Now you are not going to believe this!!!! So, I'm now in Chantan with my new companion, but instead of Elder Ntumba like I thought, I am now with my Missionary Training Center companion, ELDER LAMBSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is freakin' amazing!!!! It's been forever since I've seen this kid, and it's freakin amazing to be his companion again!!!!! I stayed in Buduburam and few more days because Wallin's companion got malaria and had to stay. He'll travel when he feels better, so now Wallin's just with Goodrich and Chimburu haha!!!!!!
So, now that me and Lambson are here in Chantan (and we're whitewashing [two missionaries brand new to an area, trying to get to know the "lay of the land"], by the way haha) we have been working hard to try and find members and other people who would like to hear our message. We have had some success with meeting a few members and seeing where they live. We had church yesterday and we now have some ward missionaries [members of the congregation that help the full-time missionaries] to help us out. So, we'll be in touch with them over the next few weeks haha!!!! We live in a two man apartment in a pretty sweet compound! The landlord, I can't remember her name, but she is really cool so that's a plus. The only downside to the new area, is that it's deep city!!! There are cars everywhere, almost dying like every 4 meters that I'm biking haha!!! Also, some of the trails we take really hurt my bum when we go on them haha!!! Other than that it's pretty sweet!!!!!
Some of the members that we've met so far are amazing!!!! Brother Moon and Sister Comfort were some of the first members we've met. They are so nice and love to help the missionaries in any way possible!!! They were converted by some missionaries down in South Africa!!!! And there's another member who is actually a returned missionary. Hanna just came back from serving in Nigeria!!!!! So, she's willing to help us out, and she lives super close too, so we can hopefully have her help in some lessons haha!!!!!!
Other than that, everyone that we've met here is pretty amazing!!!! A lot of people are nice, willing to hear our message, but not a lot of them are serious. NOT AT ALL!!!!!!!!! That was my thing back in Buduburam, so we'll see what Chantan gives me haha!!!!!!!
Hope you all are doing amazing back home, and I'd love to hear how everyone's weeks are going, cuz mine are just packed!!!!! Mom, I hope you got in contact with Wallin's mom to see how to send things over here. Also, I hope that everything in school is enjoyable haha!!!! With everything going on like school coming to a close, track season getting over, and now just getting ready for the summer, I want to hear what's going on back in the good ol' US of A!!!!! haha!!!!! Hope you are all being safe, and hope you all are being amazing!!!!!!! Love you all!!!!!!
Love,
Elder Stockton Smith
Here are the final photos from Buduburam. . .
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