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| Celebrating the birthday of our Nigerian Homegurl twins. They're a crackup! And they don't speak French, so everyone in the neighborhood just calls them "'Ow are you" Because that's all they say! When people ask what their name is in French, they just say "'Ow are you?" hahahaha |
What to say. Je n’ai aucune idée. Je veux bien continuer en français. Il me semble que cela sera plus facile. Est-ce que c’est bon ? Je ne sais pas, mais honnêtement je dois mettre plus d’effort maintenant pour écrire en anglais qu’en français. C’est bizarre pour moi que cette semaine, il y a quelques anniversaires. Aujourd’hui, le 28 avril, ça fait onze mois depuis que j’étais mis à part en tant que missionnaire. Demain sera onze en mission. Et aussi, ce dimanche sera mon anniversaire de vingt ans. C’est trop bizarre. Le temps s’envole.
Donc, cette semaine passée, c’était un peu calme. Après l’activité de lundi et puis la soirée familiale, nous sommes rentrés un peu en retard, et à cause de cela, je me suis couché tard aussi. Mardi, nous avons assisté à la réunion de formation de zone. Les chefs de zone m’ont demandé de préparer une leçon, et c’était très bien passé. J’ai appris beaucoup de choses de moi-même en préparant la leçon, et les autres missionnaires m’ont fortifié lors de la leçon aussi.
Mercredi, j’étais frappé par un rhume. C’était très difficile de me lever, mais je l’ai fait. Avec la mutation, tout notre programme a été changé. Avec la maladie et autres choses, on n’a pas pu enseigner même une leçon, malgré nos efforts, mais on a bien terminé la journée avec le dîner chez notre premier conseiller de branche. Jeudi, c’était mieux grâce au Seigneur, et on avait une journée normale. Vendredi, la maladie a retourné avec vigueur. Mais, avec la planification pendant le matin et une visite des Assistants avec les missionnaires qui ont été muté au Bénin, j’avais assez de force de pouvoir sortir le soir.
Samedi, nous avons assisté à un service de baptême avec une amie de l’Eglise. Le service était très bien passé, mais ce qui m’a touché un peu c’était en rentrant. L’amie nous a remarqué que la chose qui lui a touché le plus (elle nous a dit qu’elle avait la chair de poule même), c’était quand ceux qui ont baptisé ont soulevé le bras à l’angle droit. Elle a pensé que cela montrait vraiment l’humilité, comme ils ont demandé la permission avant de faire le baptême. Elder Bile et moi, nous avons expliqué que c’est un signe de l’autorité de Dieu, appelée la Prêtrise, et que la chair de poule était le Saint Esprit témoignant de la vérité, et elle a bien compris. Elle a expliqué que plusieurs lui ont demandé quand elle se fera baptiser, mais elle voulait rentrer chez elle pour le méditer avant de faire une décision.
A part de ça, il n’y a pas beaucoup. Oh ! Sauf que j’ai reçu une grande révélation cette semaine à propos de Harry Potter ! Elder Bile et moi parlions un peu des films en allant à la soirée familiale. On parlait, et puis, on est arrivé sur le point de Voldemort. Et puis, BAMMMMMMMMM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Révélation ! Toujours, en anglais, je n’ai jamais beaucoup pensé au nom « Voldemort ». Et enfin, j’ai pensé au sens en français. Wow ! Je n’ai jamais pensé à « Vol-de-mort », mais c’est parfait ! Vraiment, parfois elle est très sage Mme. Rowling.
Haha,ok. Je souhaite une très bonne semaine à tout le monde, et à la prochaine. Je vous aime tous !!! Vous me manquez aussi !
Ok, for those of you who speak English, my apologies. I didn’t really know what to write. Here’s the translation:
What to say. I have no idea. I really want to continue in French. It seems to me that it would be easier. Is that ok? I don’t know, but honestly it is more effort for me to write in English now than in French. It’s weird to think this week there are several anniversaries. Today, April 28th marks 11 months since I was set apart as a missionary. Tomorrow will be 11 months on my mission. Also, this Sunday with be my 20th birthday. That’s too weird. Time flies.
So, this past week was a bit calm. After Monday’s activity and Family Home Evening, we got back a bit late and, because of that, I went to bed late as well. Tuesday, we had Zone Training Meeting. The Zone Leaders asked me to prepare a lesson, and it went very well. I learned so many things for myself while preparing the lesson, and the other missionaries strengthened me during the lesson also.
Wednesday, I got hit by a cold. It was very hard for me to get up, but I did it. With the transfer, our whole day was different. With me not feeling well and some other things, we weren’t able to teach even one lesson, in spite of trying, but we ended the day well with dinner at the home of the first counselor in our branch. Thursday was better thanks to the Lord, and we had a normal day. The sickness retuned with vigor on Friday. However, with Weekly Planning in the morning and a visit from the Assistants and the missionaries that were transferred to Benin, I had enough strength to go out in the afternoon.
Saturday, we attended a baptismal service with one of our investigators. The service went well, but what touched me the most happened on the way back. The investigator noticed something that really touched her (she told us that she even had goose bumps). It was when those who were performing the baptisms raised their arm to the square. She thought that this really showed humility, like they were asking permission before performing the baptism. Elder Bile and I explain that this is a sign of the authority of God, called the Priesthood, and that the goose bumps were the Holy Ghost testifying of the truthfulness to her. She understood it well. She explained that many people asked her when she would be baptized, but she wanted to go home and ponder on it before making the decision.
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| The Chapel |
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| There were some pretty cool looking clouds coming through on Saturday. |
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| This one was my favorite picture of the whole day |
Apart from that, there’s not much to share. Oh! Except that I received a HUGE revelation this week about Harry Potter! Elder Bile and I talked a bit about the movies while on our way to Family Home Evening. We were just talking and then we arrived on the point of Voldemort. And then, BAMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Revelation! In English, I had never thought much of the name “Voldemort.” Finally, I thought of the meaning in French. Wow! I’ve never thought of “Vol-de-mort," which means roughly “theft-of-death!” CRAZY!!!!!! But it’s perfect! Really, sometimes she is very wise, Mrs. Rowling.
I wish everyone a very good week, and see you next time. I love you all. I miss you as well!
Avec amour,
Elder Jenkins
PS Shout out to my big bro, Kaleb, and his 24th Birthday today! It's crazy gig the tune flies!
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| Elder Dih with Luc and Vicky and Precious (PS: Precious can walk now!) |
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| Elder Dih's good-bye Family Home Evening. |
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| African missionary mouse trap. Who can spot the mouse's tail? |
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| Storm front coming through. The rainy season is about in full-swing now. It rains about every two days at least, especially in Baguida. But the problem is that the humidity is higher, so it gets HOT when it's hot. If there's no wind, I sweat a TON. |
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| Yep. Togo. That's by far not the craziest thing I've seen on a moto. |
