The Most Comforting Truths

Hello,

This week was pretty nice. We just had a Stake Conference last Sunday and I got to see a lot of people I knew back in Ampefiloha.

Funny story actually.  On our way to the conference we heard someone calling us over from across the street in English. There was a white lady and her white husband in the back of a car. We walked over and started talking to them. It so happened to be the American Ambassador and his wife. They told us they had been in Mada for about four weeks and they look for LDS missionaries wherever they go. They travel around the world a lot. They actually ended up giving us a ride to church. During the drive the lady kept telling us that she had so many LDS friends. She called herself a "Dry Mormon". They told us if we needed anything to just call them. She said we could eat at their house, swim in their pool, and if we needed someone to sew our pants that she would do that. Nice people.

Something I have been noticing more and more lately is that Malagasy Children are just like Ewoks from Star Wars. You hear little voices speaking a weird language behind you and then when you turn around they jump and then scurry away from you. It makes me think of Return of the Jedi every time.

Some bad news from this last week is that one of our investigators died. We were walking around heading to appoitments when a lady ran up to us and said that Gi is dead. At first we did not quite understand but then we realized she was talking about a man that we had previously started teaching. We walked with her to the house and there were a lot of people there. It so happened that he had died just barely. His dead body was on the bed and his wife was crying over it. Someone told her that the "Prayers" are here so she turned around in tears and looked at us. A man pointed at my companion Elder Monson and asked him to pray. So we prayed for the peace and comfort of this family and then placed a Plan of Salvation book with them. The message is always centered on how families can be together forever. That is  one of the most comforting truths.

Sincerely,
Elder Allen