Tears of Joy

Yeah Hello one and all! friends, family, and anonymous blog readers! How-di-day? the day aw-righ? sweet-oh! :)

LIB is sweet. this week has been a good one! thanks for all your prayers on my behalf. I couldnt get through this past week without them.

Lets see, i must tell you all about one of the most golden investigators in all the world. We have been teaching him for two weeks now and wow! he is so sweet. He is the first person i've taught in Liberia that has actually done the BOM reading assignment we made and also HE WENT ON TO CONTINUE READING!!!  wow! folks, thats saying something! haha he is such an intelligent young man, roughly 20 years old. he is a kind kid. His only concern about coming to church has been that he didnt have clothes or closed toed shoes, to attend church. with some prayers and faith, we were able to find him some that fit just right! He hasnt missed church once yet!  When we come to teach him, he brings out his notebook full of all of his questions from his BOM studies and his readings from our pamphlets. ah! the man can really comprehend the scriptures! sheesh! haha. it is so sweet to teach someone so interested and proactive about learning the gospel. Definitely some of the highlights of my week, teaching him.

WE GOT TO WATCH PART OF CONFERENCE THIS SUNDAY!!! ah, it was a surprise, but so sweet. it took all my strength not to just burst into tears of joy when i heard the familiar voice of our prophet welcoming us to conference :) i believe we watched saturday afternoon session. I dont think i have ever hung onto the words of a person speaking so much before. every single word of each speaker lingered in my mind :) haha wow, i dont think general conference has never made a person more happy in all of eternity! maybe thats a bit of an exaggeration... but it was terrific. :)

The talks were all inspiring and motivating, but the music too brought such a strong spirit to me. I loved "When theres love at home". that really brought tears to my eyes- but i didnt let them leave my eyeballs, dont worry. just made me watery. What a blessing it is that i have love in my home. :) i think there was some kid that yawned during that song- that definitely gave me a good laugh! 

funny story, on the way here a police man was stopping traffic and apparently the motorbike driver we were on didnt want to stop! we slowed down to bout 7 mph and then tried to sneak around the officer. the officer then shouted that we stop and when we didnt, he proceeded to take a swing at us!! i had to tactfully dodge the officers fist and thankfully the motorbike driver also dodged. psh, then we were home free. too easy.

also, i forgot to bring my ATM card into town last monday to collect substance. im proud to report that i survived all of this week- breakfast lunch and dinner- on the roughly 6.00 USD i had remaining. yeah. im that good. try that in america- i dont think so! :)

well, all is well here! missionary work is sweet. and being here in liberia is also a sweet experience. sure, i sacrifice a few comforts of life but all those things will be there when i get home :) Thursday is Liberian thanksgiving btw! count your blessings this week! 

take care,

Elder Fairwell