Akory aby! The weeks keep flying by too fast. I hope you all had another great week! First and foremost I wanna give a BIG shoutout to my bro-ski!! Big Brax got a mission call to Uruguay Montivideo West Mission! Muy Bien!! Couldn't be happier for you man! But other than that great news it was another tsara be week here in Anjanahary. Highlight of the week was a great family we teach accepted a bap date for May! Paula and her daughter Noela and son Henintsoa all accepted. Paula's husband works out of town lots and so we will try to get him to join the party when he returns. They are a great family that didn't really go to church besides Christmas and Easter because they "wouldn't feel uplifted" when they went and they have been coming to church for awhile and it is great seeing the blessings it's bringing their family! Nothing better than seeing families brought together through living the Gospel. This week in studies I read a lot in the the book "The Infinite Atonement" by Tad R. Callister. The book makes me think a lot haha. I suggest it for anyone who wants to better understand the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I really love this paragraph, "Does not each of us confront those moments in life when faith and reason of the world are seemingly incompatible and we must choose between the two? We find ourselves at a spiritual crossroad. One path paved with the knowledge and reason of man, the other paved with faith in God. It may come when there is a lack of funds to pay our tithing. It may knock when the Lord calls us to a position far beyond our natural abilities. It may be when we are called to serve at a moment of inconvienence. It may come with the loss of a job, the death of a loved one, or a sudden unexpected illness, but come it will. Do not all men, at some time in their lives, face that dilemma..the reason of the world versus faith in Jesus Christ." I love that quote. The point of our lives here on Earth is to be tried and tested. And our faith is usually what is being tried and tested. Is our faith strong enough to trust in God even when the knowledge and reason of the world says otherwise? I know that we can have faith like those in the scriptures. Nephi, Job, Moses, and many others were great examples of this kind of faith. I know that as we place our trust and faith in Heavenly Father and the Savior there is nothing in this life we cannot overcome. Heavenly Father is willing to help us he just needs to see that we have faith in Him first. I know that as we do the little things everyday we will strengthen our faith and as we always trust God, things will workout. I hope you all have a great week! Aza maditra!! Mazotoa!
A pic of some kids playing music on side of road to make money.
People pushing handcarts like this are just part of the traffic in Mada but when they go down a hill they don't slow us up too much ha.
Some kids playing soccer.
Two daughters of a member family.
A sunset from mission office.
a pic of us and our group of members teachin Paula, Noela, and Henintsoa.
Me and Mswheswhe with Henintsoa, a son of our investigator family.
Malagasies aren't very good at "crazy pics." Ha.
Pics with Paula and her family along with member helps and Saoly and her family.
