Week 4 Mozambique

Bom Whatever Time of Day it is for you all,

Things here in Africa are going great.  Lot's of hard work, lot's of new investigators, and lot's of people who like to make fun of white people.  Anyways, we have been doing a lot of work here with growing our area.  In our mission we try to focus on always finding, always teaching, and always baptizing.  This week we have really focused on finding new investigators.  We were able to have 12 new investigators this week.  There are serious blessings when you set hard goals and work hard for them.  We started teaching an amazing new family this week.  They are two brothers, and their wives.  The brothers are both copradurs, the people who take the money in chapas, they are pretty much the rough and tough people here in Mozambique.  It was great to get to teach them the restoration and watch them feel the spirit.  We unfortunately have struggled with them, because of the ruffian lifestyle of the men.  We will be teaching them  the word of wisdom this week, and it will hopefully help alleviate the problem, especially because they know that our message is true.  One of their wives is past due on her pregnancy with complications, and was very concerned.  Yesterday, as Elder Keck and I were leaving their house, we both had a strong feeling that we needed to go back and ask her if she would like a Priesthood blessing.  We did so, and she accepted.  It was great because of how strong the spirit was.  Afterward we asked her how she felt, and she said during the blessing she felt a good force move throughout her whole body.  I am so grateful that I have the Atonement to make me worthy of the priesthood, especially when I have the ability to use it for good here in the mission field.  

We haven't had any crazy adventures this week.  I guess, though we were in Matola for a Zone Training this last friday, and because it is like an hour away we decided to eat lunch at a restaurant.  It was so funny because we ran into a guy that Elder Larsen had met on his plane down here from Beira, and this guy ended up buying all of our meals.  After he left another lady walked up and asked us if she could buy us some dessert.  So we ended up getting 4 meals and 4 desserts for free.  It was pretty naisse.  I was on division that day as well, and Elder Larsen and I ended up getting a free 5 foot stalk of sugar cane as well.  Everything here is great, I sleep very well, and work really hard.  We put some food in between, and it makes me a pretty happy person.  I can not think of much else interesting, and I don't have any pictures, I will be better for this week though. 

I Love You All,

Elder Anthony Holt