11/8/2019 -- the world has ceased to make sense

11/7
Well, I got a phone call at 7 this morning: "Elder Benson, you have an interview with President Mdletshe in 2 hours."

I was spitting mad to say the least. If the guy I'd planned for at 11 hadn't cancelled I would have just said that it would need to be done at another time. I literally called the assistants to tell them I couldn't make it, but after a quick review of events I discovered that my morning was wide open, so it became a matter of wether I'd be on time or not.

E. McGee and I hustled our little selves over to his flat where I picked up my companion. We then caught a Matatu to Buruburu where we were just *barely* in time for our interviews.

The rest of the day was empty, just a few bounces and a lack of response from the member we were trying to visit today, so that's a no go.

11/8
Well, whadayaknow? Apparently that member wanted us to show up! We totally knew from the fact that we never received a response from them. No text, no call, nothing!

*sigh*...the world has ceased to make sense. Usually, the easiest form of bounce is never to respond to us, but it's the reverse this time. Just...waht? (yes, the misspelling is intentional)

Anyway, today was pretty good. We met with B. Emm (Emmanuel, but I've decided that it's sacrilegious, so I'm calling him Emm) and had a decent lesson, but it looks like we'll be passing him over to the Dandora Elders since he's actually in their area.

After that we did some contacting, followed up on a guy we contacted, I tried some chapate from a new guy and discovered that they were really good, had lunch, then we taught B. Benson the rest of the Plan of Salvation.

I actually thought B. Benson wasn't going to come since his phone was off -since that's usually the sign of a bounce- but it turns out that his phone died.

After B. Benson we went to visit S. Cynthia and her family. We ate, were accused of disliking the food when we didn't take seconds, then watched E. Bednar's talk from the last conference. My teaching flash comes in handy sometimes!

We also watched the talk about the converting power of the Book of Mormon. In that talk it mentions a moment when the speaker's mother conducts a baptismal interview on him and asks the question: "Will you come to church absolutely every Sunday?" to which he responded "Yes, of course!"

The reason why I mention that detail was the reactions in the room to that moment: shock.

All I can feel is a sense of malicious satisfaction in that this family (despite being active) now has a better understanding of the kind of commitment you need for church. Kenyans as a whole don't have a good understanding of church attendance. Some come when they feel like it, some come when it's convenient, and some come just because they think they need to, not because they understand "Why."

I really do take a lot of satisfaction from that moment, not to be mean to this family, but because I keep saying this and nobody gets it. They just did.