Week 15 in Yaoundé: "Do you eat sheep?"

Bonjour amis et familles!

With this being the 15th week that I've been in Yaoundé, I have now officially served in this area for longer than I've ever served anywhere (I was in Marksville for 14 1/2 weeks). And I have to say, the Eleveur Branch is not a bad place to be for 15 weeks. I'm really liking it. 

MISSIONARY MOMENTS OF THE WEEK 

We visited a fair number of members this week. With our calendar opening up as we aren't in the office each weekday, we've been able to schedule member visits at a much higher rate than before. And it's been quite rewarding. For example, we visited Frère Jean-Paul on Wednesday, had an awesome chat about member missionary work, and then he invited us over on Friday to come teach his brother and uncle! We had a great conversation with the 3 of them about faith, repentance, and a few other principles. It was well received and we'll return next week!

We were also invited to a member's mom's birthday party Saturday. The member, Frère Samuel, invited us by asking us the subject line. I wasn't going to turn it down. 

We had a cool experience this week where this guy stopped us on the street right next to our apartment and said he wanted to meet with us. So the next morning, we did. For the first hour of this lesson, it was nothing but a Bible bash. We couldn't get a lot of words in and he was being pretty rigid. But eventually, when we realized we weren't going to make any headway by using the Bible, we pulled out the Book of Mormon. The entire atmosphere in the room changed. He stopped yelling. He listened to us testify. He was open to reading the book. It was very powerful and inspiring. Sadly, he hasn't answered any of our calls to set up another visit. But I've got the faith it'll happen eventually.

SCRIPTURE/SPIRITUAL THOUGHT OF THE WEEK 

1 Nephi 2:20:

"And inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall prosper, and shall be led to a land of promise; yea, even a land which I have prepared for you; yea, a land which is choice above all other lands."

The 'land of promise' directly referenced in this scripture is literal - the land that Lehi and his family were lead to after they fled Jerusalem. But, to liken this scripture to all of us, our 'land of promise' can be anything. It can be a better job. It can be success in school. It can be a better relationship with your family. Whatever your righteous desire is, if you do the work to stay on the path, if you read the scriptures, etc., your promised land can be realized. 

Je vous aime tous! Passez une bonne semaine! 

Elder May

PICS:

Cake and sheep, also a couple of pics from Zone Conference (which was crazy inspiring as always)








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