Swimming in the Street

This week it rained.... the chapel in T3 flooded but our area wasn't too bad, so no one came to church. We only had like 80 people which isn't too bad for a rainy day here. But almost none of our investigators or less actives came. So I went to their houses looking for them and the excuses I got where pretty weak. "it looked like it was going to rain and I didn't want to get wet." or "I had a head ache" Apparently rain here kills people! I could see girls in the states saying they don't want to get wet becuase of their hair but black people's hair doesn't even change when it gets wet! Oh well, they just can't understand the importance of these things. It's frustrating sometimes but then I just think that I'm sure Heavenly Father looks at me almost the same way and all of us for that matter. It's impossible to understand everything about the gospel, how the atonement works, the true importance of the sacrament, things like that. If we really understood the importance of everything I'm sure we wouldn't even comit sin because we would realize the importance of all of it! So that is one thing that helps me keep my cool with stuff like that. One day I think people will understand, it will just take time and countless testimonies from missionaries and other members who do understand.

But we did have a visit! We have been working with a family called the Dimene's, they are great but the problem is, is that they like going to church in the city and President Packard wanted them to go to Matola where they live. So that has been my goal for the past few months that I've been here and this week they came! He said that he would stay here so that was a really good sign.

We've been spending a lot of time working with MLS this week. It's the program that is baisicaly the book of life for the church, it has everything all organized, all the records, callings, and just about any list you can think of that has to do with members. Well at least that is how it should be, however no one updates it so there are a ton of things that should be there that aren't. I've been trying to get the branch sec to do it but he doesn't seem to have time. That's fine though, I don't mind. I like working with it, unfortunately I think the Lord may be preparing me to be a secretary for something.... dang.... oh well ha ha i'm sure whatever the Lord has in store for me I'll like it ha ha!

I had some Beira flash backs this week though ha ha! This week we had a lady get up to bare her testimony, only it wasn't so much a testimony, she started singing some hymn from the Jehova's witnesses church! oh man..... it wouldn't have been so bad if she could sing but it was terrible! I was sitting next to Elder Peterson and he couldn't stop laughing he had to leave! I just felt like I was in Manga again ha ha oh well. I guess I can't escape it! Anyways I better get going, Thanks! I love you!!

Love, Brady