Off We Go, Building Bamboo Fences, and "Never Let Your Prayin Knees Get Lazy"

Hey fam! We had another great week here in Lilongwe. First of all it rained a lot this week starting last Monday when our whole zone was stuck inside a tiny internet shop waiting for the rain to stop. On Tuesday we had a zone Family Home evening with the Kupu's and the Hull's. It was a total blast that included a pretty goofy game of dares where I ended up having to act out an African animal. The night was a blast and ended with a proper American BBQ (best burger I've had in a long time). Super funny moment  when President Kupu stands up and is like "so when we sang Families Can Be Together Forever I noticed that everyone was smiling ear to ear when we sang about being married in the temple......Elders lock your hearts,,,," man i've never seen a room bust up laughing that hard before!  fun times.

 Teaching wise, me and Elder Chawaguta seriously put in some work this week. Our area had been super busy but then dropped off the last few weeks due to transfers and holidays and we were seriously in need of lessons and new investigators...lots of them. So off we go hitting the muddy streets of Kauma. We had been praying hard to find people and man did we find. We met 10 new people this week and have several more we need to contact. We contacted everyone from sitting on the bus, calling old names in the area book, and meeting extended families of recent converts. The real blessing came with one of them we met. He was a referral from some other missionaries and we met him and his lovely wife. They are so kind, they speak English and absolutely love the gospel. As we taught the first lesson, the father just had this look of complete peace and love on his face and kept asking questions then saying quietly to himself "its true". man we are so excited for them it's great. We also had a great visit with one of my favorite members and his family where we talked about the blessings of uniting our families through prayer, scripture study and service..great time i love the strength this man has. We also got to do some service as a district and built a bamboo fence at the home of one of our members which was actually a lot of fun. The week ended nicely with four investigators coming to church and then our branch discussed the 2017 Africa southeast area plan which has a big emphasis on service, reactivation, and temples.

 Last night me and Elder Chawaguta had a good time eating his huge dinner (seriously Zimbabweans cook like crazy I had to up the intensity of my morning workouts because it was showing on my waist) and watching our collection of cheesy 80's seminary videos. We have another busy week ahead with atleast one baptism planned...maybe two...we'll see. But yea lot's of work to do and the way time is flying it seems sometimes like there is not enough time to do it all. Lots of love here "stay chill, have fun, keep the commandments, be humble and kind"-Tim Mcgraw and" never let your prayin knees get lazy and love like crazy"-Lee Bryce (had to throw some country music references in there

love

Elder Lusk