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| God's Window - but not a clear day. |
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| A LITTLE FRIEND |
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| They tear up the store just like in the cartoons. |
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| P-DAY WALK AT CHEERIO GARDENS |
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| Feeding the chiefs at our meeting. |
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| Primary on the porch of Matome's home - only 3 sleeping! |
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| TOO HOT INSIDE SO GOSPEL DOCTRINE ON THE LAWN |
Dearest Family and Friends,
We like to walk in the mornings, but summer is approaching
and that's the rainy season here. Since
we left our floaties at home we decided to skip this morning. Last week we planned a meeting with 9 of the
chiefs out in Motupa and a few of their council members. Because the church is growing, the
opposition is growing also. When we
arrived in this area the people would wave at the "old white couple"
as we drove by. Now we get stares along
with the young Elders who were actually summoned into court 2 weeks ago with an
attempted restraining order. Anyway we
asked the District President to speak at our meeting because he is from the
area and is a well respected educator.
The meeting went well. We started
with only 2 guests and were afraid that even the chiefs did not want anything
to do with us, but as the morning moved on they showed up slowly and we ended
up with 24 guests. The spirit was
strong. We shared our basic beliefs and
showed a video titled, "An Introduction to the Church in Africa."
They all clapped at the end when one chief said, "You will be welcome in
my village." At the end of the
meeting another chief approached Ed and in his broken English said, "You
will teach my family, YES." Gladly
Ed thought. He got all the information and sent the Elders over a few days later. While the Elders were there we got a phone call asking what time our
Thanksgiving dinner would be because they will be going back for a second visit
this Thursday, Thanksgiving Day (for us).
We assured the elders that their meeting came first and we could eat
anytime.
Speaking of Thanksgiving, the Smith family has one more bit
of news to be thankful for. Ryan and
Ashley are expecting number 5 and after 4 darling girls they are thrilled to be
expecting a boy. As for all of you,
HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
We love you,
Ed and Jolene, mom and dad, grandma and grandpa and happily
Elder and Sister Smith
