Ugh. Long day. We found someone new to teach, but time will tell as we start to work with her and her husband. She isn't happy with the way her pastor is doing things, but she goes to his church almost every day of the week.
Aside from that, we were bounced three times and had a meeting with the Bishop that I've elected to count as correlation despite the fact that we just walked into his office to talk to him when he showed up at the church to do some work. Fun.
I'm currently wiped, night.
10/6
Aish. Slow, long, day. Fast Sunday always kills as a missionary. We taught a lesson with S. Emmaqulate and had her meet with the Bishop to see if there might be any potential issues with something she mentioned to us, but there's no issue. So we are currently a-go for her Baptism on the 20th. We just need to use that time wisely to help her understand and grow her testimony.
Aside from that, nothing much. I had some extra minutes, so I gave E. Cole a call to chat with him. It was fun.
10/11
Well, I haven’t updated for a few days. No excuse, it just didn’t happen.
Oh, here’s an excuse: I was so overwhelmed by something I saw on Tuesday that I forgot to update for a few days: I just had to stop and appreciate the guy bouncing down the street on the back of a camel. I’ve seen cows wandering around the streets, goats and chickens are common place, and let’s not even talk about cats and dogs, but I’ve never seen a camel. I just had to take a moment to appreciate what I was seeing.
Anyway, for this week things have been up and down. We met a new guy named Ben, but this guy has made me mad because he’ll tell you a certain time, you call and he’ll say he’s coming, you’ll give up and walk away, and he’ll call an hour later to tell you he’s at the church.
My opinion of this guy is low right now. We met with him once and had a Swahili-only lesson. When we set up an appointment for him today he asked us to buy him lunch – something President made very clear we’re not to do – so we told him we couldn’t. When we arrived at the church today we waited for him, and waited, and waited. The member we brought with us was so patient as we waited for 3+ hours. I’m pretty sure the Bishop thinks we’re lazy now. The fact that we waited so long for this guy was due to the fact that everytime we called him to check on him he said he was “almost there” or “five minutes away” eventually, his phone was switched off when we called. That’s when I had a “forget this!” moment and we gave up on waiting for him. I told my companion as we left the church that we wouldn’t be meeting with this guy today even if he called us to say he was at the church. I was done with him wasting our time, and E. Mukendi agreed.
That was the lowest point of the week. The second lowest point was this lady who just decided not to come to church because she prefers locking herself in the house to worship Jesus. I just had to stop talking during that lesson after a certain point. I need E. Mukendi’s permission before I can really give fire. It’s a mutual “do or die” time if that happens. Either it’ll wake them up or it’ll chase them off. Either way, we’ll only do it as a last resort.
Anyway, those were the two lowest points of my week. The rest of my week was boom, boom, boom, and boom! We found a new investigator, taught a fun former investigator (he gives E. Mukendi a headache), worked with a member, helped out the Bishop, contacted, and just overall had a much better week for work than any other. Thursday was even so full it almost killed me. I haven’t had a day that full since my time with E. Kanda in Lucky Summer. It was really nice.
I also had a really amusing conversation today with a matatu driver. E. Mukendi and I had sat in the front next to this guy and he started ranting about bangi (weed) and we taught a mini version of the word of wisdom as the guy almost got us in an accident three times during the five – ten minute drive. We left him with a Restoration pamphlet and we’ll see what happens.
All I can say for now: I’m really pumped up for conference.
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