The Lord Didn't Let Us Down

So, my week was very long and stressful but slightly
successful and delightful really :) The water situation was okay this
week because fuel finally came to Bo so we were able to fill up some
gallons and get some for the generator to pump water, so that has been
super sweet this week. And, all the water is tish, but we put it in a
trashcan and then pump it through a filter with a bike pump and it
cleans it all up :) I took some pictures of it for you today haha

And my investigators are doing great. Foday is planning on being
baptized but he left for village so we don't know when he will return
:/ Jane has recoverd from Malaria but still was not well enough to
come and be confirmed on Sunday, but small small. Isatu, who was
beaten, is doing great and is nice and healthy at home again...
and yes, I got another planner:)

Wow, super stoked to get those measuring cups and what not because they
know absolutely nothing about that here :) esspecially because I just
tried baking for the first time last night. I was trying to bake (in
a pot) some thing called king driver, but you know me and my
healthiness I won't use butter or oil, so it didn't really work and it
turned into little pancake balls, but the elders loved them and asked
me to make more :) so who knows!

Ah, can't wait to hear about Rachel's mission call! that is so
exciting. congratulations to that girl :)

oh, SWEET, can't wait to see The Hobbit! and yes, my finn hat is
awfully brown now, but no problem, I still wear it ;) always wear it
to go play football on Mondays. it's a must!

So, Wednesday was AWESOME! I got the opportunity to join my long lost
buddy, Elder Burton on an exchange to his area in Lewabu. It was such
a great day havng studies with him and going and teaching just like
the good ole days. He is such a great missionary and I miss being his
companion so much. Teaching with him is so smooth and casual and I
love it, so we had a great day teaching only young women (his teaching
pool is really only women haha) and enjoying lunch together and boku
rice, just like the good ole days. Ah, miss my 2nd papi, good times,
really great day, to come home to find my companion was sick once
again and had thrown up 10+ times, poor guy - but fortuantely it was only food
poisoning so he was back on his feet the next day.

so, we have some pretty sweet investigators right now who I love SO
much,

We got Durah, who came with his family to Sa lone from Ghana to stay
for one year and then leave but both of his parents died in a car
crash...and all his family is in Ghana and he has no money, so he
found a friend to stay with and is just tyring to figure out what to
do to get home, but he is such a great guy, he is like 18, he loves
the gospel, loves the church, wants to serve a mission, loves the plan
of salvation, loves the temple and wants to go someday and do the work
for his family, and he should be baptized next Saturday...I love the
boy :)

We got John Mgavou, who is awesome. we found him one night when we
were lacking success and nobody wanted to be taught, so we wandered
down a path we had never gone down before and we were just really
down...and I was joking and was like, wow, look at that guy, I bet he
really wants to hear what we have to say....turns out he did, and he
loves the gospel and has come to church every week and is doing
everything he can to get his family to come, although he doesn't have
money to get them clothes to come..he has been saving so he can. But,
we were confused about his marriage and believed it was incomplete so
he couldn't be baptized yet, so yesterday our branch president and 1st
counselor accompanied us to teach him a powerful lesson, and also
discern his marriage, which they found to be complete by legal
standards so now he can be baptzied! He was so excited that he ran and
climbed a tree and shook us down about 30 mangos...yeah, it was sweet
for more than one reason of course :)

My recent convert, Peter, who baptized our investigator last
week,  just got called to be Young Mens president yesterday :0 so I
am super stoked for him and he is excited as well. he is a little lost
but we are going to do our best to help him...he hasn't even been a
member 2 months haha! what a boss :)

oh, and another one we met the other day, Rosaline, I felt inclined to
get off bike early and we did, and took a different path to our
investigators house, so I didn't know why I felt like we should stop
there, so I was trying to follow the Holy Ghost and fortunately he
made it easy, and some people started hollering, ELDERS ELDERS, so we
went over and some former investigators were there and also a blind
girl who really wanted to go to church but had nobody to take her. so
we went yesterday morning and got to walk her over to the church which
was really sweet and I hope she enjoyed it :) we will try and go see
her tomorrow I hope and see how she liked church :)
So chickens are
always in our compound as well as dogs and cats and whatever animals
like to come and eat our trash and hangout, but this one chicken didn't
escape like the others and proceeded to run around the house, and
one elder picked up a rock and threw it and accidently hit it in the
head, so broke its skull....yeah, .so they left it on the
floor of the kitchen for 2 days while
it died, then took it to an investigators house to cook it for
them...my gosh doesn't make life easy haha

So, made those pancakes from the recipe with Elder Weller momma, and
they were awesome! of course I neglected to tell him the recipe called
for butter, but it turned out great...then I told him hahah  :) but,
they tasted sweet, so no problem! tankey tankey!

While wandering today I saw a bible society...so I went and bought a
hardback krio bible, a timini bible, and also a mendes bible, so one
day you will all get to enjoy reading what I can hardly speak haha :)

A new fad that I am seeing...people riding around on roller
skates...not sure how long that will last since its basically all
dirt and crappy roads, so those are going to spoil quick...but,
whatever makes them happy :)

Well, another great week in Sierra Leone. We were able to teach A TON
of lessons this week and that made me really happy, especially since we
had some really hard days this week, with lots of praying and pleading
to the Lord to lead us, guide us, comfort us, and the Lord didn't let
us down...We are hopefully going to find some more success soon, since
things are moving a bit slow at the moment...but we are doing our
absolute best and thats all that matters. I know the Lord loves us and
we will be blessed more if we show gratitude for the rich blessings
the Lord already pours into our lives...kaingoma!

Love,
Elder Jesse Sumrak