The work is flying right now...

Hey Everybody!

Transfer news! Zip. Elder Kruger and I are still together! I was way happy to hear that, especially because the work is flying right now. Yesterday, a couple less-active families came to church for the first time in years. Too bad the church meeting was full of odd, awkward problems with the microphone, a priest doing the sacrament prayer like a motivational chant and some odd testimonies. Nevertheless, it was an encouraging experience.

Handsome Jesus Christ:

We showed this noisy family the Restoration pamphlet that has Jesus Christ holding a lamb on the front. One of the older ladies grabbed it from my hands and said, "Beau gosse ity Jesosy ity!" which means, "This Jesus is way handsome!" 

Soap Opera Miracle:

Our Relief Society President bore a funny, sweet testimony yesterday. Saturday night, she binge-watched novellas (Spanish soap operas translated into French) 'til 4 AM. After finally deciding to sleep, she confessed in a prayer, "This is a worldly thing I just did. Novellas are my weakness. Please help to wake up and attend church tomorrow." The next morning, she was scared awake by water dripping on her bed from a hole in the roof. She made it to church on time and said she wasn't sleepy at all. Funny thing is I heard some gossip that she fell asleep in third hour and was snoring. Sweet lady.

Malagasy Morsel of the Week - Tifohidy:

This means 'food poisoning.' We had a dinner appointment with a random recent convert family, and they ended up serving us their nightmare-ish homemade pasta with little chunks of surprise meat. Even from it's appearance, all the alarms in my head were screaming, "Fake a stroke!" But, we chose to ignore all the obvious warnings from the Holy Ghost, and continued by giving the family a big thumbs up with nervous and panic-stricken smiles and hesistantly dug in. So, the next day, counting each separate trip, I went to the bathroom a total of 29 times. Here's a good reference for a scriptural description of what happened: Jeremiah 4:18-20. Please read this. 

Love you all!

Elder Soper