Sweet is the Work

Hello friends!

First things first I just want to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!

Hope you have a great day even though I can't be there to spend it with you :)

So this was a pretty normal week, no baptisms and no stories that were too crazy I don't think, well at least for Liberia you know.

This week we actually got to watch General Conference and it was broadcast live at our chapel which was really cool! They are going to show it again on Sunday so we'll watch it again and maybe I'll talk more about it next week. 

Liberia is awesome. I'm really enjoying the people and all the experiences that I'm having. Sometimes when I wake up in the morning I think about the fact that I'm in Africa and I think wow, that's weird. It's also awesome, there's no place that I'd rather be. 

A couple of things I keep forgetting to share about Liberia though. To be honest, everyone said that the food would be crazy spicy, and I don't know if I've just gotten used to it or what but I don't really think it's that bad. I actually enjoy it for the most part but I'm not a big fan of the fish. Another thing, sometimes I hear American music which makes me happy, but no matter what song it is, Chris Brown is in it. They love Chris Brown. He has to be the Justin Bieber of Liberia cause his music is the only music that I hear it's kind of crazy. 

Since we teach so many lessons I'm greatly improving my teaching abilities. The hard part and easy part about Liberia is their education level. Generally they are not well educated and have a difficult time following what you're saying. This can be good because they can more receptive of the spirit in that sense, but at the same time it can be bad because they won't get the point that you're trying to make. 

For example, in Ephesians 4:5 it says, "One Lord, one faith, one baptism." We often use this verse in asking why there are so many churches. However, after explaining this and several other things they still say, "Yeah but all churches are truth it's just about your heart." I really want to say no, you're wrong but you can't really say that. 

Another issue is that they all have "their church." We were teaching a guy this week and we asked if he knew the Book of Mormon was true, he said yes. We asked if he knew that Joseph Smith was a prophet, he said yes. We asked if he knew that our church was true, he said yes. We asked if he would come to church and he said, "I got my church."

They're funny people sometimes but I love them. Obviously they have their free agency and they can choose to accept our message or not but its difficult to know how to respond when they don't think about it the way I do. Needless to say, they are frustrating, but also so loving and beautiful.

Continue to write me and all words of encouragement are appreciated! So happy birthday to my father as well because today is his birthday and I can't say it in person myself! Love you all!

Elder Bush