Dear family!
My week was super good
and eventful! we spent time preparing for Pereira and Susan’s wedding and
baptism scheduled for this Friday and Saturday, so we also helped the branch
(which is also our house) get everything ready because here is where the wedding will take place.
On Thursday we had a
really good day teaching a lot of people. In the afternoon we helped our branch
president, President Mounga, load up some chairs in a car and brought them from
our house to Pereira's house, for their celebration after the wedding.
Friday was the wedding
day. That morning I had a meeting for district leaders at the Manga chapel. Then
after getting back I held a meeting with the missionaries in my district. Right
after the meeting we started setting up for the wedding which was going to be
right here at our house- as I mentioned before our house is also our branch
meeting house for now. There is a space in front where we have sacrament
meetings on Sundays, that's where we had the wedding. So we set up a table and
all the chairs and then waited for people to arrive. It was supposed to start
at 14h, but didn't start until 15h. It was a super nice wedding. President
Mounga performed the wedding. He always does a great job; he's really funny and
had everyone laughing, especially at the part where the bride and groom kissed.
The relief society sisters sang their traditional songs for weddings. It
was nice.
After the wedding they
went to a place in the city to take pictures, and we went with them. There was
a small car carrying the couple and a couple other members, and we got a ride
with them. There was another car, a big open-bed truck, carrying the other
guests. Afterwards, we all went to their
house for them to cut the cake and for the presentation of gifts and the
dinner. The food was really good, they served chicken, goat, rice and beans and
other stuff. We ate well. This really was a big event for them and it was fun
to be a part of it.
The next day, Saturday I
performed the baptism for both of them in the Manga chapel; they were baptized
along with other two other families that were baptized by other missionaries,
so it was a nice baptismal service. After the baptism they took the opportunity
to bear their testimonies. It was very special for me to hear their testimonies;
they really have strong testimonies of the Gospel and of this church. They were
both extremely happy, Susan, had a huge smile on her face through the whole
thing. They are a really nice couple, they will be good members. Many in the
branch helped with some of the details in the preparations for their wedding, it
was a great way to show their love for them. This is how members can help new
converts stay active and strong, knowing that they have good brothers and
sisters that they can count on for support.
On Saturday and Sunday was
the Beira district conference (equivalent of a stake conference) at the chapel
in the city. We attended the general sessions of conference on Saturday night
and Sunday morning. On Sunday there were over 1000 people there at the Beira
chapel. It was so full! We (all the missionaries) had to sit out in the hall to
make room for others. We were happy to see that a few of our
investigators were in attendance. The rest of the week was great. Even with all
the time spent helping Pereira and Sara, we still found 10 new investigators
and were able to visit our other progressing investigators. We are hoping to
baptize two more families before the end of December.
My new companion is Elder
Christiansen from Spanish Fork. He graduated from high school this year in May and
started his mission in July. He has 3 months in Mozambique. So he is still
learning the language, but he's already speaking pretty well. We've been
getting along well and have been working hard.
I love you sooo much and
thank you for your love and prayers for me.
I hope you have a good week!!!
Love,
Josh
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