Well first off...this weekend has been another holiday weekend here in Namibia. I swear they have more holidays here than anywhere else i know. Friday was a holiday...and it was actually pretty sweet...It was "Ascension Day" and it was a Nation wide holiday. It's apparently the day that Christ ascended back into Heaven after he was resurrected. Cool eh? The other one was African Union Day...which was yesterday. So that's why i'm emailing now. All the shops and everything close on holidays here...you can hardly find anybody out doing anything...it's weird. No one on the street or anything...definitely different than holidays back at home.
So the week has been really good. Gilbert...that one guy i talked about..has become the surprise of the transfer for sure. We saw him two or three times last week, he came to the scripture study class on friday, and the missionary training class on Sunday. and he came to church. And we paired him up with Bro Katjotjo (YM pres) becuase they live near to eachother in our area so that the two of them could do home teaching. And guess what ,they did it the next day. We'll have 100% HT here pretty soon! haha. hopefully. But yeah and we're seeing him later today and he's going to come out to do missionary work with us...good stuff.
Lets see...the main people that we're still seeing is a mid twenties girl named Fausta...i migh thave mentioned. We keep talking about baptism and encouraging her to consider a date but she says she's still thinking about it. She's come to church for the past month i think. She's good. I think it's just family problems...just kinda scared to commit and to tel lthe family about it. So yeah...
The other is still Rovy...we have high hopes for him...he comes to church alot and it was his Bday on sunday. He's so chiill. But he's living with this older lady...and i dont think marriage is going to come as soon as we hope...but we still see him twice a week...just hope we dont run out of things to teach him...
Went on two exchanges this week...one wish Elder Carver from South Weber...so right down the road from me. He's pretty cool...we've already predicted that we're going to be companions next transfer...so we'll see. He's pretty new still...but it went good. Had a way fun time.
The other i went on was with Elder Ballard...he's only got one more transfer then he's goin home...He's chill too. Both these guys we could have hung out back at home just like any day...Elder Ballard is a way cool guy, he's the ZL out here...and we just enjoyed the time. that was on friday. O and he's from Washington.
Things are so much different ,for the better now, than it was when we first got here. We've really made a difference in the branch by bringing more excitement to it...We have Elders Quorem back up and looking a bit better...most sundays everybody would leave and there would be 10 people in EQ, 6 of which are missionaries. So we've started to change that to make it more how it should be...m ore exciting for people to come to, instead of just leaving.
Classes are still going strong and soo good. Average of about 25 people now at Friday night class, and about 18 at Sunday night class...It's going great. There's not too much else going on...just the usual. Played some good soccer yesterday with the Zone...6 on 6. We lost barely...well they were up 4-0 first half...then we came back...with 3 goals by me i must say....to end it 6-4...but we still lost...it was fun. Well hope all is well! thanks for everything!
Elder Devenney
*Funny story...My companion about two weeks ago was approached by a guy off the street selling a watch and a couple other things. My comp looks at the watch, likes it, asks how much the guy says 150. My comp thinks he's smart and says 100. The guy agrees. So he thinks he got a great deal on this watch right...a couple days later it stops working. He shakes it, it starts up again, but later on that day it stops working again. Basically he bought a broken watch. i just laughed. So this week we went to China Town and i find the same watch being sold, different color, (i got white) for 30 bucks. ha! take that Fragar! and mine still works to this day. haha. ( that's like 3 US dollars) but yeah it was just funny. Then i got a soccer ball...that's already lopsided...and we got 3 matching basketball jersies for our game we had against the Angolans...which i will now explain. Me, Fragar, and Louder, played bball on Saturday against some Angolans. There's about 25 or 30 Angolans that play at the chapel on saturday mornings. We decided to go and play. So we got our jersies...lookin fresh...and played. We were in for a hard game...They're rough out there. Some of those guys dont play with mercy. Anyway...we won our first game...lost our second, and lost our third. It's 3 on 3 and first to 5. then we just rotate out. Needless to say they foul a lot and make retarded calls. but it was still fun. I thought i was going to die...i hadnt played that hard of a bball game in a long time...but it's all good.
On another note...the week was good. Two great blessings came just yesterday..among the many we receive. But two stood out to me yesterday at church...one was Miriam. We hadnt seen her in about a month but she came to church. She had been gone for a while. She was the one that was so ready for everything, so accepting, but then her husband is a jerk and doesn't want us in the home. Anyway, she came to church by herself yesterday, loved it, then came back for our Missionary training class that night. I talked to her after and she basically said that she doesn't like being called an investigator, she knows everything, and she accepts and loves the church. She said that she's already made up her mind that she's going to join the church and be a member. She's searched for many years, going to church to church, but she loves and knows there's something different and true about this one. It was so good to hear! seriously i couldnt say anything. With little work on our part, she does her own research at work, coming to church, and has even made up her mind she wants to be a member. That's so awesome! Plus she'd be so good for this branch here...next Relief Society Pres for sure! So yeah that was a blessing...
The other came through Gilbert. Gilbert was that one guy that chased us down the street about a month ago asking for us to visit with him. We taught him once, then were never able to see him again becuase of his schedule at work etc. So basically we havent seen him for a month. We thought he dropped us. Anyway, we gave him a call yesterday, but no answer. To our surprise he came to church. I hardly recognized him cuz it had been so long. Well he stayed for the whole thing and i sat with him during Priesthood and after we started talking. Come to find out that he was actually baptized about 2 years ago and is already a member. It was some country where they have a small branch..not here in Namibia. Cant remember what it was...o well. So yeah and he also said he was given the Priesthood too! i was like no way! Another less active priesthood holder that's come back to church that lives in our area! that's so great! So Gilbert went from being a dropped investigator, to a Priesthood holding member, instantly. That cut out about 6 months of work on our part! haha! It was great to hear. that's another additive to our FHE's and HT assignments...etc. Plus he came to the class last night and said he'll be coming on fridays also and wants to come out with us to do missionary work! yay! haha.
Still teaching some great guys...future leaders of the church here i'm pretty sure. Others are slow to progress...like their drinking and partying...but it'll soon all be over for that. Alright well the week went great! No other big news to report on...hope you guys are all doing well!
Elder Devenney
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