Family!
We had a pretty successful week this week in our secteur
[area]. it was great. we also had a new missionary come in on
tuesday but he missed his flight in chicago so i haven’t seen him yet but he’s
here safe and sound - since wednesday i think.
wow! we just had our last meeting with President
and Sister Weed. it is going to be a crazy week. tomorrow night
president morin lands i think about 8 30 pm and president weed leaves around 9
30. i think that we will be there at the airport to greet President and
Sister Morin. I’m nervous and sad and excited all at the same time.
planning for this week was a little weird because we really didn’t know
what all is going to happen. but certainly it will be a ride.
have i talked to you yet about our primary?! It is
pretty amazing. since we have a newly created branch with virtually 100
percent recent converts that need lots of help. not enough melchizedek
priesthood and all those fun beginning of church make you shiver kind of things
all are happening. but it’s actually
super amazing. elder ritchie and i got stuck with the primary.
when i say stuck i mean that all the other elders quickly
called classe des amis [investigator classes] and sunday school and basically everything
they could get their hands on. sooooo we got stuck in the primary. which
at the beginning was the near death of us and near beating of multiple children,
BUT! we are seeing miracles happen! our primary is becoming the
best in cotonou! it’s amazing. we are remembering all those things
our teachers used to do for us that we never understood why. well I will tell you. its cuz those
ladies are ladies and ladies know how to teach kids!
we just got a primary president called and she said
"you guys have got to help me out. A LOT. because i haven’t a clue
how to do primary." so we went by and helped her a little and she came
with a bunch of little papers that she had written the first article of faith
on and we learned in primary and then passed them out to the kids! i have
written way to many exclamation marks in this primary part but i am really
happy about how things are going. the church is true. it has to be.
its the best too.
the history of the church here in benin and togo is so
similar to the history of the church in the early days. you know those
kind of "sketchy" days. but its so amazing. ritchie put
it well when he said. "this is the lord’s church. its got to be.
if not it would never have made it this far. it would have fallen
apart in to a whole bunch of apostate junk a long time ago."
basically it is all true. in sacrament meeting yesterday i was
thinking during the sacrament and this is what came to mind. the beauty
of the gospel is so clear to me now. its incredible.
well got to go! love you all.
have a great week!
loves
Elder Rybin