Watah Watah

Hey Everyone!

Sorry about last week, I wasn't able to email because I was too busy having tons of fun so don't worry about me. We went and played basketball in town at an indoor court and it was sweet. It was just a concrete floor and the hoops were kind of crumby, but I was just so happy to play that it really didn't matter. Later that day we went to one of the nice beaches (Some of the beaches are used as bathrooms and garbage cans :/ ). I just relaxed and it was supah sweet. 

Anyways! Happy Birthday last Monday to my best bud Brandon Dizon! Hope you had a great day my man :)

This week went by fast. One of the first weeks where I felt like the days really just flew by. Each one of the missionaries is getting interviewed by Mission President for some good reason that I can't seem to remember, and ours was on Thursday. Our Mission President is super sweet and the interview was nice, I enjoy talking with him. 

We had 3 baptisms this week! This week included Brother Wah, the guy who lives really far away in Jacob's town and is at church every week. I really loved seeing him get baptized. He gave his testimony after and I could really see how much the church has changed his life. It made me so happy to realize the difference that I can truly make in someone's life if I just give the Lord part of mine. He talked about how he was before the church and now how much better his life is now that he has accepted Christ in his life and knows that the church is true. I won't be surprised if he becomes a leader in the church soon, at least in Liberia. He's fairly intelligent and reads plenty of things so I believe that they will need him to lead quickly. We also baptized two young boys named Cephus and Meashel. They're both great kids who always come to church.

In every aspect it's crazy to be here. This week at church I was feeling disappointed because we only had 9 of the people that we're teaching come to church. I was thinking, wow we should have like 20 every week why were there only 9 that sucks... But then I thought how in most missions having 9 of the people you're teaching come to church is nuts! Unless maybe you're teaching a whole family, but these are 9 separate people. Nevertheless, we still feel that we can improve greatly so we're going to try really hard again this week to get more people to come. 

In other news, I was able to get a hold of some clippers this week so that I could cut my hair. Yeah, I cut my own hair and honestly, it's really not that bad. The cool part was that one of the other missionaries in the apartment asked me to cut his too... And he's African. Yeah I'm legit. I'm already planning how I'm going to start my barber shop when I get home because I figure by that time I'll be a pro so get in line to get your hair cut. $100 LD a person (Like $1 US). 

Besides that, life is pretty good and the rain is starting to fall. It's not as crazy yet as I know that it will be, but just wait small and it will be here soon.

Another thing that is cool is that I'm really starting to understand almost everything the people are saying now. A lot of people have told me that I'm speaking Liberian English now too which is cool. I can recognize them saying words now that I wasn't able to hear before so I'm feeling good about that.

This upcoming week a lot of things are going to happen because my training is going to end so look forward to my email next week! And I'll try to send pictures then too.

One more thing, please keep my mother in your prayers, she got in a little trouble this past week while cutting with a saw so just remember her when you pray please.

Love you all!

Elder Bush