August 19,2013
Hello Family!
Well, this week was pretty fun. Lots of
Work! Holy cow! But we have fun doing it so it’s good. Love being comps with
Elder Montgomery. It’s way fun. So let’s see, where to start.... well, we are
doing work in our area. We have like 7 people with fixed baptismal dates and 14
progressing investigators! That’s a massive number! And it’s only going to grow
this week! The work is a lot of fun when it’s going good! So let’s see...
One day we were in Rocha, a part of our
area that’s all the way on the other side of the city. Kinda crazy but
whateves. Anyway, the day wasn’t going too hot. All of our appointments dropped
for the night and it was like 7 pm so we went to the store because we needed to
get some new frying pans because ours are tiny and horrible. Well, they didn’t
have any there but... they had an awesome sale!!! I love food sales in Angola!
They had American hamburgers, they are called bubba burgers, for 5 dollars a
box. That’s a steal! They are usually $20! And Martinelle’s sparkling cider
which is usually 15 dollars was $5! So we took advantage and went home and had
a good meal. and made toasts to an awesome transfer. It was great.
Oh guys! So on Saturday... something
crazy happened. hahaha. We went to Maria da Silva’s house for lunch. Maria is
one of the original members here. Like, she worked a lot with Uncle Earl. (so
she tells me.) She has a house in Provo and she’s secretly loaded. She says
she’s just here in Angola to help the church. Anyway! So we went to her house
for lunch and our Branch President came and some nonmembers that were Portuguese.
so everything’s going great and we’re socializing with the Portuguese people
which is fun.. and then.... something legend , wait for it, wait for it! All of
a sudden Maria’s niece came out to have lunch with us (she actually cooked it
and then went to go get ready for the "get together") and holy flip
my jaw hit the ground with the loudest bang you ever heard! I kid you not when
I say that she was probably the most beautiful black woman I have ever seen in
real life. and and AND!! She had long.... beautiful... REAL hair!!! You
guys! I forgot how to speak Portuguese! Or any language for that matter! And
she was wearing pink pants... and idk if I’ve told you guys this but I’ve
always had a thing for pink pants... anyway it was the most mind blowing thing
of the week! Okay now here’s the disclaimer. Nobody freak out and write me
freaking out about what I just wrote. Nothing is going to happen because of it
obviously. I just wanted to give you an in-depth look at a missionary’s mind
that happened to be at a very funny moment! We are still normal! And you should be grateful for that!
What else... our branch is
growing like crazy. We had to bless the water 3 seperate times because there
was sooo many people!
We got invited to an English Bible
study yesterday... actually more like we thought we were going to a lesson and
it turned out to be an English Bible study. They asked if we believed the Bible
and if we could trust it. I recited the article of faith that I learned in
primary obviously! You know how I got those articles of faith down :)
We had a frustrating lesson at the
beginning of the week though. We were teaching about the Sabbath day. Yeah,
well here, people have a problem with that. Well, they just interpret it wrong.
Because in Portuguese it’s the same word as Saturday. So the 7th Day Adventists
are pretty big here. Anyway, we were having a lesson with a really good
investigator and he just had some doubts about it. Nbd (no big deal) so we explained
how it used to be on Saturday but after the resurrection in became Sunday.
(Funny thing I never knew that till I came on a mission) anyway, his dad overheard
and came over with his Bible and he was obviously a 7th day guy and
he just went off on how the Bible says this, look up this scripture, blah blah
blah. Spirit gone. Anyway, we’re like, we don’t want to argue at all and he
just kept going off on these scriptures. I just got sick of it and I was like okay look, I already know every
scripture about the 7th day. All of them. I already know them. I study the
bible too, but what we’re telling you all depends on if the Book of Mormon is
true and if Joseph Smith was a prophet. Then the dad was like, anything tha’ts
not the Bible is a lie. He started calling the Book of Mormon a lie and Joseph
Smith a liar, and I was getting kind of upset. Like, don’t you dare tell me
that when you haven’t even read it or don’t know anything about it! So I kinda
raised my voice a bit and I was like " I testify to you that the Book of
Mormon is true and that Joseph Smith was a prophet, I know it! I wouldn’t have
dropped everything, family, school, girls, etc., to come here across the globe
to Angola to preach about this if I didn’t know it was true." Then he got
kinda silent and then it was Elder Montgomery’s turn to testify! woo! Double
witness! It was sick!(awesome!) then we said a prayer and got the heck out of
there! but I kinda feel bad for 7th Day Adventists.
Last night we went to the Wegglands for
dinner. they are the American couple that live in our branch. He works for BP.
But it was amazing to be at their apartment eating good good American food! Literally,
when you walk into their apartment, it’s like walking into America! It’s
awesome!
We went to the ilha today. (the beach.)
That was fun. just to see all of Luanda! and the port!
Well, that’s the wrap! Love you all! It
sounds like you are all having way too much fun (Darin, Marissa, and Hannah. Babes,
I haven’t heard from you in a while but I’m sure you’re rockin’ it in Jr High! Go
Sabercats! Mom, Dad, I love you guys!
Love you all!
Elder Tingey
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