It is really fun serving in one of the wards where Wesley served. A lot of members still remember him.
They all know him as the really tall elder. This week hopefully I'll meet more members. I might get some pictures too hopefully! It is a bit different serving in a ward. There are so many members! I am used to being able to learn about all of the active members in less than a week. Its also really nice to not have any responsibilities when it come to church services. We don't have to bless or pass the sacrament or teach gospel principles, though I actually really enjoy doing those things. I'm assuming I'm not going to have to give any talks. I gave two in my last branch and I was only there 3 months. I was asked to bear my testimony on Sunday. I thought I had escaped because the first and second speaker spoke, but right before the last speaker the bishop nudged the second counselor who was conducting and he told everyone that there was a new missionary and asked me to bear my testimony.
My companion is Elder de Klerk. His native language is Afrikans, and he is from Johannesburg. He is a pretty cool guy. We are kind of different, but we get along fine. It's fun having a companion from somewhere other than the USA. He just finished getting trained, so his language skills aren't perfect (mine aren't super great either). I'm learning to let him talk as much as possible mainly because I am not very familiar with the area or our investigators. I'm sure over the next few weeks I will learn and improve a lot and probably gain some more humility too.
Ambohipo is a very interesting place. It's pretty close to the center of Tana (Antananarivo) and we have church at the mission office. The University is in our area and we meet a lot of young adults that are students there. Most of their families live somewhere out in the countryside, It's basically the college town of Madagascar. We have a lot of investigators, but not very many of them are families.
The word of the week is mianatra which means to learn.
I love you guys and I'm really excited for Alexis' baby!!
Corey's email to Alexis this week:
I am so excited for you! I literally tell everybody that my sister is about to have a baby!!! YOU ARE GONNA BE A GREAT MOM!!!!
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