Sticks And Stones

It's going to be a shorter email this week; there isn't too much to talk about, but I will do my best to keep you entertained.

This week, with the passing of Easter, everything was much calmer, which is a good thing. Easter was absolutely crazy here in Nkawkaw and the neighboring town, Mprieso. We were able to meet with a few new investigators who found us. They enjoyed the message we shared with them and would like to meet again soon. Along with that, almost all of our investigators came to church! It was wonderful and a pretty rare occasion.

Solomon is progressing well, and we have a baptism date set for him. This guy is going to be a bishop one day; he is solid!

Growing up in a big family, I have always been good around kids. Nothing that they do usually bothers me, but there is something very different about the children here. THEY DISTURB ME. I swear some of these kids want to kill me. Elder Bloomfield and I can be sitting there teaching a lesson with someone, and a kid and his gang of buddies will come and steal our bags and take off running. We chase them down and get our things back, and they are still trying to get stuff from us! "Oh white man, give me your watch, give me your phone!" We usually just say we will give them something, so we give them a Book of Mormon and take off running in the opposite direction. Although I have had quite a few sour interactions with the kids here, there are a few nice moments. Sometimes I like to play a game they call "Sticks and Stones." It's like tic-tac-toe but cooler, and it has a lot of different sets of rules and ways to play it. But it's fun to play every now and then.

But that's really all for this week. Transfers are in one week; it's crazy how fast time is flying. But I'll talk to you all next week.

Sincerely, Elder Gilbert

For the photos this week, we had a few beautiful sunsets and a scorpion that Elder Riley killed, and me playing with the kids.