We started this week with bike problems...yay! Sister C's back tire was having some problems. After being fixed on Tuesday it again had problems. We didn't teach any lessons those few days but we talked to lots of people when we walked!
Wednesday I went to Tamengha on exchanges. I was with Sister Walsh. We had a good time together! We saw some cool members and investigators. The area is sooo different from Wanica. I really am in the country. It's so far from each place to the next there. There is takes max 15 mins. From what I heard Sister C had a fun time with Sister Johnson in Wanica. It went well. Sister Johnson is going home a transfer early from school so she only has a month left! She's very excited!
Thursday we were able to weekly plan and see a few investigators on our way out to Munder in the City. We biked through the city at night which was fun to get there. We stayed the night with Sister Jensen and Sister King and then shadowed them before this big district activity. Munder has just been opened for sisters. It is a really cool area! I like it there. Hopefully I will be there next. We are getting two new sisters next transfer and 5 new elders. I'm so excited to have some new missionaries in the mix. It's basically guaranteed that I'll move next transfer.
The district activity was really fun on Friday. Dobyen came with her little brother. It was a live version of the tree of life. So there was a rod down this hallway leading to the tree of life and then in all the rooms along the way we had temptations. Us missionaries tried to get people in our room. It was really fun and everyone loved it. We had some speakers talking about it afterward. Dobyen and her brother loved it. Her brother left the rod and went into the first room that had video games. Doyben has read the BOM so she knew she had to get the fruit. Afterward during the speakers her brother said, "I didn't know I was supposed to get a fruit from the tree!" and Dobyen said, "That's why you have to read your scriptures!" She said it all sassy- haha.
Saturday we had a busy day with lots of lessons and lots of contacts. We had to make up for our days without a bike and being gone. It was fun!
Sunday we only had one investigator come to church--Stephen this little boy we teach from a family. Lucien picked Stephen up and they bused together.
Dobyen is doing really well and wants to be baptised but she is going to the Netherlands this summer and won't be back until the fall. We don't want to rush baptism so hopefully she will get to go to the church in the Netherlands and then get baptised when she is back. She really is prepared though! She's awesome! She had a dream this week about the first vision. She said she saw Joseph Smith see God and Jesus Christ. Then she said, "Oh my gosh, Joseph Smith was soooo cute!" It was really funny.
Kosviello's family is frustrating. I feel like they are losing their fire. They make promises that they are coming to things but never do. We will have to see if they start getting better!
Missionary work is tiring and also very satisfying. It's fun being able to share your testimony right away with people. I've had so many adventures and there's still so many to be had- it's amazing. I love my mission a lot. The Lord is definitely refining me to be more of the person he needs me to be. I love you all!
Also send me requests for things you want from Suriname! I'd love to be keeping my eye out now. It's basically China here so anything fake you want I can get. We have African clothing, Indian clothing, cool sandals. Mom I got you a sweet mumu a while ago. Just let me know!!
President Egbert comes this week to Suriname! It'll be great!
Love,
Elizabeth
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