This week's email was the best yet! I loved it and wished I could
print it off. Corbin's valentines party looks so fun! He looks happy.
I've been praying for our family to be happy. It is so neat to hear about
the guys at school receiving their mission calls! I want to stay in touch with
nick!! Get his email for me.
This week we have had no power and no water. We had to kind of rough it extra
hard, but it was fun. We might get water this week, but we don't know for sure.
The electricity went out right when my comp was cutting his hair! I fixed him
up good though. I am pretty good at cutting hair! But I need some tips for my
own.
We had a super powerful Sunday. The church is a 30-minute walk from our house.
The investigators we brought to church are Amazing. They answer each other’s
questions and have asked how soon they can be baptized. We also had an
investigator who saw an angel this week. Mom, I'm not joking. This lady we have
been teaching was praying to find out if the message we were sharing was true,
and she saw a being dressed all in white, whiter than our shirts she said. He
appeared in her room; she was so scared. He told her not to fear, and that the
message the missionaries shared is true. I've got the chills writing this. The
spirit was ridiculous. I felt it so strong. She is going to be baptized on
Sunday! Hearing that kind of stuff is so powerful. Another cool thing that
happened- we taught the word of wisdom to these two brothers. Derrick and Steven.
We know that they are hard core drinkers. We told them that they should
not drink alcohol and told them that waning off it slowly would be easiest.
They looked at each other and said that they were done. They went cold turkey
right there, and it was super cool. We also had a dinner appointment with a
lady named Malayka. She's super stubborn and loves to tease. We have a special
relationship because she reminds me a lot of you. I've thought about you
mom-specifically this week. Malayka is such a good mom and some of the stuff
she wears is stuff you would wear. I don't know exactly why she reminds me of
you. But she's my favorite investigator -because she reminds me of you. I told
her that and now we're super tight. I will attach some pics! She renamed her
son after me. His name is now Britton
PAYNE...something...something...something. There
was also a wedding on Saturday. The wedding had some super strange
customs. Since there's not a temple close by, they just got legally
married at the church, and then we had a reception. We ate with our
fingers! So, our guard sucks actually. He may have been the shirt thief. He
is really more of a buddy that plays cards with us. Our yard is all fenced in
and the guard has a little hut in the backyard. I feed him my egg yolks and he
loves them. I also saw monkeys and a hippo this week but couldn't get a
picture.
The fruit here is good. I love the mangos and the
bananas. They're super yummy. Most of the food is just super bland. I haven't
had any local food because it is SO unhealthy. I eat street meat once in a
while though. They have beef and chicken and pork and that's about it. I pound
the water and haven’t gotten sick yet. I get bottled water every day.
Actually, that's what I spend most of my money on. I also really like the sweet
potatoes. Matoke is okay. No bugs at all so far! I've been bit like once,
and it itched hecka bad. I used Sister Drapers oil stuff and it was like
magic... I sleep under a mosquito net. The hardest thing to adjust to is the
warm nights. We are lucky if its cooler than like 80 degrees at night. I wish that my brothers could be on their missions at the same time as me and that we could all be companions together. Or I wish Dad was my companion. That would be the coolest thing ever. I wish I would have hugged you more and told you I loved you more mom. You were so underappreciated. I can't wait to see you all. Love, Elder Payne
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