11/10/2019 -- He is heading to the washroom, STOP HIM!

11/9
Today was supposed to be busy, but then we got bounced twice.

We ended up seeing S. Emmaqulate and had a pretty good lesson talking about the Temple. She seems determined to go, which is only a good sign and a great blessing, both to us who get to help her, and to herself since this desire will keep her strong in the gospel.

The rest of the day was empty.

11/10
"My Personal Hell; A True Test of Patience"

Church was normal, I was frustrated when one of the investigators showed up late giving excuses that just didn't hold water. All I could think of was Elder Holland saying: "Get rid of the Ox or fill the mire."

Well, the real thing that sucked was what happened after church ended.

E. Mukendi and I had to run out before closing prayer (at 11:20, church is supposed to end at 11:00) to pick up a Recent Convert who used to attend Buruburu, then found out that there was a church closer to her from the other Elders. She thought we started at 10:30 since that's what time Buruburu 2nd starts, but she knows now.

That's still not the bad thing. The bad thing was that I was mobbed by children the second I got back. I'm not using figurative language here.

I had one child standing in front of me trying to keep me from moving forward by pushing on my chest, I had three or four hanging on my arms, and several others that were jockeying for a position. Almost nothing could get them to leave me alone, not my companion, not anyone else (everyone else probably thought I was just playing with the kids...).

Eventually, I realize that all the kids are girls, so I head over to the washroom fighting for every step, and they all peel off the second I get close enough, but they increased their efforts the second they realized where I was going.  [One of the girls said, "He is heading to the washroom, STOP HIM!!]

Overall, horrible. Completely disrespectful to the church. Also, just horrible on a personal level. Too many children...too loud...too much touching.

Oh yeah, here's something funny. I have a flash drive I've loaded with talks and Mormon Messages. It's what I used to show that family on Friday talks. Well, they ended up borrowing it from me, and the eldest daughter ended up watching everything on it before returning it today. I have about five or so hours of talks on there, so I was impressed to say the least.

She asked me to put more talks on it and lend it to her again this Friday.

Last thing: I was asked to give a talk next week.

Last, last thing: Elder Madsen beat us in Phase 10 again. I took third place.