Tuesday, March 10, 2009

March 9, 2009

It's going great here and I'm loving it. In the past four days we have set eight baptismal dates. We were doing really good and then we reviewed a talk that we've read before called "The Challenging and Testifying Missionary" and now we've gone nuts. We invite people to be baptized on the streets, on their doorsteps, and every other place we can think of and we are finding people that are truly ready for the gospel. We're not just finding people who will say yes and then not follow through, but these people truly want to change their lives. It's awesome. Contacting in English is also really fun.
In regards to driving here, they don't drive on the other side of the road. Our car is a stick shift and if you have ever driven in Brussels, you know what it's like to drive offensively. You have to in Brussels, it's crazy, it's just a free-for-all. They have round-abouts that are five lanes wide and the closer to the middle you are, the more right of way you have. Everyone drives offensively defensive and it's awesome. It's like bumper cars without the bumping...most of the time. We saw some guy make use of his bumpers getting out of a parallel parking job with only three inches in front and back of him. I was impressed.
Next Ghanian food story....fish heads made into soup mixed with peppers and then a big ol' slab of FuFu to go with it...awesome, huh?
We had a Fijian farewell yesterday. I guess the people over here in Europe didn't get the memo about no farewells. But this farewell was soooo cool. They had a whole bund of Fijians and Samoans there and they sang and then after the meeting they did some Pacific Islander traditional ceremonies for departing people and then they had a huge feast with really, really good Pacific foods. It was soooo good. I ate soooo much and they just kept bringing more and more food out. It was awesome, I loved it.

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