Elder Ethan May's Missionary Adventure

  Bonjour amis et familles! Here it is. One last letter from Elder May.  MISSIONARY MOMENTS OF THE WEEK  We've officially found someone who I know has been prepared to receive the restored Gospel. We had 2 amazing lessons with Diane this week. After teaching the Plan of Salvation and touching on baptism, I felt impressed to ask if once she gained a testimony of these things, she would choose to be baptized. She smiled and said, "Oui." No translation needed. She might find it hard to come to church so prayers would be appreciated. Elder Kabuya and I have left our sector better than we found it for sure. Alphonse is progressing really well and will probably be baptized soon. He's been inviting everyone to our lessons so now we're teaching 3 of his sisters. Add that to François and we've got 5 of the 13 siblings. Oh, the wonderful seeds I've been planting! Désirée got baptized on Saturday so I'm also a harvester. Sadly, I had to spend the morning at the i...

  (...but you can't fit it in the moving truck.) Bonjour amis et familles! This past week included helping with a very tiring move, having my last Zone Conference, confirming a baptism for next week, and some super great new people. So without further ado... MISSIONARY MOMENTS OF THE WEEK   We helped move a member on Wednesday morning. She was moving from the top of a big hill so we had to carry everything down to where the truck was. After carrying an armchair and a mini-washing machine down with the help of Elder Kearley, I was set on not touching the fridge. My arm strength was gone. We took everything else down instead, filled the truck, and then, only out of necessity, our companions and some neighbors succeeded in getting the fridge down the mountain. We left it in the unfinished house next to the truck. Moving is going to be such a piece of cake when I get home.  We had a really cool first lesson with a lady and her old aunt that just said "amen" to everything we s...

Bonjour amis et familles! Two-thirds of the way through my last transfer. You do the math to know when I'm coming home. But as they say, la fin de ce mois-ci ne va pas me trouver ici... WHEN IN AFRICA  My companion wanted to go down to the Libreville Central Market to get some food on Friday, and it gave me and the other American a chance to do something we've always wanted to do - buy some cool African design fabric to make what they call a 'boubou,' a full body traditional outfit. So now I have some fabric to use, I just need someone to make a shirt and pants out of it. Should be pretty dope.  Also black-eyed peas actually exist? They're not just a band name? Peep the photo.  MISSIONARY MOMENTS OF THE WEEK  We have this one friend who we found last week who is progressing extremely well. He's an older man named Alphonse and we met with him 3 times this week. During the 2nd lesson on Wednesday, we talked about the Book of Mormon and invited him to read a chapte...