My man I tellin you!
Sweet is the work in Liberia. I'm constantly in a state of
bewilderment that I'm in Africa. I forget that this country is on a different
continent sometimes but its an awesome place please don't ever visit it.
So my mom told me I should be more descriptive of what
Liberia is like since I can't send photos right now. I hope that I'll be able
to soon. So this is my attempt.
Liberia has a few roads that are concrete and they are
usually very packed with broken cars and many motorbikes going down the road.
Everyone here that drives is a taxi driver pretty much. you pack probably 6 or
7 people in a small car and head on down the road. Besides the few main roads
its mostly dirt roads with lot of trash on them. There's also a lot of sand
here. Our mission is fairly close to the beach actually and we even went there
earlier today which was pretty cool. It's usually pretty loud unless you're in
one of the small towns that we proselyte in. There, people live in small houses
I guess you could call them. Made of concrete if you're a little more
privileged and maybe just the zinc sheets that most use for their roofs if you
don't have that kind of money. So basically most people kind of live in what
you might call a hut but its probably not that bad. Most of the people in my
area right now get their water by pumping it out of a well and they also drink
that water often which is pretty scary but I guess they're used to it. Besides
that, its really hot all the time and its around 90 degrees when I go to bed,
at least according to my clock. The people are great though. They're extremely
humble and loving, but they can be stubborn as well which I explained in my
last email. Again, no white people but I did see some when we went to the
mission office which is in town the other day for a special interview for one
of our baptismal candidates. The town is a nicer area but I've only been there
like twice so far so I don't know too much about it.
Other than that, Liberia is very poor as you know. It's
unfortunate because if they could get their act together this place really
could be a vacation spot because it's really beautiful. Especially at night
there are beautiful sunsets and the weather is perfect. But the rainy season is
coming and that means it will dump rain day after day all day long so don't
worry. They give us rain boots.
As for me, I'm just really grateful for this opportunity. I
hope I don't make it sound like I don't want to be here because every day I
think about how cool it is that I got called to serve here. I mean our zone
goal was 100 baptisms in like 5 districts I think. Small area, and we may not
achieve it but still that's crazy. I fell super blessed and I hope I'll be able
to send pictures soon because I've been trying to take a lot.
I love walking around certain areas because like 20 kids
will yell, "Elder Bush! Elder Bush!" when that see me coming. It's
mostly because I'm white but I hope they like me for who I am as well :)
I love all of you and I love reading any emails that I
receive so continue to send them please and give your advice because I could
always use it.
Oh and by the way one of the other Elders cut my hair today
for the first time since I got here and it actually went pretty well. I need to
find the clippers and everything to do it though because I'll need to cut it
again eventually and I can't rely on others to have the supplies I need so
we'll see how that goes.
I got to watch Sunday afternoon conference at church and let
me tell you... Jeffrey R. Holland is an apostle of the Lord and there's no
doubt about it. I loved his talk and I think I can really apply it to my life
and experiences here on my mission.
Okay I love you all and I'll talk to you soon! Sorry I was
going to end earlier and then I kept remembering things so this is the end now
I promise. Sorry if you were confused.
With love,
Elder Bush
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