June 20

June 20, 2016

It has been a good week.

So I've got exciting transfers news. I'm finally getting a black companion!!!!!!! His name is elder Ncoyo! He is way South African. He and I came to Mada (Madagascar) at the same time and both started up in Tomatave! He is really cool!!! His English is sometimes hard to understand though, but it's gonna be really fun. I can't explain how excited I am!!!!!! My district is literally gonna be half African!

I don't think I've told you about this guy, Tahiana, we have been teaching. He is a really cool guy. He has been coming to church off and on for a while with his family. His cousins and aunt are really active members, and one of his cousins got back from his mission not too long ago. I don't really understand why he hadn't been able to learn from the missionaries until now. He is practically the perfect investigator. His family are already members. He enjoyed going to church with them and he really wanted to find the truth.  He even sings in the choir.  Long story made short he wouldn't accept a baptism date the first time we invited him, but last week I told him to read a talk from the November Ensign about answers to prayer. This week when we asked him [to be baptized], he accepted!!! He is going to get baptized on July 9th, along with Christian!! I'm pretty sure I told you about him. Unfortunately his wife couldn't come yesterday because her new born baby was sick, and it was too cold. She should be able to get baptized a few weeks after her husband.

Word of the week is Africa Atsimo which is South Africa in Malagasy (atsimo means south), however we hear people say Afrique du Sud more often then Africa Atsimo because that is how you say it in French.