Dear everyone,

The week was excellent. It was the last week of the transfer; we had a meeting with the district presidency on Tuesday night, zone conference on Thursday, and district conference on Sunday.

I asked President Bester and he told us we could give Jackson Mvula a baptismal date and that he would have to be interviewed by someone in the mission presidency and then approved by the area presidency before he could be baptized. So we gave him a date for 27 September. We found out yesterday that he actually isn't as young as we thought; he is 72 years old! And he walks every Sunday for two hours to get to church. He is a good, humble man.

Zone conference was wonderful as always. Sister Bester spoke about the temptations of Christ in Matthew 4, and Pres Bester spoke about the eternal plan of God as it pertains to the celestial family. Good stuff.

District conference was on Sunday from 10 to 12. It was at the main chapel which has just gone through an enormous addition and now can accommodate a lot more people than before. A bus picked up all the members from Matero branch and took them there. Unfortunately two of our baptismal candidates, Esnart and Bro Mulenga, arrived late to find the bus had already gone. Oh well. The Phiri family didn't make it either because of a funeral (there are an awful lot of those around here). Pinky Kabinga made it to the conference and loved it, though still she hasn't accepted a date for baptism.

Because of transfer stuff, I can't spend much more time. I love you all very much and I love this work. God lives and his plan for us is so much more than we sometimes understand.

Love,
Elder Mckay Moline