Wow. Donald Trump. I don't know if an African like me is going to be allowed into the US when I return, but I'm expecting crazy things from America for the forseeable future.
One funny thing happened this week: a rat was trying to reenact the movie "Flushed Away" in one of the toilets in the apartment. He got stuck in there. I hated to end his career in film making, but I killed him.
We've been teaching a really promising family recently. Mostly we've been teaching the fourteen-year-old boy and trying to help his parents catch up. They've been very nice to us. Last Sunday, we went to see the family in the afternoon. As we stood on the veranda and knocked on the door, one of the little girls came running over from across the street. I saw her and moved to greet her when a voice from one of the windows called her over. "Tell them I've gone out," the voice said through the window. The little girl just looked over at me, looked back at the window, and said, "See them! They're just here!" The eyeballs looking through the window immediately withdrew and the curtain flew closed in a haste. I thought it was the mother, but she later called to apologize that the children would do such a thing. I'm still not entirely convinced that the children are at fault, but we laughed over it and we haven't brought it up since. They're progressing nicely.
Teaching is always smooth, but getting people to keep commitments is the hard part--both investigators and members. We're working hard to help the members of the branch become more active in the church and in the gospel. Basically everyone I've met would be considered less-active back at home. Everyone. But we do our best. If you have any tips for reactivating members or enticing them to come to church, let me know.
Elder Nelson
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