Dear Family,
Wow, another week come and gone. I can't believe how fast it is going!
I
asked President Weed and he OK'd me seeing Jacob. He even told me I
could look up the best place and all that online. I think he's just
thankful that I asked.
This week had a number of firsts. I gave a talk at a
baptism service for the first time. I was supposed to play piano, but
the power was out so I gave a talk instead. I was all wet while doing it
though because we had to fill up the font with well water. But we were
using a terrible cord and now I have rope burn on my fingers.
So I'm going to talk to all the youth? Great, I
don't even know most of them any more. I'll do my best. If they really
want me to talk about Africa, can they give me a little projector and I
could show some of my photos? Maybe that could give some structure to
the hour.
In Nigeria they don't speak French, they speak
broken English. Really, sometimes it is barely even English, although
some are quite good. It's funny how Colonial influences can change the
language of people that live across the hill from each other. I still
remember my area in Togo that was on the Ghana border. They spoke
English over there, but still played the same music on their
loudspeakers.
Elder Burkhart missed his flight in Brussels? That
is hilarious. I saw Elder Burkhart at the baptism on Saturday, just a
couple of hours before he went home. He was pretty excited. It will be
really weird when that day comes for me.....
I finished the New Testament on Saturday, that was
really good. I decided I am going to read the Book of Mormon before the
end of the year. I will probably finish 1 Nephi tonight. I figure I will
be able to read all of Alma while I am on the planes. I'm already
seeing a lot of new stuff that I recognise now having "done" a mission.
I'm not done yet though!
There's a Tahitian in our area? There is a Tahitian
serving in Benin, I'll have him write down a couple of phrases for me
the day of the Mission Christmas Party. I'm also going to have my
testimony translated into Malagasy.
I had a split with Elder Welch this week so that my
companion (our district leader) could go and do a baptismal interview
(for Elder Welch and Boto, the zone leaders). It was pretty fun. Elder
Welch hasn't taught much in English, so it was funny to watch him
throwing in French words. I remember when I was really bad at that too. I
still do it a bit though.
Sunday we had a mini rehearsal with another district
to practice for the Christmas devotional. We have to sing Joy to the
World. I'm also slated to play the opening and closing hymns for that.
Luckily, I finally figured out how to play... ... ... Just forgot the
name in English. It's the one with all the Glorias.
Took my district out to a Vietnamese restaurant for lunch, it was tasty! But not very big portions....
By the way, you have planned that we are going to the temple that Friday right? Because that's what I'm planning.
Love,
Elder Christensen
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