This week was really good! We walked a lot... And rode the bikes a
little bit. I can't stand riding on the gravel roads, the gravel roads
are terrible here. I think we will be getting a truck here soon
though. Which will be so nice to have. sometimes we have to wait
anywhere from 10 minutes to 3 hours for a bus to come when we are out
in a village far from our flat. So it will help a lot if we can get a
truck here. If not, oh well, walking is fun too. We went to this
village called Namuaimada. Before, my old companion and I only went
there one time, and it was for a wedding that we got invited to. When
we were there, we sat down with this man named Wise and he really
wanted to learn about the gospel. The only problem was that if we went
out there, it would have to be on a Saturday because that is the only
day we could make it out there. and it would be really hard to
schedule more appointments for Saturday because we have to wait on a
bus and we don't know what time we will get picked up. Some of the
busses just pass us. but we never went out there again until Saturday
this past week, I really wanted to see Wise. When we got there, he
wasn't home so we talked to some people selling fish by the highway
for a bit and he came home after about 15 minutes. So we were able to
sit down with him and this other woman that is about 30 and they both
really want to learn. They told us that people in the village want to
take the lessons now! Way cool. Considering last time missionaries
were there, they got ran out by some people in that village. So I
think we are going to start going there a lot now. We have a baptism
scheduled for Saturday. His name is Buka and he is awesome! His wife
isn't interested in being baptized, but he is really hoping that she
will one day. She said she is supporting him though, which is really
good. Shaayal, one of our recent converts, told us that her husband
wants to take the lessons! I'm really happy about that because before
he was totally against her being baptized. It is mainly pressure from
his mother though. She is a really strong catholic. But I'm really
excited to start teaching him.
My new Mission President, President Layton, arrived on Saturday! I get
to meet him tomorrow. Pretty excited for that, sad that President
Klingler left though, he was really good. That's about all for this
week.
Much love,
Elder Beilman
