Hey everyone!!
So... this week was a little different.
Transfers happened on Wednesday instead of Sunday night because of the early
arrival of the new missionaries. Also I got transferred and am no
longer a zone leader. I am back in Praia in an area called Achada Santo
António. President Oliveira has asked me to be his new assistant though which
means I am serving with Elder Hill again!!! How nuts is that!?!?! I’m still
learning what I am supposed to do as an assistant and this first couple days
have been kind of crazy with transfers and everything. There were so many
people transferred and we had to take a lot of trips to the airport.
The mission is still growing and President
opened up two new zones, one on the island of Sal and one on the island of
Santo Antão. We are going to continue receiving more missionaries and the mission
is growing super fast. I am really excited for this opportunity to get to know
and serve all the missionaries here and to work so closely with President
Oliveira. It’s gonna be a lot of work but a lot of fun as well.
Not much else really happened this week.
A got baptized but unfortunately I missed his baptism. Elder
C is going to send me pictures though so that’s ok. It was hard to
leave São Filipe so quickly but I am excited to be back in Praia. They just can’t
seem to keep me off this island for very long. I love it here and once I get to
know my area and the people I know that I will grow to love it just as much as
my previous areas.
I attached a link that opens up to the Cape
Verde Church website and on the left hand side there is a link that says Cape
Verde Terra de Luz. This is a video that someone made of the country just
before they organized the first stake here in Praia almost a year ago. I love
this video and the Spirit is so strong as it talks about what it took to get a
stake in this amazing country. I love it here and am so glad that I was called
to serve these people.
Well, I don’t have a lot of time left so I’ll
try to write more next week. I love you all and home that you have a good
week!
