PICTURES

First things first.  Thank you for those mentos you sent in the last package I received back in the day.  They just finished and they were nice! Another thing, make sure to save my emails and letters so that we can make a book of them when I get home.

Now, let me tell you about my incident at the barber shop or barber shack, whichever one you prefer. The last time he cut my hair, he cut it flat on top so I looked like I was getting ready for basic training or something. So this time, I told him to leave it a little long in the center.  Simple enough right? I got EXACTLY what I asked for.  Home boy takes the clippers and takes a chunk out of the side of my hair and it basically went bald...  At this point I was like, well, theres no going back now.  I let him do his thing thinking he'd make it look good.  He ended up leaving a nice thick bush of hair on top of my head and bald on the side..... not completely bald, it kind of looks like my head has 5 o clock shadow. Yeah, picture this on me... haha I'll take a picture and hopefully send it next week.  It definitely is a African hair cut for sure.  Im trying to rock this style the best I can for a white man, but its not doing so hot... good thing it grows back and we can try again next time right?
Oh how I love AFRICA!! Doesn't get better than this!

So this past week, we were in a part of our area called Banjor market.  We have some investigators over in this area we teach.  As we were coming back from teaching them, there was some little kids who saw us and started screaming "white man! white man! white man!" I took this as an opportunity to get my uncle mind set back for a little bit.  When they got the right distance away, I did a studder step/ jump towards them. You can only imagine what a small liberians face looks like as a white man jumps towards them... These kids face went from being excited to say hi, to complete horror.  I couldn't help but laugh... They went running around the house, and me and my companion just kept walking.  When we were coming to the other side of the house, You could hear them again, "white man! white man! white man!" When we were almost to the edge of the house, I saw a bush that they were going to have to pass around before they could see us... so, I took off running towards the bush and hid until I saw them.  When I saw the first kid come around, I jumped out and ran towards them. These kids will have the best agility after I leave the area though.  They can turn around quick! After this we didn't see them again.  When we got through the market and were trying to get on a bike, guess what we heard again....  "white man! white man! white man!"  and across the street were the 10 kids emerging from the market across the street.  They followed us until we got on a bike.   I was enjoying myself for sure!  I couldn't believe they were still wanting to say hi even though I was scaring them...  Liberia is fun!

This next week is the end of the transfer, so I might be in a new area the next time I email, but no one knows.



I like my cereal!



My new progressing investigator that we are teaching the Book of Mormon.

Don't worry, I don't hold all of my investigators....this one is an exception

The Monkey's name is Bush....because he came from the bush.  Clever right?!

Excerpts from a letter Elder Zaugg wrote to the Priests Quorum in his home ward.

  What a privilege it is that we young men and young women have to serve a mission. With the age change almost a year ago, you are now able to leave once you graduate. That means you need to prepare yourself so you can be ready and able. Seminary is one of the best places to begin. I wish I would have listened better so that I would have known more of the Bible and Book of Mormon stories. Becoming familiar with the scriptures is a great help. They become your best friend once you hit the mission field. As you prepare now, make sure you "study" the scriptures every night. we hear it all the time, but I promise you, that as you study each day you will obtain more knowledge about the church, and you will have a stronger testimony. people can deny the Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith and the church, but they can not deny a testimony. It is something you know to be true, and as you share your testimony with your investigators, it will bring the spirit with more power. As you are sharing it, The spirit is so strong and testifies to them what you are saying is true. make sure that as part of your preparation to serve, you gain that strong testimony. Even if its small, it will continue to grow as you study and pray.
     A mission will never be a bad decision. So far on my mission, I have had experiences that I never would have had if I would of chose to stay home. Even being in the mission field my testimony has grown. Every day I become more aware of how true the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is. Anyone I meet, I can stand and tell them that I know its the only true church upon the face of the earth. Helping people know for themselves that its the only true church brings so much joy and happiness. Seeing people repent and change their lives to follow Christ is amazing. As they feel the spirit they begin to gain a strong testimony for themselves. Bringing others unto Christ is one of the best things you could do in this life. Imagine the blessings that will come from serving 2 years. The rest of your life will be a lot easier if you dedicate only these 2 years of your time to the Lord. mission goes by WAY fast, and you will be wanting it not to go by as fast. With how fast time goes, you need to make sure that you make EVERY second count in your day. You don't want to have any regrets after. Pday comes quick and it seems like I just wrote my family yesterday.  This is why I say make EVERY second count. Every day, week, month that goes by is one less day you have to make an impact on someone's life, and one more day, week, month you won't EVER get back. 
     Make sure to go over the lessons in Preach My Gospel. Looking them over and becoming aware and familiar with them will be a great help to you. During your training, those are the things you will learn. If you understand them now the smoother training will be. Last thing to help you prepare is to pray. Prayer is the key to EVERYTHING. As you pray and ask our Heavenly Father to give you the strength to serve, he will answer you. He will give you the strength you need, if you have that desire to serve. I know this church is true. One of the simplest things to say, but it means a lot to me. No one will ever be able to tell me other wise. I have found out for myself the truth, and it is this church. Joseph Smith sealed his testimony with his blood, by dying for this church. He was and is a prophet called of God. I love you all and hope you all will have the desire to bring souls unto Christ. A mission will never be a bad thing. You will be blessed. 

Love Elder Zaugg

 

This is Terry. I love this guy!