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| Elder Shirley in his new African Christmas shirt |
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| Elder Shirley with his new companion (red sweater) at the mission home |
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| The new threesome |
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| Elder Shirley on the bball court on P-day |
January 1, 2019
Well, the Christmas Day call was my best Christmas present ever!! I really really enjoyed it; it was the best thing ever!! I miss the holiday times back home and being able to spend time with family and having all the family gatherings, but now that one of them has already come and gone there’s only one more of the fun holiday seasons that I will miss! Besides the call, my Christmas Day consisted of a white elephant gift exchange with some of the missionaries and then a small meal of bread and egg. Ya, not quite as good as what you had back home I am sure! I cannot believe that it is 2019!! It makes me happy to see a new year come so it does not seem as far away but I am enjoying this area and the time I am having in the mission field!!
The rest of the week went pretty well, except one of the days was really frustrating because we could not get a translator for the whole day so we spent the entire day walking around not being able to talk to anyone which was a little frustrating for sure!
I will be leaving this area on the 22nd of January, but as for now we are in a trio for 3 weeks and my companion is training this elder from Ethiopia. However, we should have 2 baptisms this week for 1 boy and 1 girl that are both 11 years old. We also found a good referral from a member today when they fed us, it was his wife so hopefully we can teach her and baptize her before I leave this area in 3 weeks.
Anyways I will be excited to hear from you again next week! Love you lots! Happy New year and 1 year closer to seeing you again!
~Elder Shirley
The rest of the week went pretty well, except one of the days was really frustrating because we could not get a translator for the whole day so we spent the entire day walking around not being able to talk to anyone which was a little frustrating for sure!
I will be leaving this area on the 22nd of January, but as for now we are in a trio for 3 weeks and my companion is training this elder from Ethiopia. However, we should have 2 baptisms this week for 1 boy and 1 girl that are both 11 years old. We also found a good referral from a member today when they fed us, it was his wife so hopefully we can teach her and baptize her before I leave this area in 3 weeks.
Anyways I will be excited to hear from you again next week! Love you lots! Happy New year and 1 year closer to seeing you again!
~Elder Shirley
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