Monday, December 1, 2014

Well not too much new or exciting happened this week here in Madagascar. We did a lot of tracting and looking for new investigators this week so we taught a lot of first lessons. By the end of my mission I think I will be giving firsts in my sleep! haha we give at least one or 2 everyday! I need to start finding a way to change things up so I don't get caught in the flow of things and just teach a memorized lesson but really care about the person I'm teaching and really trying to help them understand and feel the spirit.

Other than that we had a GIANT rainstorm this week! It was by far the craziest rainstorm I have ever seen in my entire life! The road that we were walking down turned into a river in a matter of about 10 minutes! It was so cool! Everyone said that that is a pretty normal rainstorm but that it lasted a little longer than normal. It pored so hard for about 45 minutes. they said usually it's closer to 15 or 20 minutes. It was so cool though and I'm getting ready for cyclone season! 

We have a baptism planned for this saturday and we are hoping our peope that didn't show up for their baptism on the 22 of November will show this time. We did their baptismal interviews again and they passed so they should be there! And then we have another investigator named Suborque (weird name, I know). He is 24 and seems to have some kind of mental problem. Apparently he smoked a lot of weed when he was a teenager so his brain is a little bit fried. He comes to church every week and has heard all of the lessons twice and a couple of them 3 times. We had him meet with the branch president and he said that he thinks he is ready for baptism. He has a real desire to follow Christ and he knows and believes what we are teaching him. So he will have a baptismal interview this week with Elder Rigby, our zone leader, and if he passes we will baptize him this saturday as well! The work here is still going well! 

For thanksgiving this week we went to this super nice vazzah (a white person/tourist) hotel that has a restaurant inside. It was super expensive like 12-15 dollars which is insanely expensive here! But the food was way good and all of the elders in Fianarantsoa went. we all said what we are grateful for and then ate our feast. That was all we did to celebrate thanksgiving. And then we showed our thanks to God by going out and working hard to bring His children to the knowledge of the restored gospel! It was a good day, but a lot different from thanksgiving in America.

The last thing is I want to give a shout out to my brother-in-law Micah! Happy Birthday Micah! He's going to be really old this friday! He has been a great addition to our family and we are really glad to have him be part of the Glazier Clan! 

The malagasy word of the week is Renirano (ren-ee-ron-ooh). It means river. The reason I chose this as my word of the week is because when it rained here the road turned into a river and we couldn't walk out in the rain without getting soaked so we just ducked under a little tarp that somebody was selling stuff under! It was insane! 
Well that's all for now.

 The church is true and the Book of Mormon is the word of God. This is God's true church here on the Earth and he is leading the work. I know that if we will read the scriptures everyday and keep the commandments of God He will bless us more than we can imagine! He is our Father in Heaven and He loves each one of us beyond comprehension and wants to bless us and help us in our lives. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.


Love, Elder Glazier

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