Elder Konan has finally arrived! Two transfers after I was supposed to get him he is here! He's from the Ivory Coast and served there a bit after the Ghana MTC and before his Visa came through. Luckily he does actually know some English so we're able to communicate pretty well too! He is really quiet outside the flat but inside he is very chatty and I can understand what he's saying most of the time. I am getting crazy flashbacks to Elder Raicevic though. haha It's all so similar! Training is going well so far though!
I took the 4 hour train ride to Birmingham to pick up Elder Konan last Monday. By the time I arrived in the afternoon and we met up it was quite late and we weren't able to make to all the way back to Bournemouth that day so we trained to Bristol and stayed the night with Elder Cribbs and Elder Erickson, which was good fun. They are awesome guys. Then we came the rest of the way on Tuesday and got Elder Konan settled in. It was a lot of time on a train.
The Christchurch Sisters had a baptism last Saturday so I got to do the baptismal interview for the guy getting baptized which was good too. Baptismal interviews are always really fun. I really like seeing the faith of new converts and the baptismal interview is so focused on the the faith they've developed.
We've also been teaching a lady named Alia this week over WhatsApp, which has been really good. She doesn't live in our area but was found here. She doesn't want to meet with the missionaries where she is, so we're trying to get her to the point where she will meet with them. She said she didn't want members from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to visit her so we were a little confused about her messaging us, but later found out she missed the name tags the first time around. Her heart has softened to the church quite a bit over the last week though so that's good! We are teaching her again tonight.
Not too much else to report on. We have a couple of people in the works, but, as per usual, we need to meet with them a bit more to see where it will go!
Love you all! Keep doing the right things!
-Elder Lott
Elder Lott and Elder Konan on the train back to Bournemouth
3 Generations
Elders Konan, Lott and Staheli
Loads of Northampton Zone from the time I served there!
Elder Waterbohr and most of his companions!
Talking to Zach and Elder Konan this morning
May 20, 2019
Look what I found!!!
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