Hey man!!! yeah geeez it is so crazy its all coming to an end man!!! seriously i don’t even know what to think hahahaha!! I’m excited to come home for sure but like idk man I just know its going to be super different and i will never be the same after serving 2 years in Africa! It has been quite the experience!!! As I look back on my mission I just come to realize that through the ups and downs the only things that I remember are the good parts! There have been times I haven’t been super obedient others I’ve been crazy obedient and what I have come to realize is that it doesn’t matter what happens the most important is that you are constantly making small tweaks in your life to change and be better day by day week by week month by month and year by year! I look back on the start of my mission compared to know and i just see the amazing things the lord has blessed me with and truly the man he has forged in the fiery furnace of Africa hahahaha it has been tough but sooooooo worth it and I wouldn’t give anything to change this time I’ve given to the lord in his service for these last two years! i know who he really is now and i cant even imagine what it was like to be perfect in a world of so much imperfection and just the immense trust he has in us imperfect beings. That’s just goers to show how much more trust we need to have in HIM! Gosh a freaking can’t wait to come home and see you guys!!! The only thing is knowing Ben won’t be there. It seriously is killing me! Man like I miss him so much dude! But its okay you guys will be there to help me!!!! The great thing is when he comes home we are gonna have SO much in common!!!!! My lil chunker hahahahaha!!!! Well I just love you so much dad!!!! Have an awesome week!!!
hey mom!!!! seriously though hahahahah i am feeling so many emotions at the moment it is insane!!!! i have grown to love these people and the people i have served side by side with these past few years seriously it has been amazing the past two years i see why it is the best two years!!!!! i understand be cause i lived it and i endured it!!! thats all the lord wants us to do is to live and endure this life so we can understand as he understands and that way we will be capable to have all that he has! seriously as i look back on my mission i just see how fast it has gone and I’m sure that is how the lord felt on the cross looking back on his life seeing all he went through feeling all the pains a mortal man could feel and then saying it is finished into thy presence I commend myself!!! I just see with the simple mortal intelligence i have the great joy he felt in that moment knowing all the pain heart ache and stress will all be over and that he will finally be able to continue with the next part of his life as a God. I too in a since am commending myself now into your guys presence in just a few short day and how freaking great is my joy!!!!!!!! my work is finished!!! I have all the tools now to get me through the rest of my life!!!!!! gosh i seriously cant wait to get out of the plan and walk down that elevator to finally embraced you guys!!!! 2 years may be long but it has FLOWN by!!!!!!!! seriously it is insane!!!!!! i just love you sooo much and cannot wait to see you guys!!!!
I got transferred back to Toit Rouge. I’m with another missionary from Nigeria who the Mission President wants me to train to be a leader. His name is Elder Nsing. He’s super cool and I love the guy.
Our secteur got white washed we know no one and the members are not very active in missionary work besides the DMP but he has been busy all week and there was problems at the apartment that people had to come fix and then the days we went to the secteur the people we talked to weren’t interested and just wasted our time hahahahahah I just hope we can find the investigators. The other missionaries were teaching so they don’t get lost hahahah but its aight the Lord is in control! It doesn’t help that I’m super exhausted as well I have no desire to go to secteur anymore its bad, but I’m forcing myself so that my comp doesn’t get discouraged! We’re going to work hard these last few weeks together. Hard to believe I come home in 14 days. Crazy! I miss you guys like crazy and can’t wait to see you!
Last supper with the three amigos!!!! hahahahaha gonna miss these guys!!!
We had another baptism. The last one before I get transferred next week. I’m heading back to Toit Rouge.
The cool outfits i got! i need to bring it to someone to size it for me though!!! they come big and then you have someone size it to you but since i have little time idk if i will be able to do it so i hope at home i can find someone that know how to do that hahahahahahaha
We studied how important it is to sustain and support and love your father in elders quorum yesterday and all i thought about was you i just want you to know how much i love and sustain you as my father its because of you i am who i am today your righteous example has showed me the future father i need to be in order to raise a family in these last days: completely selfless and full of the pure love of christ!!!!! i just love you so freaking much and can’t wait to squeeze the life outta you hahahahahahha!!!!!! thanks so much man seriously that is so true this last week i was just so stressed with all thats going on but i just need to take a step back and put the lord first and do what he wants me to do and plan my time the way he wants me to do it not just what tyler thinks works the best hahahahah seriously thanks so much man!!!! gosh you just always know what to say hahahah!!!! this last week was kinda tough just mentally i was pretty trunky all week and had 0 motivation but i just kept pushing and got huge blessings for it! 4 baptisms again!!! seriously the lord is awesome we also set 2 baptismal dates and have lots on the road coming our way im just sad i wont be here for it but i know i found everyone that the lord has needed me to find and my comp here doesn’t have to suffer how mundundu and i suffered haahhaha!!!! so awesome!!!!!! the lord is just amazing seriously i have gotten so much closer to him in just these last instants of my mission i knw without a doubt he will take care of me after the mish and on top of that i have my rock (my awesome dad) to keep me strong!!!!! just love you so much!!!! have a great week!!!
