Hey, this week has flown by! And let me tell you, the work in Blantyre is worthy of the word! Nearly every day this week, we've hiked up and down the streets in the Waterboard and Naperi districts, looking hard for people to teach. We've found a good number of people, but only a handful of them are actually serious. There's one sister, R, she is so powerful, she actually came to the Saturday morning session of conference after only two meetings! She could only go to the one session, but she's really excited about the--well, everything! We've given her a Book of Mormon and got a promise to read, and she's really bright and we can already tell that she holds the things we've taught her close , after taking two meetings to explain the restoration, she was able to tell it back to us perfectly! And even though her father (a pastor in their local church) has met the missionaries and "doesn't believe the mormons", she is being strong enough to form her own opinions about the church, which is really encouraging to us as missionaries!

Here in Blantyre it is much like South Weber in the respect that there are some flat parts and some extremely hilly parts. The people here are generally richer, and that means that we get a lot more people who aren't as interested... BUT there are some people who are so willing to hear the Gospel!


Today we watched Errand of Angels, and it made me so grateful that I've been called to a place where the people are a God-loving, humble group. Nearly everyone here is approachable with the Gospel, and I am able to smile just about every day.

The thing I love most about the people is how hard-working they are. You know that they'll either be committed 100% or not at all, and the only trick is to figure out which side of the kwacha will fall. And the best way to know is to ask our Heavenly Father, because He'll truly answer all of our prayers!

Hey, and I don't have trouble finding people who have to be baptized, it's finding people who want to be baptized is the challenge! The people here have more money than those in Lilongwe, so they're not nearly as humble! There are a few people, like R, whom I believe will be baptized because they love what they're learning, and this sister is so willing to do the will of the Father!

As for your questions, I'll answer all three of them.

1) I had a crazy thing happen to me this morning: A man who we've been teaching asked if I was married. The question threw me off, and before he could propose to me right then and there, I quickly said that I had a boyfriend back home and that we were going to get married! He then said that he should be invited to the wedding... now the trick is finding a boy to agree to be a missionary's boyfriend...

2) I haven't been transferred, even though I am in a different city than where I started. Maybe you could look on a map: I've gone from Lilongwe to Blantyre. And I have a feeling that I'll be in Lilongwe for a good while longer.

3) The security is so getting beefed up! There's a flat that is getting electric and barbed wire put up on the wall, we're getting motion sensors and panic buttons and burglar bars, and in the compound we'll be guarded all night by these guards called PRO-telligent, and they usually guard people like presidents! I'll take pictures of it when we get back to Lilongwe to show you!

They don't celebrate Halloween here. At all. I think I died a little inside at that fact...

About the rain... It's getting cooler here--I've actually been seeing people in heavy jackets in the morning, and it's only in the 70's! It's really nice! But we haven't had any rain yet. Sister N keeps telling me that we have to get some wellington boots for when the rain finally comes, because the water will be up to my calves and full of worms... I really hope she's exaggerating (because she does that a lot!).

Well, my lovelies, I cannot say more than I love it here, and I love doing the work here! This is a wonderful place, and it is truly Africa's time for sharing the Gospel!

I love you all!
Sister Adams