Tamatave week 18

So this week is full of vaovao (news).

 We will start with last Thursday. As you all know that was new years eve. New Years is probably the biggest party here in Madagascar. People go crazy. They literally just call it the fety (the party). That means EVERYONE is plastered and can't even remember their own name. As you can imagine that makes missionary work really fun. But they don't only drink new years eve, it usually starts on about the 30th and goes until the 2nd or 3rd of January. So we have had a lot of fun this week trying to find those people that aren't drunk and every once in a while tracting into someone you think isn't drunk that really is. Fun stuff.

Then, on Saturday President Foote and the Assistants came up to do interviews. They were great! And at the end President Foote called me and Elder Rasmussen in together and talked to us a little about our zone and how it's doing and stuff, and then he told us transfer news. The dream-team is staying together for another transfer!!! We are so stoked! We get another 6 weeks to work together!

 

Then on Sunday we had a fun time. So one of the missionaries in our zone (my first trainee Elder Monsen) has been really sick for the last week or 2 and has stayed home for a few days because of it. But on Sunday we came home and he was really really week and sick so they decided to take him to the hospital. We sent him with the Assistants, so we just stayed home, but after about an hour we got a call saying that they were having some problems and were going to be a while, but couldn't talk. So now Elder Rasmussen and I are thinking that Elder Monsen is having some serious problems and we're pretty worried about him. At about 1 am after a few hours of worrying about Elder Monsen we get a call from the Assistants that they are on their way home and need us to unlock the door really quickly for them. So we run out there and found out the real story. They had taken Elder Monsen to the hospital and the hospital didn't know what was wrong just that he's sick and needs rest so they took him to their hotel. While they were on their way home they hit a posy posy (a bike that has a little cart behind it for people to ride in). They had put three people in the hospital but none of them were seriously hurt. So While we thought Elder Monsen was getting operated on the Assistants were really busy running over a posy posy and taking other people to the hospital. That was pretty exciting!

Then on monday the Assistants and President went with us to this really cool beach just an hour north of the city we're in. It was tons of fun! We played football, volleyball, got a lobster lunch, and walked on the beach! It was so much fun! 

Hope all of you had a great week too, and a Happy New Year!

Love, Elder Glazier