Work's still going great!

Hey Everybody!

Sorry! I don't have much time to write today. Work's still going great! Every Tuesday, Elder Bingham and I both abandon our area and pop into another to split it so there's 4 missionaries in one area. It kind of causes our program to take a hit, but it's been way helpful to bump up the prospects for the other elders.

Rafalimanana Alfred got baptized! Next week, a guy he taught is getting baptized as well!

The elders in another apartment are trying to cure meat by hanging steaks in a laundry bag then drying it with a fan going 24/7. They call it biltong in South Africa. I tried a piece, and it threw me back to my days traveling the Swiss Alps with Anthony Bourdain.

 Went on a great split with Elder Futter, the nicest kid from South Africa.

A few punk teenagers hid a speaker in the grass, and as people passed by, they would play a loud soundbite of someone screaming swear words or threats. It surprised me so bad that I involuntarily ducked haha.

Investigator Vision:

Faly! An investigator who promised he would kill or beat us up if we try to knock on his house again at 7 o' clock at night. Great guy. The lessons always degenerate into long odd tangents and discussions about inessential doctrines, and we could never figure out how to get it back on track.

However, he had a vision, and a hilarious one at that--a vision where he was standing on a hill in Jerusalem. As he looked down into the valley, he beheld two men in robes slowly hiking up. When Faly described this part, he paused a very long time, and waiting until Elder Bingham and I raised our eyebrows, he blurted out excitedly, "Those two men were prophets of old!" Moses and Abraham, apparently, in their long robes, solemnly approached Faly, flicked the cigarette out of his mouth and told him to listen to those missionaries. Then, he woke up! You would have thought his attitude would flip upside down after a vision like that, but not really. He still likes to argue.

Malagasy Morsel of the Week - Bobongolo:

Moldy. Great word. The "o's" are pronounced like 'oo'.

Stories for Next Week

-Fomba Gasy

I love my mission! Love you all too!

Elder Soper