Ok, so I missed the last weekly but nothing really happened that week so we’re ok haha. I’m not really sure when these events are but here's some stuff that happened sometime within the past two weeks.
A lot of water came running into our apartment from upstairs, turns out there's a hole or something in our roof and so it went through all three floors of our duplex. (Needless to say we are getting to know our landlord very well.) The maintenance people came and put 4 fans and a moisture collector in our apartment and quarantined off a section of the apartment.
We had dinner with the Mpinga’s and it was a ton of fun. They’re a very kind family in our ward who speak Portuguese, French, and almost all of them can speak English. They can make very good food though so we were very thankful for them letting us over.
We also went to the Mpingas again this week and had a very fun cook off between the Elders and the Sisters who teamed up with two of the Mpinga girls. I bet you can guess how that went down…yeah…sister’s are faster and more practiced cooks. The Elders’ food didn’t turn out horribly but the quality difference was there.
We had district P-day last week which was a ton of fun. We rented and igloo and ate lunch in there and then we also went candlestick bowling. It’s a type of bowling that’s pretty common over here on the East Coast. It’s the same concept but the bowling balls are much smaller with no holes and the pins are skinnier and the symetrical on top and bottom. The only rules difference is that you get three bowls instead of the regular two. It was crazy though because the machine doesn’t clean it up inbetween bowls so the knocked down pins lay down and if you hit them right they can take down a ton of other pins.
We had exchanges with the Zone Leaders so I went up to Topsham with Elder Henderson. Then we immediately after had interviews with President and Sister Hayden. Unfortunately we didn’t factor in rush hour for our return from exchanges so we ended up arriving really late but President and Sister Hayden understood. The day after we had Exchanges with the District Leaders so I ran Portland French with Elder Satteson. We helped a family move in, and had a very good lesson with Lee.
This last Thursday was Zone Conference which was very helpful because it talked about how to address problems within a relationship.
We found a new friend named Danyiah who is extremely nice and has an amazing personality. He was making bible jokes with Elder Tuvell and I and it was really funny. He speaks a ton of different languages and it’s really cool.
Will finally came back to church again which was really awesome to see. Another piece of good news is that Chancel and Mary had their baby!!! The ward is very excited for them and everyone has been congratulating them.
Thank you to everyone for all your love and support! I’m having a great time out here and I’m learning so much! I hope you all have an amazing week! Talk to you later!
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