Wow, I really can't wait for General Conference to come out. It really seems as if the spirit was able to
really touch people through the messages of the speakers. Yes mom, you were
right. I have been thinking of Brian Plummer a lot. I had a dream where I was in
the Conference Center and I was listening to the prelude and it was Brian
playing his arrangement of "I Know That My Redeemer Lives." It was so swag! Then in the dream I was in the choir and the conductor had us stand to
sing. BUT THEN she had us sit back down and stand back up about 10 times. I was
like "You can't do this!! It's Conference!" That's when Elder Bednar
came up on the stand and told the conductor, "You are not allowed do be the
conductor anymore...Get out." I was like WHAAAOOP! Then I woke up.
REALLY!!!!????? Betty and Ashley are getting engaged!!!!!???
O my giddy aunt! That is so crazy!! I am SO SO Happy for them. If I could I
would give them both the biggest hug.....but now as I think about it.....Since I have been on a mission... I would probably go up to them and start to give a
hug to them but then I would be like "Whoa! Hugging girls is not
ok!" Then it would turn into a really awkward moment......Would it still
be worth it? YES!
Anywhos, so we have transfers
this Sunday and I heard from the Zone Leaders that Elder Rasolofonirina will
be transferred to a different area. That will be really crazy. So next week I
WILL BE GETTING A NEW COMPY! That will be a really fun experience. I am
definitely going to miss my "Dadako Malalako." He has been such a
wonderful trainer. And I will ever be grateful for his help and his
encouragement with me learning Malagasy.
Now onto the subject of
Malagasy. I have been told by the members and also by others that I have really
improved in my Malagasy. When I meet people for the first time and strike up a
conversation, it's really fun to see their faces as they tell me, "Have you
been to Madagascar many times? Your accent is so good!" Then I tell them
that I arrived here in January of this year. Then they are like "WHOA!!!!! EFA
MAHAY!" Then they turn to their friends and are like "WHOA! This Vaza is SO
MAHAY!" It's really funny to see their faces :)
So a random surprise. I was
looking at the songs on my ipod, and found 2 things that made me laugh really
hard. When I thought I had cleaned my ipod of all worldy songs, I found the Album
of "Frozen" on my ipod, and I was like "NO! THE TEMPTATION IS TOO
GREAT!" So I listened for like 5 seconds, smiled, and then turned it off.
The second surprise I found was the song by Train called "Marry Me" As I looked at this song I automatically was like "If I ever want to feel
trunky or make my companions feel trunky and think of girls...I definitely know
which song to play." I laughed so hard when I saw those
songs..............I don't know if I mentioned that before in any of my previous
emails...maybe I have.....Well who cares :)
So this week we had some of the most incredible food EVER!
On Thursday we had a Soire with Gino. He made some of the greatest fried
chicken I have ever tasted in my life. I can say with certainty that it was even
better then KFC. So we had that with some fried rice, and then this amazing
salad with ham, avocado, lettuce, and then a citrus vinegrette. I almost died
and went to heaven. Then for dessert we had an AMAZING fruit salad of bananas,
apples, and avocado.
Can I just say that if dad were
to come here to Madagascar, then he would be in apple heaven and NEVER go back
to the apples in America. One of my favorite apples here is a green apple that
is like unto the green apple back home, but with almost 50% more sugar. They
are SO SWAG GOOD! Yum yum yum in my tum tum tum.
OK, so quick update on the
naminy fiangonana (Friends of the church or investigators) So Tahin and Dina
are doing better....though they still aren't coming to church....We will work on
that. William ( The man from La reunion) is way way busy and so we haven't been
able to teach him...or understand him :) Jean Claude and his wife, Maria are so
swag! We had a lesson on Saturday about baptism. Maria was confused by all the
different types of baptisms that the other churches have. Like sprinkling and
half baptisms, and whatnot. Then we went to Romans chapter 6 versus 3 and 4 .
This scripture talks about baptism for the dead, and then they asked us about
baptisms for the dead. This led to us talking about the temple, and how the
gospel of Jesus Christ leads us to the temple. The change that happened in that
room was amazing. As they realized that the Temple was the house of God, and
how in the temples we can be sealed as families....They desired that for
themselves. As we then returned to baptism, their understanding was opened and
they began to understand the need for baptism. They now want to be baptized and
do all the things necessary to get to the temple. As they understood the
Doctrine of the temple. Then everything else became clear. As Elder Bednar has
said before "The answer is ALWAYS THE DOCTRINE."
This Church is true. I know
that with all my heart. The fullness of the gospel has been restored, and I am
so grateful for that. The Lord continues to speak to his chosen servants the
prophets. They receive revelation. I know that as we harken to their counsels
then we will be able to "Come closer to the Savior."
Thanks for all of your prayers
and heartfelt desires. I am so grateful for all the support I have. The mission
really does go by fast. I cant believe I have already been on a mission for 4 months. Next transfer will be 4 and a half months in the country and
6 months on the mission. Things are going by so fast.
I will talk to you all next week.
Am-pitiavana
Elder Lehr
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