Life is goooooood in Abidjan! Best news this week is that
Sr. Evet got baptized! I'm honestly so proud of her and I have learned so
much from her. I'm not gonna give many details but let's just say her path to
being baptized wasn't the smoothest. But watching her get baptized was a real
testimony builder that God is there and that through Jesus Christ we can be
forgiven of anything we do. He loves us that much. I'm so happy for her
just SO happy!
I had a couple super cool experiences in sector this week I want
to share. First, one time we were just walking in sector and this girl
just came running up to us. She came up and her face was just
distraught and she asked us if we were Christians. We said yes and she
told us to follow her to her house. When we entered into her super small house
we saw her husband laying there on the floor just absolutely just crippled. He
had band aids covering her neck and you could every bone in his body he
was so skinny. His wife asked us if we could give him a blessing and we continued to
ask if she had faith and all that stuff that he could get healed. She said yes
and so we gave him the blessing. I'm telling you I felt the spirit so strong it
was amazing! The whole time I was just thinking about Jesus healing Lazarus. I
honestly felt like I was doing the same thing that Jesus did when he was on the
earth. Unfortunately her drunk brother came storming in after and started
trying to speak English with me and was just saying how he wants to go to Las
Vegas and he just totally ruined the spirit. But either way it was an
unforgettable experience. Secondly, we were out doing some contacting and my
companion presented us as disciples of Jesus Christ. The women then asked us
the question "if you are disciples of Jesus Christ would you really die for
him?" For some reason this question just really hit me this time. I've been
asked that a bunch of times and always responded yes but never really knowing
why. When we walked away I started reflecting on this question.... Would I
really die for Jesus Christ? As I reflected on this question I really found a
why to my answer yes. I would die for him because hes my savior, because I love
him and because I know he loves me. Because of him I know that I can live with
my family forever and that's something that I am so grateful for.
I'm getting used to the food here and actually, I am really
enjoying pig snout and rotten fish now. Like, I'm happy when I eat it which
always amazes me. If you think that that sounds gross you're crazy! Its good
stuff! Also our water got turned off for 4 days again this last week which was
tough but we made it through. Smelled bad but that's ok everything here smells
bad hahha.
My french is actually getting pretty good. I can talk to
people pretty decently and like teach lessons and everything. Its honestly the
biggest blessing ever. Its so cool being able to speak even a little bit of
another language.
Well that's about it for me this week. Just know I love you
guys so much and that I pray for you all day. I'm thankful that we are all in
this together!
Bisou,
Elder Freedman
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