Week 92: Alhamd Lilah (Praise God)

Well the first week in Kasoa went by so fast. It was a little hectic to get here.

We were making good time and I was thinking everything would be fine. So I'm in a taxi and we get past the toll booth to get into Kasoa and we stop and decide to give the missionaries a call to get directed to the place. I didn't carry a phone with me because I was going on transfer so we used the driver's phone. Well his phone dies and we are stranded there trying to get somebody's phone. We finally got a phone but it had no credit. I was just sitting there like "this would happen to me right now." Well we got a little directions before the other guy's phone shut off and we decided to leave. We go down the highway a little more and stop again to use somebody else's phone. This time we got the name of the junction. So I was feeling pretty good. It turns out we passed the junction so we had to go down the road quite a ways and turn around. We get to the junction and we didn't see the guys. It was a miscommunication. Luckily I found some missionaries who were having their P-day on Tuesday because on Monday they were doing the trainers stuff and I had them get a hold of my companion, so that went well. They meet me and I'm just so done with everything lol. Well they hop in a taxi and I follow them in mine and eventually we were able to get back to the apartment. My luck is not good at all hahaha.

Kasoa South District

Wow! I don't know where to start! I guess I will start with the positives and then the negatives. So we had a very successful week. Elder Seninde and I were able to extend 3 more baptismal dates to increase our baptismal dates to 11 and that number will increase soon. We are expecting 3 baptisms this week and on the 9th we will have another 3. We contacted a brother to our investigator who will be baptized this week. Everything should be well for that. Since the culture of this mission has been contacting, I have been doing more of that. All 4 of our new investigators are from contacts. We met with a guy from Benin named Vincent and it seems like he was prepared for us. He has accepted a baptismal date. While we were there we contacted 2 other guys of which 1 of them came to church with Vincent. I am seeing the benefit of contacting more and more each time I do it. We were able to get 8 investigators at Sacrament Meeting this week. People here in Kasoa are easy to talk to and are very receptive Elder Seninde is a good missionary and we will work hard to achieve our goals.

Elder Seninde is a very nice guy! I love him so much and I am very happy to be serving with a man like him. It is a blessing for me since I have had numerous problems the past few months. Elder Seninde is from Uganda and he has been on mission for 18 months. The Lord has blessed me with a good area and a good companion to finish my mission with.