April 5, 2008

Hello everyone,

I apologize in advance for a super short email this week. There have been all sorts of problems with the computers here and so I don't have much time.

The week was good. We ate dinner at our branch president's house this past Monday. It was delicious, and I met a girl who used to live in Plano, Texas! She was in Plano 3rd ward and though I didn't get her first name I know her last name, Hurlin. Her mom was in the Plano stake R.S. presidency and I knew her brother, Clark, at one point. Crazy connections! She is now here in Lusaka as a volunteer for a non-profit organization called Mothers Without Borders. Our branch president Patrick Chikusu is hosting the volunteers for two weeks at his HUGE house just nearby the church.

Tuesday we had an excellent DDM about finding and teaching families. We had a family from Munali branch, the Ngunis, come and talk to us about how the missionaries found and taught their family and about what they could have done better. Anyway it was great and I think everyone there felt the Spirit.

Thursday we made American pizza at a member's house. The gogo (grandma) told us she would never eat nshima again, hahahah!

Yesterday fast and testimony meeting was excellent! Lots of powerful testimonies and the Spirit was definitely present.

LOVE YOU ALL!
Elder Mckay Moline