January 16

Well there was an earthquake this week! It wasn't too big. I don't know of any damage that happened, but it certainly shook up a lot of Malagasies, Apparently, earthquakes aren't very common, and word on the street is that this was the biggest one ever recorded. I slept through the whole thing.

I met two girls both named Jenny this week and they said they were sisters, found that pretty interesting.

I tried something called trondron-maina; Which is this dried fish that they then make into a soup like thing and serve with rice.  Today we went out to Sabotsy Namenah (my old area) and just sort of hung out in the countryside, it was a lot of fun.

We are teaching some really cool families right now, though in general most of our investigators are struggling with regular church attendance for various reasons. Hopefully that changes soon though. One of the guys we have been teaching named Rija is trying to make it so he doesn't have to work Sundays, he could use some prayers!

This week I read Ch 5 of Alma. It is a really great chapter. In vs 45-48 Alma bears a very strong testimony of Jesus Christ. It really hit me that Alma knew that Christ would come and redeem him from his sins.

Well that's about it for this week! Love you guys! 

Word of the week is horohoron-tany which means earthquake.

So things id like in my next package Mac and cheese, refried beans (its okay if its a small can), smarties and life saver gummies.

I was also hoping Mom and Dad you could start thinking of anything you guys would like me to bring you from here and maybe ask the kids too what they want. I'm starting to to think about souvenirs so I don't have to buy them all at the end. I love you!!!