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Scenes of Lubango |
I loved all the emails it was awesome! I miss you guys so
much. Mason you are getting huge, keep staying fit because I am going to take
you when I get home! I speaking of home
I can’t wait for a high pressured hot water shower. This morning Elder Garn and
I went into the city to buy a new pump, we have not had water for the past 3
days and we finally got it fixed this morning.
Thank goodness, there are absolutely no luxuries here! I can’t wait to
experience all this when I get home. I can’t wait to skype on Sunday I will
call at 19:00 which is 12:00 your time so hurry home from church! So Dad yes, Lubango is a very small town feel
but we are surrounded by mountains and natural wonders. I love it! Things are
going great with Elder Domingos we are working hard, finding new people and it
has been going well. I had my first really sick day on the mission on Monday
night, right after P-day. I had dinner, an egg sandwich.... bad decision. I got
hit in the middle of the night around 3:48 in the night and I instantly started
throwing up, it was the worst I spent the next 2 hours in there throwing up.
And a few more times until 6 a.m. Soon after the other Elders started to get up
and I asked Elder Chatwin what he drank when he had this and he said and he
said powerade, pura sport and Coca Cola, so they went and got me some. I would
drink something and then puke it up right after, until I was dry heaving. I hate
that, it’s the worst. Sister Merrill
told me to stay inside. I called Luisa and Leonor to cancel and they freaked
out and thought it was Poly Disemo and wanted to take me to the Hospital to get
a blood test, but I did not want to move, I was dead. I had a horrible head
ache and was still throwing up. That’s the part on the mission that is hard,
you have no one to take care of you! So my first real sick day was the most miserable
day.
Something wonderful that happened:
This week Fernanda was baptized and it went great. She is a
funny lady and will strengthen the branch. She is a type of person that
accomplishes. Mom. haha. So we are excited for her to be a member. Elder
Domingos and I are finding cool new people and trying to work together in how
we want to teach. It’s going great.
Tonight I am making pancakes with the Luisas family. I’m excited to see
if she likes it. She and Elder Domingos eu gosto das coisas doces.. ta bem…we
will see. I don’t know if she is going to like them.
There was a tragic
accident that happened on Saturday. Paula
didn’t come to church nor her daughter Tagi and so on Sunday afternoon, she
called crying asking if we could come over and so we did and in the bairro (neighborhood). We saw a ton of
people for a funeral. We got to Paula’s and she was crying and so was Tagi and
they explained that on Saturday Tagi and her two friends were invited by these
two guys to go to Tunda vala at the river and they went with them and they were
drinking alcohol. They went to the river and none of them knew how to swim and Tagi’s
best friend got caught under a rock and drowned. It was incredibly sad. I didn’t know what to say and she was asking
and pleading for advice. I did my best by offering a prayer and giving her some
advice. We told her we would pass by every single day to make sure that she was
alright. Tagi was devastated and couldn’t even talk. There are a lot of accidents like this here
and it is very sad, the whole neighborhood mourns, but there is always hope. On another note, my Visa is in the process of
being renewed so I have a copy, so any more Police encounters I should be good.
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Streets of Lubango: Playing with the kids
This week was a very interesting one. I held my first
District Meeting and training it went well and I looking forward to giving
more(:
New Week, on Tuesday the other Elders left to do training in
Huambo, leaving Elder Domingos and I in the house for a few days. With a new companion, new work tactics are
always applied and we are doing a lot more door to door contacting as of right
now and finding a lot more people to teach. We had a lot of success and found 8
new investigators this week. The other
Elders got back from Huambo on Thursday and they were exhausted, beat from the
trip. Their bus broke down several times and it was very hot. On Friday we had a meeting with President Marques
and the counselors of each auxiliary and we talked about what could improve in the
branch. I asked if Jorge had home
teachers, Brother rock said that he did
not yet because he did not have a phone, so the next day on Saturday morning we
had planned another soccer game against the same team that we played last time and they were determined for a rematch to win.
That morning we had Leonel, Wilson, Pedro, Eddy, Claudencio and a homeless guy that
wanted to play. At first they were
beating us 5 to 2 and then we came back 4 to 5 and then I scored with an assist
from Claudencio a cross shot right into the goal for the tie and then we just whooped
them 9 to 6 for the final score. I got very sun burnt and a little beat up. But
hey.. when you are playing in the jungle you can expect that! It was awesome. That
was like the highlight of my Saturday, then what followed, not so much, so that
afternoon I had remembered that President Marques had said there is no way to
contact Jorge so I decided to buy him a phone so that he would be able to talk
with us and he could keep in contact with the branch. We walked to Jorge’s home. we could not
find him there so we went looking down by Henrique’s house, who is his good
friend in the church. He had slipped up
with alcohol and did not want us to see him, my heart sank it really hit me
hard. I then went into Henriques and I
gave him the phone and told him to give it to Jorge when he is sober and
ready. I felt like he was my own... and
that he was struggling and it affected me and ruined the rest of my Saturday, it
was a rough day. I didn’t know what to do, as I could be leaving here in less
than two weeks. I need him to stay strong. He is an example to me. I know that he will just be fine he is going
to make it, he just slipped up and life is hard here in Africa. Now that he has a phone he can call us if he
needs us.
After that we continued our visits and went to Jauquin’s
house and had a wonderful conversation about the church. Well, that was the
week… some highs and some lows. I’m just glad we beat that team again! They all
need to come to our church now! I love
you all so much. I wish you the best week! With wonderful moments! Love Elder Dunkley
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