Dear Sam,
I am a little embarrassed to admit how long it is taking me to feel 100% after getting the flu last week. I’ve been falling asleep whenever I sit down and still feeling weak and shaky, but ah well. Every day is better. I expect it will be a fantastic upcoming week, free from any sickness. Amelia and I are happy to say no more flu for us and we hope no one else gets it!
The weather’s been cold so we’ve mostly stayed in.
I got a painting in the mail I commissioned almost a year ago. Jesse Ellsworth painted a photo of our forest in the fall. I love it.
Abby had a Sense and Sensibility movie night with three friends. We had tea and biscuits.
For Valentine’s Day we tried to have a chocolate fondu at 10:30 at night once everyone was home. Josh is working construction with Peter Rector on the Day’s chicken barn plus going to institute. Ben is busy with school and piano. We don’t see too much of them.
So all is well here. We pray for you daily and miss you lots. We wouldn’t have you be anywhere else though.
Love you forever,
Mom
From Sam - Slow Week:
This week flew by, but it has also been slow. In the sense that we didn't find lots of people, not a lot of our investigators came to church and we were still stuck in our complex.
The good news is, I found out yesterday that I can go back to my area, Bauleni, So happy. 1st transfer: locked out of my area because of Cholera. 2nd transfer: Allowed back into my area. It's great. Because my area is now open, I can now have member meals. I'm so excited for all the food I don't have to make myself. One member works at the American Embassy, and has access to all the American food. I'm excited to have meals with their family. Another member that I just met yesterday, because he was away, is really fun. He's blind but is very enthusiastic about everything. If your not careful, he will talk to you for hours. But he's not just talking, he makes sure your having an engaging conversation. The sister missionaries in the ward avoid him because they know that if they talk to him, they're stuck there with him for a while.
I feel like I'm always running out of things to tell you about, but then I realize that I'm in Africa, I can say anything and everyone will most likely believe it. This thing is true though, the peanut butter is way better here than there.
Because it rains here like crazy, we have flash storms. I have my umbrella but my lower half always gets soaked, and my shoes become water bags if it's coming down hard. I enjoy it everytime it happens. Not everyone can say "I'm in Africa, I might as well enjoy it".
My favorite thing about the Book of Mormon is that no matter how many times you read it, you always learn something new and it makes more sense than every other time you've read it before. I love the Book of Mormon, I don't know how I would live my life without it.
Elder Smith
I hope you can see the pictures and that it makes sense.
Pictures:
-My homemade Stroganoff
-Service Project
-A driveway in my complex
-Stuck in the rain/Flooding
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