Well this week flew by and it was amazing. First of all, I think all my nerves have finaly calmed down and I'm adjusted. The first week was pretty rough, not gonna lie but now I'm good. I've really learned a lot about consecrating yourself and pushing on and how it leads to miracles. So Tuesday we had zone confrence and had a visit from Elder Ellis of the Seventy who shared a great message and great quote "if God brought you to it, he'll bring you through it" which I really needed to hear.The rest of the week flew by as we got down to work and we now have 7 new investigators as well as 4 people on date for baptism later this month. One of those is a boy named {} who is such a great example of faith to me. We are also working with another young man named {} who is sooo ready for the gospel but his father is against it. But we had a member of the Church with us who had the same expeirence so that really helped. We where also having a lesson with this guy and a friend of his came over, sat down and intently listened and asked questions as we taught the Restoration. So, miracles really do happen. We also found a great restaurant by our flat "noble China" which has the best sweet and sour chicken and honestly sitting there in a nice restaurtant made me feel like I was back at home it was great..expensive but worth it. We also enjoy cooking together with other missionaries because it's pitch black at six o clock and basicly all life stops so we go home and combine our food for a big dinner. Our favorites have been chicken nodle soup, everything stew, garlic mashed potatoes and chickn, spagethi, rice and beef, potato salad and chili backed chicken. We also have a tradition now of district lunch on sundays because the other elders in the district live like two mintues from the church. ( we are in the Presidential Way Branch). We also help teach a Book of Mormon class whcih is great for investigators and members alike because alot of members even don't speak good english or read well. So I have picked up a few things in Chechewa but not much because we are really encouraged to teach and find people who speak good english to try to build up the church here because there are no materials printed in Chechewa yet and in the whole mission there is only one stake which is in Lusaka. Oh and i have finally learned to love nshimaw. I don't eat it a lot but we get it for lunch a few days a week and i can pound down a plate of it now so thats great. I really do love it here. It's not easy but the people are good, the gospel is true and it's pushing me to learn and grow more than i ever could. I am lucky to serve with some great missionaries who inspire me everyday. so now at the end of one month, 1/24 of the way down and I am excited about what the future brings.
love you all
Elder Lusk
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