9-1-14

So this week had a few crazy things. Our water finally came back on Tuesday around 10ish and has been on since. So that's good. We finally got to shower and wash all of our dishes. But then that night all the power in the north side of the city went out from like 5ish and came on around 8:30ish. This person in our ward had some questions that I was answering, gospel related of course, but I wrote the answers out so that was fun. Getting to practice writing and "translating" into Malagasy is fun. So we went to teach this English class for this new investigator we met. Last time we went there were like 10 people. So we go there Wednesday about 11. We talk with him for a few seconds then go inside the room. AND IT IS PACKED, There were like at least 100 people in there. All part of this English club. So what we did was introduce ourselves, answered some questions about English and then taught the first lesson in English to them. But they gave opening and closing speech things and we were their very distinguished guests. Part way through a guy came in with one of those big video cameras like TV people use. We didn't know before or at the time, but since then some members in our ward said they saw us on TV and that this thing was on Madagascar National News on TV. Haha crazy! So my companion got sick with some stomach thing or something so when we hiked the mountain that day he was suffering some what. Then we ended up going home early Wednesday since he was sick and didn't go out Thursday. So I watched some general conference. Made some OHenries and they turned out nice. Didn't have white karo syrup but kinda just made my own and it seems to have worked out because they are wayyy good. Oh our power was out Thursday night again about 5 to 8ish again. Some kind of pattern perhaps? Then Friday we got a call saying that President (of Madagascar) Hery got mad at something about his water or power and so threw 6 utility people into jail. So the utility people said they were going to turn off all the power and water in Madagascar on Sunday. So we had to get all this extra food, gas, fill all these containers with water and everything. And who knows maybe the Pres would have the military step in to stop their strike. So it was some crazy news, Then Saturday night our power went off at 5 and came on at 8ish again. We were at a members house and he told us that its because their hasn't been enough rain to keep the generators going all the time. So they take turns turning off the power to different parts of the city for a few hours. Anyways also ordered this really good juice and got some make your own icecream things. Then Sunday came and went and the day of reckoning did not happen. So not sure what ended up happening with that but we still have power and water. But yeah just the average week in Madagascar. Our investigators for the most part are all progressing well and I have taken over leading all the lessons we teach to investigators now. So that's good.
Elder Miller