9/16/2019 -- We had three people we're teaching come to church.

9/13
Today was slow. We had one lesson, contacted, and did weekly planning. These three things took all day.

After about five hours sitting on the couch I was losing my mind: three hours for weekly planning, one hour for planning, and one hour for language study. Well, that was supposed to be how much time everything took, but some stuff was longer than other stuff. It still took five hours in the end. That really sucked, but it was nice to rest some. So far it has been go, go, go since I got here. We've been contacting 10 people minimum every day, teaching as many lessons as possible, meeting as many members as possible, and I've been working on breaking my comp's bad habits - the ones given to him by his trainer.

I can't blame him at all - he didn't know any better, and it usually happens anyway. I will say, mad props to E. Mukendi. He has been really humble and patient with this whole thing. If I have to train then I want to train someone like him.

9/14
Okay, there wasn't much today. We got one new investigator when a woman invited us to share a bit of our lesson when we were out contacting, clearly we contacted, we had one lesson, and we helped clean the chapel because enough people to clean it didn't show up. I swept if you're wondering.

Yeah, that was our entire day.

9/16
Well, today was a mixed bag.

On our way to church we ran into a referral we'd gotten from the other elders last night. She promised to come to church but didn't show.

At the church we set up chairs and I went back to my old routine of greeting everyone who walked through the door, and I was in my seat at 5 to the hour. The best part?

I got to sit with B.Richard, one of the people we met and started teaching this week. We had three people we're teaching come to church.

I gave what I thought was a nice testimony, but the PA system didn't pick it up too well, so apparently nobody heard it. I had a member mention it to me afterward. Dang.

During the second block I ended up adding a lot to the discussion - more than usual. I usually keep silent because I think it's important for members to contribute more than missionaries, but we were talking about trials today, so I felt qualified to talk.

After the service I said good bye to B.Richard and waited...and waited...and waited...and finally saw Bishop.

We had a good meeting with him and hopefully this will be the beginning of advancing the work in the Kayole 2nd Ward. After the meeting we went with a member to visit one of our investigators. This guy has made me mad. He bounced us three times this week and didn't even have the decency to tell us that he wouldn't be able to come whenever something came up - he just shut off his phone. I had dropped this guy, but he reached out to us so we went to see him. He introduced us to his wife and his brother in law and his wife.

We taught a pretty good lesson and left. That was the end of our day. Not too bad, but I'm wiped.