Hey fam
We had a great week, went way hard and had a lot of fun. First, our baptism went great despite the freezing water. Luckily cold season Is almost over. The baptism was special seeing the little sister now follow her older sister's footsteps into the waters of baptism in order to follow the Savior.
We had a lot of fun "disturbing the peace" to find people. For example, a couple was walking by and I just walked up and started holding the guy's hand without saying anything or even looking at him. After a few steps, I started busting up laughing then soon he followed and we ended up having a nice chat and have an appointment this week with him. Another time, a guy was sitting in his car eating lunch and I just went up and asked for a fry and he gave me one so we just started talking.One of the most powerful experiences of my mission though was we met this young guy who just looked way sad so we sat down with him and he shared with us some pain he was unnecessarily carrying after a recent traumatic experience that him jarred because he felt responsible. We had a great lesson with him and were able to testify of the Atonement and later he even told us how he's looking for a church. We met with him later and his whole countenance had changed to one of joy and he had read and understood the whole Plan of Salvation pamphlet. It was just one of those validating experiences of ministering and being in the right place at the right time to reach the one. We also had my last zone conference and that was way good. Giving my last testimony was weird but it felt good and after the conference, the Kupus took both zones to Kalimba Farms, a reptile park where we saw some crazy snakes including an anaconda and some big old Nile Crocs and then we played some soccer.
On top of that, I'm having a blast. The four of us in Matero ward are all good buddies and we're just enjoying life and working hard, gyming every morning and we're getting fed a ton by our ward. Seriously, dinners almost every night here. Also, on the fourth, we belted out the Anthem so loud, the neighbors heard. As a wise man once said, never apologize for being patriotic.
Love you all
Elder Lusk
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