny someone of there own testimony. Needlesstosay Damo has a long way to go before he can be baptized.
The rest of the week has been pretty normal just working very hard to convert Liberians. Elder Pentreath and I really want Elder kouao to write a book on his life. He really is a miracle and he has done so many things that i cant even begin to comprehend with my sheltered Mormon mind. He is an example to me that anybody can change if you give them the chance. He is going to write it with the church involved so he can try to sell it to desert book. Truly an amazing guy.
I am sorry to here about Brother Roberts and Brother Marks sister. Please send my condolences to there families. Teaching about the Plan of Salvation here is comforting to me because i know we will be able to see each other again after this life. I know that our heavenly Father knows and loves each and every one of us.
Yesterday was elder Humphery's birthday so we decided to have a feast. We all Pitched in 5 U.S. dollars and got two hamburgers, french fries, a piece of chicken, cake and sparkling cider. The craziest part was making it all on a propane stove and none of us really know how to cook. Its was quite an adventure trying to cook the burgers through with out burning them. Thats why we bless it before we eat it. I will print some pictures of it and send them home. Definitely the birthday i wanna have.
Well I have to go because we are going into town again today. Wonder what adventures we will have today. I love you all very much and please write to me all the time. Please write in pen too cause the pencil it can fade.
Love you lots and enjoy this new year.
Love
Elder Skouson