Week 62

Well the work is continuing over here a little bit slower than is to be desired but we are trying to keep moving it along. For some reason like no one showed up at church this week. Its pretty frustrating because none of our investigators made it and lots of strong members werent there either. We have one investigator that just moved here from another area and always returns to her old area to go to church. She seems like she just wants to talk to the sisters and doesnt even want to talk with us. haha its pretty annoying!

A couple of you are mentioning weather and asking about mine. Well im cold haha. i think its around the coldest time of the year right now. and its windy. and this is one of the coldest areas in cape verde. So im prettty chilly! not too cold. but enough to want a jacket. but i dont feel like going and buying one seeing as when i leave i wont need it. so i just shiver a bit at night.

A few of you also mentioned jaxtons homecoming. well when you see him tell him he has to write me. he hasnt written me in a while and i only have his mission email so i have no way to contact him. someone get on that!

well Thats about it for this week! i love you all! Have a happy birthday john!

Love Elder McMullin

Week 61- transfers but I stay

Well we had two holidays this week so it was pretty interesting. Also transfers happened today lets guess what happened with elder mcmullin! whoever guessed that he stayed and so did his comp is correct. This will be my first time having 2 transfers with a comp since elder zuniga so thats pretty cool.

As far as carnival we had our meeting but we didnt see much of carnival but we could hear it all going on. Then we went back to our area and very few people were there but some of our investigators were there so we talked with them. Then the day after is cinza i believe lent in english? So we had a few of the members invite us over to eat lunch with them. that was pretty fun. We ate rice plantains potatoes and fish and then cous cous with honey. kind of like corn bread with honey. but their honey is mostly molasses. But that was a fun time.

And then valentines day yesterday. I gave one of our investigators a fool proof plan to woo a lady here but he didnt use it. It was a list of the perfect date to do in our area and his sister even said it was a good plan but he didnt follow through with it. And then he didnt show up to church! so now we need to find him and find out why he didnt go to church. hes been going for quite awhile now but he still needs permission from his parents to be baptized because he is only 17 years old. But yeah as for anything else for valentines day nothing cool really happened. Just passed investigators that didnt show up to church after they said they would. One of them said that their pastor called them and told them not to go and to stop talking with us. 

Well she listened to the part about not going but she says she still wants to talk to us. She says she has already read a ton of the book of the mormon but she keeps having things come up on sundays.

Well thats just about my week in a nutshell.

Love You guys!

Love Elder McMullin

Week 60 - Carnival Week

Well this week will be carnival which means a few things.... one of them being that i have now been in cape verde for a year! Well this year during carnival we have a meeting in assomada which is the main town close to here so thats where the party will be going on... not sure how thats gonna work but oh well i guess we will see haha.

We had an interesting lesson with the law of chastity this week where a less active member popped his head in for a second and i just asked if he had any questions about it. he did and we answered them and he said oh i have a few things i need to change.... and then he finally showed up to church! we had tried inviting him so many times but that little thing somehow got him to show up. it was a really interesting experience.

so many things are changing at home i think ill just stay here forever haha.... but it is really weird.

I love you all. talk to you next week.

Love Elder McMullin

Week 59- Teaching English

Sounds like everyone else had a very eventful week! thats awesome. Our week was a pretty good one here. One downside was we have 2 17 year old guys that are family members of some members but their parents wont let them be baptized yet but we are still working with them. They are a lot of fun and one of them is really spiritual. The other one is a bit more or less with it but they are both trying to fulfill commitments so itll eventually happen.

Also we were able to start our english class last week and this week we played simon says. Its tought because everyone is on completely different levels of english but its a lot of fun and people open up.

Besides that it was a usual week out here. walking and teaching people about the gospel. My favorite things are the family nights that we are able to do with members and investigators. They help a ton to have the trust of everyone and they are a lot of fun.

There is a chance that i will get my camera this charger this week! im excited i hope i get it. i dont know if you remember but i left it in my house in fogo.... ive been able to use other peoples so im still getting pics so no problems there but i would really like to get it back.

Love you all

Love Elder McMullin

Week 58- Missionary Broadcast

well another week was gone.... my week probably wasnt as eventful as yours seeing as ravyn was born! But it was a pretty awesome week. We had some interesting things happen such as the missionary broadcast that was worldwide that we were able to watch. That was pretty awesome. Also we managed to make some shwarma and tacos at home and i made some tres leches cake. i love being able to make delicous food when i cant buy it.

We had divisions with the zone leaders in assomada which is the big city in our zone it was really weird serving in a biggish city seeing as ive been in the small towns for the past year. But it was a lot of fun seeing another different area because the area where you are at changes a lot of things from the work to what you eat and all that. Its a lot easier finding people to contact there haha.

its wierd.... im gonna finish my last january on the mission here in a week... thats crazy! The more im here the more i think itll be super wierd going back to america after living in africa for so long. Oh well still got awhile til i have to worry about that!

Love you guys!

Love Elder McMullin

ps mom if you could put another j dawg sauce when you send that package out... everyone loves it. thanks love you!

Week 57- Interviews with President Mathews

Well we had interviews with president mathews this week and had the opportunity to speak with sister mathews during the other missionarys interviews. It was a really good time.

Its cool with the split areas. we are able to get a lot of work done here and there are plenty of people ready to be taught so its awesome seeing the difference that this will make. 

The members here are helping us a lot with the work and they are a lot of fun to be around and the branch has activities about every day of the week that we can take people to, to help them be integrated with the ward members.

The other elders are looking for a place to live that is in their area so they dont have to walk so much everyday but until them we will live together. 

My new comp is a cool guy. Hes really into playing and watching sports. He already knows the language very well even though he only has 4 transfers here in the mission.We made tacos together yesterday for lunch. They were pretty amazing. I am thinking about getting myself a birthday present and buying a blender for about 40 bucks and taking it with me from house to house til i leave the mission. im still not sure if i will do it yet. but with it i can make salsa and guacamole and horchata. It would be marvelous.

I think thats about it for this weeks update! Love you all! Good luck sissa!

Love Elder McMullin

Week 56- New missionaries added to his area!! First there were 2, Now there are 4

Well transfers happened! actually both me and my comp are staying... BUT we are both getting new comps. the area is being divided and we are going to have a 4 elder house! my new comp is elder deshler hes on his 4th transfer and guess where he is from.... Louisville KY!!! but he doesnt know jaxton unfortunately. That would have been soooo cool. especially because he goes home next month.

The plus side of the division is we dont have to cover as much ground but trust me we still have plenty. But this could be really good for our branch.

This area has a lot of branch activities that help a lot with the work and help us to work with members so its a lot of fun. I think we are starting an english class up pretty soon because a ton of people here have asked about one and said they would love to go to one. We will see how well i teach english haha.

Well i love you! have a good week!

Love Elder McMullin

Ps sissa happy birthday and good luck with everything!