That last line is the biggest lie in the world: "Don't stress about emailing me specifically." You know you'd shoot me if I didn't email you. Yeah success academy is a struggle. Use the forget me stick multiple times. I hope her class isn't too bad. When I took one class, the teacher had one of the most monotonous voices I have ever heard. I got some of the best sleep of my life in that class. I could use that sleep here. My bed is right up against an east facing window, so I wake up at about 5:30 every morning because the sun shines on me. Oh well. School will end someday. I'm sure everyone at home would agree that the sooner it ends, the better.
We confirmed 4 of the 5 that were baptized this week in church. The one that wasn't, his sister was getting married, so he apparently got stuck at the wedding. Weddings are a huge thing here because for a man to marry a woman, he has to pay labola to the family. Labola means that he has to give the family 12 cows. Yes, 12. So every wife is a 12 cow wife, never mind 8. 12 cows would cost something like R140,000. Many people struggle getting to and from town which costs about 16 rand never mind saving up 140,000 to buy a wife. That's one of the many reasons why hardly anyone gets married here. Sometimes, labola can be more that 12 cows depending on the beauty of the woman, education of the woman, and if she has kids or not.
Being able to serve a mission such a blessing in my life for the past 2.5 months. I've had so many wonderful experiences with the Spirit, investigators, and drunk people. Experiences with drunk people are so funny. Yesterday, this old baba walked up to us as just started saying something like "you guys are doing the right stuff. Keep it up." That's not unusual, but this guy kept making this sound with his mouth that was unbearably funny. The best way I can describe it is to liken it to the sound that magnets make when you throw them up in the air together, or like scraping two marbles together. We had a pair of black, elliptical magnets, which seemed to have no purpose other than to make that sound, that always somewhere around the house. If you know what I'm talking about, then try to find those magnets and make that sound. Then try to figure out how this guy was making that sound with his mouth. He didn't think anything about it. That was the best part. I know that the Lord places those people in our path to give us joy, and I am extremely grateful for it. There are a lot of funny people in the world.
Anyway, the wonderful experiences with the Spirit and with investigators are the real reason I came on mission. Sometimes our investigators say things that absolutely astonish me, in a good way. The Spirit guides us to those who are prepared to hear the gospel no matter what their appearance/situation in life may be. I love you all so much! I am very, very pleased to hear that you read Helaman 5. Now read Helaman 6 and keep going. Take care family.
Elder Steed
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