Mais uma semana


Preparation day soccer
Oi gente!

I don't have a lot of time this week, but I'll try and give you all the rundown. This week was tons and tons of walking, Dangereux is really far but we're teaching some awesome people there, and we've been getting more referrals there, so it looks like walking 4 or 5 hours a day will be the norm, we'll see for how long though, only one week left in this transfer, time is flying! 

A typical breakfast, bread eggs and a banana.
School started for people here because their summer ended, so now it's harder to teach people, not because they're at school, but because they run away from school all the time. The parents don't care though, some go to school in classes with kids 20 years younger, even though they have lots of kids being left at home. Ai Angola, the more I try to understand things here, the more confused I get. 

Angolans asking questions in English at church. 
A few in our congregation speak some English
Funny experience: We passed by Constantino's house and he was talking to a girl outside. He told us he was going to take her to church and marry her, the girl did not agree haha, but whatever works. 


I don't have a huge spiritual thought, but I'm so grateful to be serving here. Feeling the spirit confirm what we're teaching is true as we teach is awesome an amazing feeling. I know this is where the Lord wants me to be. 

Eu amo voces!

Elder Madsen
fletcher.madsen@missionary.org
https://fletchermadsen.blogspot.com/


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Warning: minor head wound photos below, the roofs here are metal, and as I learned you really need to watch your head.

Cut my head on some metal at someones house


Cut my head on some metal at someones house close up

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