Dear everyone,

This week was very nice.

Saturday was the baptism of Brother Jackson Mumba Chansongo. He has been waiting for a long time and was soooo excited when the day finally came. For some reason he refused to let anyone baptize him but me, which I found a bit surprising. So Saturday I performed my first ever baptism. It went smoothly. I've seen it done so many times that I think I have the technique down. Afterward he bore his testimony and talked about how jealous he has been of all the members since he first started attending church. He said that we (the missionaries) still have a lot of work to do in his family. His wife is still learning English and hopefully will be baptized in the not too distant future. It was a very spiritual baptism and he was so happy. Sunday he was confirmed in sacrament meeting as well.

Elder Mokolobate is doing fine. He's a great companion, learning a lot, and teaching me as well. Probably later today or tomorrow we will find out transfers. I imagine one of us will be leaving Ndola, but I have no idea who . . .

One wonderful thing that happened this week was that I was sent some of my things from my suitcase in Harare. I received 4 brand new white shirts that have been hidden there for over a year now. So I have 4 sparkling white new shirts now. It feels great. I never thought having new shite shirts would make such a difference, but it does! I also finally got my stick deodorant and my Jesus the Christ book, which I have begun to study.

Yesterday, Sunday, we had quite an eventful day. We met a man who just randomly showed up to the church service whose name is Amos Sakala. He is a father of 4, and apparently he used to be taught my missionaries over a year ago and he was even about to be baptized, but there were some issues and whatever happened he was lost track of and he stopped coming to church. So we went to his place and had a decent lesson with him. He says that he wants to be committed again, and we challenged him to even pray about baptism again. Can't wait to see what happens with him.

Well, I know this work is truly the Lord's own and He directs it.

Love you all very much,
Elder Mckay Moline


P.S. Happy belated valentine's day!