Before I get to any stories from this week I would like to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my best friend Connor. Hope you had a good birthday yesterday buddy. Also, shout out to my parents anniversary tomorrow!
I've got some good news this week! We had another baptism and it was sweet once again. Here's the really cool part though, I performed the baptisms and there were 10 candidates. It was between three companionships though so only 2 of them were Elder Ojo and I's. Still pretty sweeto if you ask me.
In other news, I got sick this week because I slept with my mouth open I guess and I lost my voice so it sounded really funny when I would try to teach but its all good. I'm feeling much better now so don't worry about me the work is sweet.
Today marks exactly two months of me on my mission and sometimes its felt like thats gone by fast and sometimes slow. Most people say that your training goes by slow and then it strats going really fast so I think that will be true.
Rainy season is coming and I'm so pumped. First of all, rain is tight. But second of all, they say it rains nonstop... For like a week straight at times. They literally said day and night for 7 straight days it will rain and I'm so ready for it. They give us rain boots and an umbrella so it'll be all good.
Some improvements were made on the apartment so we get small running water at night but the other missionaries still take showers with buckets. I just use the small amount of water that falls from the shower head because its enough for me and its easier that way. So maybe no more bucket showers but we'll see.
I just wanted to share this one story because I thought it was so funny and ironic. We taught a lady and she has a boyfriend who she's been with for 10 years now. Obviously she's breaking the law of chastity so we told her that she should marry the man so that she wouldn't be breaking the Lord's commandments. She said that she would but they don't have the money. She then went on to tell us that she needs her man to buy her a $1,000 US ring before she can get married made of pure gold. I really just am baffled at the people that we meet sometimes. This woman lives in a small cement hut that has one room and no working power or running water. And yet, she needs a $1,000 ring. I don't know.
Anyways, the work is going really well. The first transfer ended yesterday and I think we taught close to 150 lessons or so in those six first weeks in Liberia so I'm getting much better at speaking and teaching the people here and I'm really starting to love it. The next six weeks we have some more baptisms planned and we're going to keep working so hopefully we can exceed our expectations. Liberia is a crazy place but I love the fact that each morning I can wake up and say that I'm in Africa. How many of you can say that? That's what I thought.
I'm going to try to send some pictures that I was able to copy onto my flash drive so I'm really hoping that works! Hope you like them!
Elder Bush
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