I was trying to put a
picture on copy.com and the stupid Liberian
computer deleted all my photos on the card... so... you won’t be
getting a picture for a while now until the Liberian computers gain my trust
back. Sorry yeah? It has never happened to me before. It
might be a looong time until I send one again. I don’t want to risk losing any
pictures. I had some really cools ones on there and now I’m just hoping that
this guy will be able to put them back on. He says he has software that
can bring pictures back, so we'll go to him and see if he can do it. It’s
one of Elder Humphreys Recent Converts, so pray that he'll be able to do
it. I know you probably sent the package already.... but when I got back
to the apartment I thought of some things... sorry. Elder Erickson mom
sent him a sweet side bag that you can talk to her about and see where she got
it. I don't know if that one will be possible or not, but it would be
nice to use. Then my companion has these oxy pads that you can clean your
face with that is really sweet to use when coming in from proselyting. And
another sad story... that stepper you sent me... it got wet and now doesn't
count all the steps. oh well, that one is just if you have spare change
hanging around and you want to buy one you can, but it’s not needed. And then
tooth paste! I'm almost out and I don't want to get a Liberian one
because there nasty.
You asked about Frank, this guy is a future branch
president. But the problem is that he'll be moving into the bush in the
next ten months and President Kirkham told us that if we have any investigator
who is ready to baptize and then is moving into the bush, should not be
baptized since they will not be able to progress. We are talking it over
with president at the moment because we feel like he could be a great help to
the church in the bush. He already has brought 8 people in the last week
to us who are progressing really well. So we'll see.
Nothing too big happened this week, just a normal
proselyting week full of naked Liberians running around and spiritual
lessons. But yesterday we got surprised when we walked into church.
We greeted all of the members and then we got called to go into the president’s
office. He told us that we need to set the TV up because we would be watching
conference today. It felt like Christmas in November! We've been
waiting for a month to watch conference!! Even though we only got to
watch the Sunday morning session and one talk of Saturdays, it still is great
to hear the brethren speak. Before a lot of people came, I made sure to
save me a good seat in the front so I could hear what they were saying. During
the conference, there was a lady who was sitting behind me that was getting upset
at the little children for making a little noise in the front. The
problem with this is that she was making more noise than them. The whole
time she was commenting on everything the speakers would say. Almost like
she was thinking out loud and trying to let me in on what she was
thinking. She had commentary for everything! It got to the point
where I wanted to turn around and tell her to be quiet. (In Liberian accent of
course.) She would not be quiet for 5 seconds... always had
something to say. Kind of like she wanted to be the one speaking in
General conference. It was frustrating to say the least. And even
during conference someone had the idea to take all of the children into the
back room. It made lots of noise and no one could pay attention.
So, I got up and paused the TV and told them that they need to figure it
out. They either need to take the children to the back room or keep them
here. But what they're doing now is making too much noise. I tried
doing it without sounding too mean. I got the point across though. They
all just put the kids back and kept watching the conference. Experiences
to remember (: And get this, the past couple of Sundays we have had lots
of investigators who are progressing come to church. This Sunday we had
18 last Sunday we had 19 progressing but 26 all together, and the Sunday before
that was 18. The area I am in is flourishing with converts. I have
not contacted one person for six weeks. The members just keep giving us
referral after referral. I love it! I don’t want to leave Doe Community
for a while because of this reason.
Sorry my week wasn't too interesting, but I love you all and
hope you have a great week.
Love Elder Zaugg
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