Just for family:
This week was a crazy week and Ill detail it more in my regular email.
This part it just for the family. I just wanted to let you know that Ilove you and that my phone fell in water...
It wasnt entirely my fault
We were trying to go to magebgandi to hold church there and our
regular boat guy was busy. We havent had church there for weeks due to
big waves, the flood, etc. so we decided to go looking for another guy
who has a boat. Theres only one other guy, we asked him if we could
go, and he said it was ok. We got everything ready and went to the
beach only to find a large glorified canoe with a motor on the back of
it. Having taken sketchy boats in the past, we didnt think too much
about it. We had only a little trouble getting it out into the ocean
but once we were out it seemed all was going to work out.
About 15 seconds into our journey we hit a large wave and landed hard
back in the water. A large CRACK filled the air. No water appeared to
be entering so we continued towards our destination. We then hit
another even larger wave (that a normal boat would usually withstand
with ease) and when we hit the water again another large CRACK filled
the air. A large seam in the boat opened up and water started to flood
in. We tried our best to scoop the water out to no avail.
Suddenly, a wave hits us from the side and spills us out into the
ocean. We all did our best to keep the boat right side up and call
someone to help. I was tasked to swim to shore to get help. I left
elder dobson with my dry bag (holding my phone) and swam the quarter
mile back to shore. Once I got to shore, I turned to see a boat towing
ours back to the village
Longer story short, water got into my dry bag because it was too full
of hymn books and copies of the Book of Mormon. The dry bag broke, I
lost my glasses ($5) and I also lost one of my good mola ties (I tried
to use it to plug the hole, but then I accidentally scooped it out
into the ocean. I was going to jump for it, but I was told not too.
Now in hindsight I wish I had jumped...)
And thats why my phone is broken. Its currently sitting in rice to see
if it can miraculously survive. I should be able to call, but on a
computer
Regular email:
This week was good
We worked a lot on houses and tried to serve as much as possible, from
big projects working on houses to carrying a grandma's bag to her
house.
We were also able to find some people to teach. A girl came up to us
and asked to be baptized, and the little brother of another recent
convert also wants to be baptized. Balancing lessons and service has
been fun, and we've been able to see the Lord's hand in each day.
The lowlight of the week is that on our boat ride to magebgandi we got
a little more than our usual amount of water in the boat and my phone
got wet. We're still waiting to see if it's salvageable, but it's not
looking too good.
Right now, we are in Irgandi for our day off with some of the other
elders. We had to cross a river that was a little higher than usual,
but nothing crazy.
Spiritual Thought
Life consistently feels wild and out of balance. The truth is we will
rarely be able to maintain balance. What brings direction to our lives
is allowing Christ to be a part of it. There's an amazing scripture in
Matthew 11:28-30 that talks about the result of that decision
That's it. I'm sorry if I don't get back to you if you wrote to me.
Once I have a phone again, I'll try and respond.
Love yall
Elder Nali
We worked a lot on houses and tried to serve as much as possible, from
big projects working on houses to carrying a grandma's bag to her
house.
We were also able to find some people to teach. A girl came up to us
and asked to be baptized, and the little brother of another recent
convert also wants to be baptized. Balancing lessons and service has
been fun, and we've been able to see the Lord's hand in each day.
The lowlight of the week is that on our boat ride to magebgandi we got
a little more than our usual amount of water in the boat and my phone
got wet. We're still waiting to see if it's salvageable, but it's not
looking too good.
Right now, we are in Irgandi for our day off with some of the other
elders. We had to cross a river that was a little higher than usual,
but nothing crazy.
Spiritual Thought
Life consistently feels wild and out of balance. The truth is we will
rarely be able to maintain balance. What brings direction to our lives
is allowing Christ to be a part of it. There's an amazing scripture in
Matthew 11:28-30 that talks about the result of that decision
That's it. I'm sorry if I don't get back to you if you wrote to me.
Once I have a phone again, I'll try and respond.
Love yall
Elder Nali
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