June 11, 2018

Mom. you are asking for a whooping, reading that book (Miracle of Forgiveness) hahha .

My companion is awesome and he learns super fast! Like really fast. By the 4th week it felt like we've been companions for a long time but there are still some things i give him tips on. We were teaching the Law of Chastity to an investigator named Emmanuel who will hopefully be baptized at the end of this month, but anyways we finished saying an opening prayer then I handed my companion the pamphlet and looked at him. That kinda threw him under the bus hahaha. Yo that lesson was so funny. He just slaughtered the whole thing and it was super awkward but that’s ok i was laughing inside the whole time. The investigator Emmanuel didn’t know any better so you can’t blame him. Emmanuel is 20 years old from Zimbabwe and he is such a cool nice guy! i love him so much. People from Zimbabwe are super super nice and polite. They are sometimes too polite and it makes you feel uncomfortable but they’re awesome. 

Our president has now set a rule we can’t teach anyone under the age of 18 unless we are teaching the whole family or one of the parents so we had to drop this investigator we had and just said well come to church until your older.... now our branch does not even have a youth program or young woman so inside we were kinda hoping she wouldn’t come cause she would feel out of place having no one her age.... she came and she loved it. She just chilled in the relief society cause we don’t have a youth class hahaha. They loved her also so it was a win win! We had a few people at sacrament yesterday which is always rewarding. I love missionary work, there is no happier work in the world! 

Meals?...for breakfast i usually have porridge and then for lunch i cook for my comp. I usually cook rice with meat and gravy or Alfredo (just made a super good recipe of that using mom’s Cesar salad dressing packet!) or spaghetti or pap. i can make a few things but I don’t really eat potatoes anymore cause they make me super tired! haha or its that i eat too much.

My favorite lesson to teach?.... i don’t know that’s a hard question maybe about the restoration because it’s such great news! It’s amazing to think that God has called a prophet in these last days, like Moses, to lead his children here on earth.

Love you

Elder Shaw