Windows and Preparation for Baptisms

 Turner's District

It's good to hear from you! 
The window. We make sure that nobody sees us climbing in and out. More for the fact that it would just look weird for them to see us climbing in and out of the window. Also, our room is back in a corner, so people don't really see us. And all the people that live by us are old people! So don't worry. I think when you read about the Elders that get robbed and stuff it just unnecessarily scares you! But we are trying to get the door fixed. It's not like we like climbing in and out of the window. But the Senior couple that is supposed to come fix it won't call us back. They were actually supposed to come today or tomorrow. So we will see. But it has to get fixed soon, because we can't really get Elder Wilkinson's stuff in and out of the window when he gets transferred.

Let's see. What happened this week. Not much honestly. Elder Wilkinson and I were actually trying to figure out yesterday what had happened the past week so that we could email home about it and neither of us could think of anything too crazy. So we will see what I can come up with as I start writing!

I guess the first thing is that there were transfers this last week. There are three sets of elders in our district and one elder, Elder Thomas was transferred. He is actually still in our zone, which is odd. But he was the only one that got transferred. His companion, Elder Wood, is now training Elder Arthur, he is African. I can't remember where in Africa that he is from. But yeah. We also got a new Zone Leader because one of them went home this last transfer. There is also a new AP. His name is Elder Bodily, he is from PG. Is he the kid that you emailed his mom? I haven't met him. But Elder Wilkinson says he is from PG, so I wondered if it was the same kid.

What else happened. I feel like the next thing that happened was on Thursday. On Thursday we met a kid named Abednigo and his sister. I talked about how we have been handing out pass along cards. Anyway. Abednigo got one and actually called us. He said he wanted to know more. So we went and met him. He is 25 and his sister is 19. They are both students. Anyway. They told us that they grew up going to church but neither of them were really ever interested in the church that they went to as kids. They said that it never made sense. But we watched the "Finding Faith In Christ" video with them. They loved it and wanted us to come back. So we went back on Saturday. Since then they had watched the DVD multiple times. They both said they wanted to be baptised. So we will see how it goes. But I think it is just a blessing that we are doing our "finding activities" and because we are, the Lord is helping us find people that are really ready for the gospel.

Also on Thursday, our Zone Leaders came down. They came for the baptismal interviews. They have to do interviews for us, because usually the District Leader does them, but Elder Wilkinson is the District Leader, so he can't do them! Anyway. There were five interviewed. The five I talked about last week. They all passed! So they will be baptised this coming Sunday. And then confirmed the next week in Sacrament Meeting! So awesome! I am super excited for them. So Lerato, the bishop's Niece will be baptised by the bishop, and then the rest of them asked for Elder Wilkinson. So he will be baptising them. Then for their confirmations, I will be confirming Sheila, and then Elder Wilkinson will be confirming Sheila's seventeen year old daughter Phatty, and Brother John will do the youngest daughter, Mphumi. Then the bishop will do Dmitri and Lerato.

Let's see. I don't think much else has happened. But the week has gone good. And I am excited for next week! Oh a just a warning. So April 23rd is Elder Wilkinson's birthday. It is also the last week of the transfer, and he will be getting transferred from this area. He has been here for a long time, seven and a half months. So for his birthday and saying goodbye to people that he has come close with, we will be doing some things that I will have to pay for out of my own pocket!