HEY EVERYONE!
So I'm in Mindelo right now after having
finished a weeks worth of divisions and I'm kind of tired. Since last Wednesday
I have travelled by airplane, taxi, bus, hiace, boat, truck and foot. I have
been on three different islands and have learned a lot. I spent some time with
the zone leaders in Mindelo and then I jumped on a boat to go visit the island
of Santo Antao! It was my first time visiting that area of the mission and I
think it may be one of my favorite islands so far. The boat takes you to the
city of Porto Novo which surrounds the big fancy port and from there I went
deep into the mountains to an area called Ribeira Grande. That is one of the
most beautiful areas I have ever seen! The drive out there is about an hour
long and it goes along the coast and through the mountain passes out to what is
basically a jungle. The mountains are huge and they are so green! Banana trees,
mango trees, sugar cane and so much more! I don't know if I've ever been in a
place more amazing before in my life. The Crioulo is ridiculous though and it
was by far the hardest to understand. I'm super glad to have had the chance to
visit.
So we've been travelling a lot because we need
leaders here in the mission! We have been working with a lot of the young zone
leaders and some of the newer missionaries to try to help them gain more
confidence in themselves so that they continue the work left behind by the
missionaries who are going home. It's really cool to get to work with them and
to pass along all that I have been taught since the start of my mission. We
have some amazing missionaries here and it is cool to see how the Lord prepares
everything so that the work never stops.
Back in my area we had a baptism on Saturday and
a lot of things are going well for us. I kind of miss being there though and we
are going to have a shortened week in our area again this week because on
Wednesday we are going out to Assomada!!! I'm super stoked though because I haven't
been back to Assomada since I got transferred over a year ago. After two days
in Assomada though we are going to spend the rest of the transfer in Praia
working in our area and with some of the missionaries there. A lot of work to
do but it keeps us busy and I have been seeing the blessings as a result of it
all.
Ryan finally got his mission call!! It's about
time! At least he still gets to go Spanish speaking though so that will be
good. It's so weird that everyone is going home right now. It seems like not
too long ago we all just started leaving for our missions. Time just seems to
go by way too fast. Well I don't really have much else to write. I fly back to
Praia tomorrow morning and have a day to work in my area and get preparations
started for transfers before jumping in a hiace to Assomada. Life is awesome!
Have a good week and I love you all!
