It's
been another crazy week here in Mada! There's been a lot of sickness going
around in the house but luckily I didn't get it. Three of the Elders in our
house got really sick including Elder Hein. It all started on Tuesday with
fevers and stomach aches. They were unable to work on Tuesday and Wednesday but
luckily I only had to stay home on Wednesday with them. I was able to work on
Tuesday with Elder Rangy who is a Malagasy Elder in our House. Luckily, he
speaks English and the work went very well that day. However, it still was
really nice when Elder Hein was able to work again on Thursday. [Elder Hein's blog talks alot about Elder Stringfellow, here is the link to Elder Hein's Blog: http://elderjesseyhein.blogspot.com]Our new church still isn't finished which is a big bummer! The church we have right now is just too small with 158 people in attendance and 17 of those being investigators! Another great week for our church and I love our members so much! This weekend we get to watch conference with them on Sunday and I can't wait.
We have a few BAP dates coming up! We were supposed to have a baptism this Saturday with Tsimangiki and his wife but we completely spaced about conference so hopefully it will happen next week. Norbert and his family are going to get baptized when the new church opens and Sister Gina should be getting baptized sometime in November! The work here is amazing and I can't wait to see what the future holds!
Some
pretty crazy stuff is going on right now with the government here in Mada! I
don't know the whole story but I guess the ex president who got kicked out of
Madagascar a few years ago came back this week and people aren't very happy
about it. There have been a few riots in Analakely where he used to live but we
where there today and everything seemed fine. Luckily if something does go
wrong the mission is right on it and we won't visit Analakely for a few days.
Plus, we live in Talatamaty which is like 2 hours away from Analakely. If
something goes wrong the mission will be on it and everything will turn out
fine. I don't think anything is going to happen anyway but if it does just know
that I'm fine!We have a few BAP dates coming up! We were supposed to have a baptism this Saturday with Tsimangiki and his wife but we completely spaced about conference so hopefully it will happen next week. Norbert and his family are going to get baptized when the new church opens and Sister Gina should be getting baptized sometime in November! The work here is amazing and I can't wait to see what the future holds!
Well,
that's about it for the week. We're working very hard everyday and the work is
going great! I love it here in Mada and there's no place I would rather be. I
still haven't seen anything real crazy yet other than the drunk guys! Haha,
they crack me up! I got some pretty good pics this week and I'll make sure to
send them home. I love you all so much and I'm so glad that everything is going
well back home! Love you all!
Elder Stringfellow (See Pictures Below)[UPDATE - Both Wendi and Clark were able to briefly chat via email with Elder Stringfellow today about his current status and he is doing super good despite all the sicknesses. Actually he said it is rare not to be sick. The bottom line is that the water is dirty and they have to be super careful not to drink tainted water. They have a nice filter on their water system in their house and Ryan mentioned that he is drinking more soda pop instead, which before his mission he hadn't had for 6 years. He said he is definitely going off soda when he gets home though. He also asked for a few things to be sent to accomodate them moving into a rainy and hot summer season. He also mentioned that he feels sorry for us that have to go to school and that he would much rather serve a mission than go to school, hahaha!]
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| Our House |
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| Our Dining/Living Room |
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| Our Kitchen |
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| View of their current Area |
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| View of Cow..When they knocked on door of house..this was their view |
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