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Togo to Benin: January 2013
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013. January 21, 2013. Hello from Africa,. Haha, the I pad makes silly auto-fill mistakes. Like saying it was Wes who was hit with a moto. No, I was not hit. That was Elder Montross. Over the months I've had a couple of close-ish calls (got clipped by rear-view mirrors once) but I have no plans to ever actually be hit. I really like the area we are working in, and I love most of our investigators. I just don't know how to get them to come to church. That has been my bigges...The t...
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Togo to Benin: August 2013
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Sunday, August 11, 2013. August 10, 2013. We ran another giant wave of blood tests for the residency cards. We had it better organized this time, there weren't 40 missionaries milling around our little office asking us to do things for them. That's because we threw them all into the garage and called them in 4-5 at a time. Piano lessons are not so hot for the moment, they haven't been well advertised. The other problem is that I don't really want to teach piano, I want to teach people how to sing the...
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Togo to Benin: December 2013
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Monday, December 23, 2013. December 23, 2013. Well, this is the last Africa email. It's pretty crazy. I definitely haven't wrapped my mind around it. Denial turns out to be a pretty effective way of making time go by. I was wondering when I would be released. Sounds good. Wait, I just reread that. He's going to release me over the phone? That can't be right. I got the emails about Jfk and I wrote down the numbers. I think this should be doable. NYC here I come! I'm currently in Mosiah in my reading of th...
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Togo to Benin: December 2, 2013
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013. December 2, 2013. Yesterday my companion told an investigator that I go home at the end of this month. It was super weird to hear him say that. I still haven't been able to wrap my mind around it. I assume that that is probably a good thing, keeps me from being too distracted. I'm not too excited to hear about those temperatures back in Utah. It needs to be warm! As it is, I'm going to need a thermos of hot chocolate in the airport. This morning our zone went out to Ouidah a...
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Togo to Benin: May 2013
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013. May 25, 2013. Well, here I am! It was nice being able to talk to you on Sunday, I'm glad that that worked out. Even if Some People didn't really stay in camera frame too much. In other news, my driving abilities are improving again. I just had gotten rusty again. But I seem to be doing okay now. Which is lucky, because I'm going to have to do it a lot more soon once we go back down to 2 office missionaries. Unless something unexpected happens. Again. Sometimes I've felt like I di...
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Togo to Benin: December 23, 2013
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Monday, December 23, 2013. December 23, 2013. Well, this is the last Africa email. It's pretty crazy. I definitely haven't wrapped my mind around it. Denial turns out to be a pretty effective way of making time go by. I was wondering when I would be released. Sounds good. Wait, I just reread that. He's going to release me over the phone? That can't be right. I got the emails about Jfk and I wrote down the numbers. I think this should be doable. NYC here I come! I'm currently in Mosiah in my reading of th...
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Togo to Benin: Post-mission life
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Sunday, February 9, 2014. Well, I've been home for a little over 6 weeks now. The first post-mission transfer is over. I figure that I should probably give some sort of closure post (since so few people were able to attend my homecoming). I think I'll work to keep a blog going, but I haven't decided if that will be here or if I will create a new one. First things first: coming home. Not pictured: my body odor from three days in that suit. I hope I was able to convey some of my feelings about coming home&...
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Togo to Benin: December 9, 2013
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013. December 9, 2013. No, I cannot believe that it is already the 9th. Everyone always told me that the last of the mission slows way down. That definitely hasn't been true for me. It's just flying by. I really am going to miss Africa. Do you remember how after our first year at pageant, on the plane all we did was talk about all the things we didn't like? And when you asked if we wanted to do it again, the answer was a resounding yes? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). This is...
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Togo to Benin: November 2013
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013. November 25, 2013. Well, this week was full of ups and downs. Yay life! Sometimes you feel that things are going good and you are finding people to talk to. And sometimes you cut your fingers twice in a week, or get shocked while trying to fix a cable (in hindsight, should have unplugged the extension cord instead of turning it off). You know how the saying goes that if you get a bad haircut, you just have to wait two weeks? I mentioned to Dad that staying for that third hour ...
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Togo to Benin: June 2013
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Saturday, June 15, 2013. June 15, 2013. Hello from Africa,. Well, it has been one of those crazy weeks. Nothing ever quite works out the way it was expected. The nice part though is that time travels crazy fast because of that. I had no idea that I have been back in Benin for almost 4 months. Next thing I know it will be September! That wouldn't really be a spiritual experience if it took 17 tries. Plus, I would get really tired. Are you ready for some good news Mom? We got to eat breakfast with some of ...