Love you,
Elder LeBaron
Last comp exchange at adiopodoumé!!! gonna miss these studs!!!!
We had another BAPTISM!!!!!!
some dope sock ties i got and then my boubou yacouba that i picked up today from that member that i was telling you about last week! she wanted to just give it to me free as a gift i decided to give her 10000fcfa (20$) for it even though its like 5000fcfa(10$) i just felt like they needed the money they are seriously the best family!!!!
more baptism pics!!!!! i was so awesome so many people came top assist!!!! also fr ninssémon baptised his son and confirmed him yesterday it was so amazing!!!! he was so nervous to do it but he did and amazing job!!! the spirit was sooooo strong it was amazing!!!! seriously yesterday was the best sabbath day!!!
These people look familiar??? my converts after a yr and a half!!!! still solid in the church now fr fahé and sr fahé have a new baby girl!!!!!! at first they didn’t recognize me cuz of my hair it was buzzed when i was with them but once they new it was me they about tackled me hahahhaah it was sooo awesome seriously the biggest blessing!!!! we did a split with the assistants and it is their new secteur my old one so it was cool they’ve been there two weeks so i showed elder toviawou all around the secteur i was impressed with myself that i still remembered where everyone lived hahahah the holy ghost definitely helped me for sure it was the coolest experience like wow highlight of the week hahahahahaha!!!
Party at Cosmos. This that pic of me and ayinde and elder freeman is a family photo hahah i trained elder ayinde and he is now training elder freeman!!!!
We had a little feast my comp made this famous haitian dish that was soooo goood! elder briggs and his comp came over to try it tooo it was a party!! that is us with fr bahi the most zealous person ever he goes to secteur with us like all the time!!!!
my lil hommie this kid is a beast he was just out sweeping for his mom the cutest lil dude!!! after that he chased away this dog trying to poop in the middle of the road good thing i caught it on video hahahahahah you guys will die when you see it we were crying we were all laughing so hard hahahahahahahaha!!!
Bonsoir! Veuillez Distribuer ces photos aux missonnaires de vos zones afin d’assurer que tout le monde en a. J’avais aussi attaché le photo des dirigeants de la mission avec elder nash. Merci!
I know how crazy that time is flying!!! My week was soooo awesome we had so much success this week and just the Lord was so amazing to us!!! He seriously is always there no matter what!!! The splits with the assistants was awesome!!! Elder Cannon and I worked together and he seriously helped us so much we found so many investigators and he really just gave me the desire to really want to work hard!! Given I got a bad cold after I didnt care cuz the Lord totally healed me in a heart beast time because my comp gave me a blessing and it was seriously amazing how fast the Lord’s hand healed me so the I could keep working hard!!!! No question my body is just so tired as I come to the end of my mission but I see the Lord giving me strength every day!!!! We set a baptismal date for one of our investigators he will be baptised in two weeks time so that will be awesome!! and then we are praying that fr ninssémons kids come back so that he can baptise them I seriously can’t wait for that day!!!! It will be amazing!!!! Sadly family doué the family we have been working so hard on said they dont want us coming back to visit them and they she will come to church with the kids when they are ready we told fr doué to keep the courage and that one day she will come to it I then showed him how far she has come and that he needs to just be patient and let the lord do his work and just try his best to be the best example for his kids! we had a great talk as sad as it was we ended on a good note! we just gotta keep going and keep searching there was this one member we ran into when i was on the split that seriously i know is a blessing sent from heaven he is going to help us work so hard and teach so many families here seriously i will explain to you on video chat it was so awesome!!!! so yeah super great week hahaha then sunday we had lots of old investigators return to church like seriously everyone is just coming out of nowhere because we have kept fighting and kept pushing!!!!!! i got that finish line in my sights and it is like that just 800 meter sprint at the end to the finish gosh i gotta get back into running when i get home hahahahah i seriously miss it sooo much!!!!!!! i think about it sooo much and just how great it was for me hahahaha sorry super random hahahaha lol well i love you tons have a great week!!!!!
Love,
Elder LeBaron
My new comp and me!
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