Dear everyone,

This is a bit later than usual because the power was out in ALL of Lusaka this morning.

My first week in Munali. It was a really weird week. So there are 4 elders who stay in our house. Elder Ulloa & I, and Elders Weight & Olanya (Kampala Uganda). Elder Olanya is straight from the MTC and he didn't arrive until Thursday so Ulloa, Weight, and I were in a threesome until then. Except for on Wednesday I went on exchanges with Elder Lawrance (the same one who was with me in Ndola) in his area which he is whitewashing which also happens to be my old area in Chainama branch. So he knew next to nothing about his area (not even how to get there) so I went on exchanges to show him around Chelston and Avondale to the members' places, etc. So he is still pretty clueless about the area but I'm sure he'll be fine. Hopefully he can do some things there that I couldn't. It was a bit strange being back again. We saw the Mwakamui family and the Kazelas (with the one-eyed kid).

Thursday we had to stay in for the first half of the day because there was a plumber in our house fixing our toilet. We had a devotional in the evening Thursday. We talked about the ten commandments. It was good.

The house we stay in is nice, though really old and really dusty. The walls and floors are falling apart in some corners. We've been doing some heavy-duty cleaning though. The area we stay in is called Helen Kaunda (named after the wife of the first president of independent Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda), just at the edge of another big 'compound' called Mutendere. Elder Ulloa and I work in half of Mutendere, UNZA (University of Zambia), Kalundu (very nice houses), and Ngombe which is a high-density area far from the church. We have a pretty big area. A lot of walking.

Yesterday was my first Sunday on mission having sacrament meeting in a real chapel! It was pretty exciting, but at the same time I guess it really doesn't even matter. The attendance at church was meager unfortunately.

I've really got to go now.

Love you all!
Elder Mckay Moline