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Dinner with Elders from Lubango & Huambo |
I loved getting all the emails the past 2 weeks! First
off I have some news... So we had transfers this morning and I am staying in
Lubango! That is 6 months! The longest I have been in an area. My companion is
Elder Dominguez. He is a native from Mozambique and speaks fluent Portuguese! I am very excited to serve with him. Also I am now a
District Leader.
I get to Skype you for Mother's Day in a few weeks,
hopefully it will be better than last time. The Internet is not very good here
in Lubango. I was thinking about the
reunion the other day..Mom gets the first hug, then Dad or Ash..can't decide we
will probably do a group hug!
So sorry to hear about Brother Marlow Riley, so great
that you were able to sing at his funeral.
You are so amazing and blessed with so many talents.
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Lubango and Huambo Elders & Sister Merrill
 Mission Conference in Lubango |
So Elder Money and I saw the blessings from all our hard
work, as it was our last week together.
We also set goals and one was to gain the trust of the members. We have
really seen the difference and have had success through the members and it has
really helped the branch. The branch has
been experiencing real growth and inactive members coming back to church also.
We are teaching Teodoro and his family, his wife is very prominent in the
Methodist church and he is nervous to tell her, he is more interested with each
lesson.
We have 5 baptismal dates set for may 10th with a family,
Paula and her 4 kids. Also there is a
new family coming to church the Luisas family and they loved it, she said that
she felt peace in her heart, she knew it was the right place. Fernanda also
came to church and they all sat together, they are practically members already.
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Dinner with President & Sister Merrill |
So something happened and it reminded me of a story you
told me from your mission Mom. We were on a busy road and there was a man
holding down a lady on a bench and they were screaming and she was trying to
get away from him and she was yelling that she wanted to die and take her life
and run into the ongoing traffic. We were waiting for a taxi and then the lady broke
free and the man yelled ajuda (help) and so I got between her and the street
and held her back from running into the cars on the street, we finally got her
down and into the neighborhood. I just felt sad the rest of the day. And later
that night a young boy who was crying and he was pushing his brother's
motorcycle and since he did not have the keys to it, the police stopped him and
took the bike. We tried to intervene with the police but here you cannot and
they were threatening to take us to jail. We had to show him our documents
but mine had expired a week ago and the church hadn't sent the renewal. I know The Lord protects us because the
police ended up telling us to go home.
This week we had a soccer game with 7 members,
literally in the grasslands of Africa, it was just dirt and big goal posts. It
was awesome! We won 5 to 2, and there are some really good soccer players in
our branch. We are going to play regularly, I can't wait..hopefully this will
up my game!
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Road In Lubango |
So our baptisms are set for the day before Mother's Day,
so hopefully all will go well. We have had great communication with President
Marques, and we know the better friends you are with the members the more they open up
and share their personal experiences with us. It has been an awesome 4 months
with Elder Money, we are both ready for a change and are thrilled with the work
we have done. We also came up with our ward missionary plan with everyone last
night and we are helping to re-activate members. There is a lot of work and we
will keep going, I love all the members here and the families we are teaching.
Tonight we have a family night with one of our favorite families the Luisas. It
will be awesome. I am glad I am staying another transfer and I will make the
most of it. I love you all so much. Keep
on moving forward! That's the motto in the mission!
Elder Dunkley
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