December 15, 2014

We had a good but slightly odd week because of the Mauritian elections.  Normally Monday is the "preparation day" where we do our laundry, grocery shopping, emails, etc. but we asked if we could switch it to Thursday to be able to work more.  So Monday we had lessons and whatnot.  Wednesday was the actual day of elections and people said we probably should not go out, so we decided to be cautious but still work and set all of our lessons up at the church so that we could stay in one place.  It was craziness because all of the roads were blocked and full of parades and all sorts of nonsense.  There are two major parties and there was a lot of contention between the two sides. 

Thursday is the day when the open the boxes and count the vote.  We had some great lessons in the morning and then went back to the apartment at noon and just stayed home.  We had bought frozen chicken nuggets and French fries for the first time, to make for the occasion and watched a LOT of Mormonmessages;)  I also took a 40 minute nap.  It was the first time in four and a half months that I have taken a nap.  That is one thing I really miss.  We also made protective cases for scriptures out of cereal boxes for several members who had asked up (with pictures from the Liahona to cover them and make them pretty), and we watched the district and did role plays to work on our teaching skills. 

We set the baptismal dates of a family who has been investigating for some time and they finally got their testimony of the Book ofMormon and are on fire:D  They are named Pascaline and Kersly.  They are so much fun and have three little kids who are super adorable:)  After the lesson on Saturday we had a little dance party to celebrate;)  The cultural dance here is the Sega and things got a little crazy and there may have been feather boas involved and plumes in our hair;) 

This weekend we had a district conference.  Maurice is now a part of the same district as la reunion so the district president (Pres. Ferrier) flew in with his first counselor Fr Argien (who is from the branch in St. Pierre:)  We had super good meetings:)  Fr Argien had a little note for me from Sister Argien which was super cute and made me happy:)  Sunday we watched a broadcast from the regional presidency in South Africa.  I liked it a lot and it was cool to hear a message centered more on African culture and members of the church.  It is true that we have so much to learn from them because their faith and their excitement/energy about the church is inspiring:) 

Everything is going well and is pretty steady.  Soeur Isham and I are trying to learn the creole, and we are also working hard on studying techniques d'enseignment dans PmE (Teaching techniques in PMG) and in watching the District and doing more role plays during companionship study.  We have been seeing some great effects in the work and are excited to keep learning.  I hope that you had a great week. 

One last silly thing.  We went to Port Louis today with the elders and the senior couple to eat at a Korean restaurant (For elder choi;) and then went and tried on saris:D  It was super fun!  I love traditional Indian clothing, it’s so beautiful.  It was a pretty funny experience because all of the store people kept showing us different things.  When you try on saris you kind of feel like a princess because there are two ladies who do it up all fancy for you:)  They told me I looked like a model but I think they just wanted to get me to buy it;)  It was super pretty, but hard to walk in.

Voilà mes aventures de la semaine.  Sorry if the email wasn’t too inspiring but I hope you enjoy and have a great week!

Love,

Sister Wilson