Hey Guys,

So last week long story short we left our area to some random market for Elder Ayama to buy a new white shirt and to get us stuff for our apartment and it just took forever so we got back at the apartment at 6 and my comp wouldn’t leave with me to go to the cyber and he was super dumb about it hahah, so that was frustrating!!   To be honest it was super hard to not be able to email you guys last week, but I’ve been praying that I can just forget about you guys and focus on the work and then that happened on Monday, like literally it was as if the Lord was like you’re not gonna email home cuz like on the way home our transport was all wacked out and we had to change to like 3 different cars and one of them got in an accident with us in the car lol!!  We were in bumper to bumper traffic, so it was like nothing just a little dent lol!!  French is a tough language to master, but I’m just trying to keep up the practice!   The ward is good! They don’t feed us a whole lot, but its not a big deal cuz we have been eating pretty good at the apartment!  But its okay. Everything is super great now we because we had 5 baptisms on Saturday!!! The members don’t like doing missionary work, but we had an activity at that village Beninkoso this last Saturday in the morning, so that was super great for them!! Also for the village 4 of the people that we baptized this last week were from the village!!   We also could possibly baptize a whole family by the end of the month if they get married and stuff so it would be like 7 more people!!  We have FHE with that family tonight, so that will be cool!!
My relationship with my comp is great too.  He’s really a great guy and he’s helped me to learn so much!!!  There’s still a language barrier, but the French is starting to come more. My comp is a convert to the church.   He has an older brother in this mission as well, which is cool.   Its just him, his older bro, and his other brother that are members.  The rest of his family is just kinda all over the place.  I’ve realized I’ve been acting too prideful and need to just let him teach me!  My health is super great too!  I’m like a skeleton though lol, but like health is great I feel like its just the normal adjustment to Africa cuz like I’m not hungry, and I’m eating great!  Everything that went down with my old comp has settled.  I’m just close with everyone which is such a blessing.  I’m staying through this transfer with my companion.  Elder Ayama is getting a new person to train tomorrow cuz Elder Da leaves today to the Congo cuz his visa came.  Hard to believe he’s leaving already.  Time on a mission is a funny thing.  Sometimes its so long and other times its super fast.  Thats why I’m just trying to focus on the days and just give it my all all the time cuz it will be done before i know it!  I can’t even believe I’ve been on my mission for four months!  It feels like I just left.  How’s grandpa doing?  I’ve been praying for him a lot.  How is grandma darling handling it.  I also pray for Ben every day that he gets into Surg Tech.  Pray that Fr Chris can keep coming to church so we can baptize him, and also Family Brou, and just pray I can focus on the work!  The start of my mission was rough, but its so much better now!!!  Honestly though I think about home too much, but all of this  hard work has helped me to really start focusing on the mission.  I still get homesickness sometimes and I worry about you guys.  It comes and goes.  Its not that I’m worried its like i just see stuff that reminds me of home, and I know you guys will be taken care of!  Man you guys have helped me realize so much! You got no idea!  I don’t know how to even explain it but you have answered my prayers hahah I love you guys so much!! This is seriously the best experience of my life!!  I have been blessed so much!! My comp has helped me to realize how to really be obedient and it has been hard.  I’ve realized how much Elder Wabunga rubbed off on me lol!!  The Lord has a great work for me to do these next few months!  Well I have to go.  The AP’s are at our apartment ready to pick up Elder Da.   I love you guys so much!!!!!

Beaucorp d’amour!

Elder LeBaron