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| "This morning we were welcomed by this goat sitting right outside out door... Haha we didn't know what it was doing there... Then when we came back from the market it was gone... We can only imagine what happened. That's my "ohhh yeahh! There is a goat out in front of our door!" face." |
Dearest Family,
Here I am,
sitting in front of this computer again to write my family. And it seems
like the week just flew by! It feels like I was just at the Zoo yesterday. But
it was a week ago. Interesting... But thank you for your letter! It sounds like
things haven't really changed which is good. The living room seems like it is
just about there. I am excited to see it done! Sam told me that it would be
really different for me. But I am excited to see! Have you guys talked about
doing the addition onto the back? I know you have been thinking about doing
that since we were even there at the start! I guess everything comes step by
step. I was thinking the other day too... I haven't heard anything about the
boat for almost a year... What is up with that!? I know that that means that it
has just been sitting in the garage forever... Come on guys! I wanna hit the
lake when I get back! Even if it is December... Oh well. But yeah have you been
working on that or have you "hit another wall"? Haha remember when
you told me that and I was totally lost in translation? That was
weird.
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| Jacky Boy got braces huh? |
And Jacky Boy got braces huh? That is about the age that I
got mine and had them for 3 years... Haha But I had a braces buddy, Jordan, do
go through it all with me. So that wasn't as bad. Dieu va l'aider. Haha.
So I don't want to
say it again because you got mad at me for saying it last time... So I won’t. (I told Elder Layton that he wasn't allowed to tell me that not much happened last week and that I wanted to hear anything, mundane or not.) But now it is implied so you already know that I wanted to say it. I guess I
can tell you, "SO MUCH HAPPENED THIS WEEK!!!!” But then I would be lying..
I will start from the begging. On Thursday, nothing really happened the other
days except English class that I don't have to do anymore! Yay! It sucks...
Anyways Elder Baird and I did a split and that was a good time. We worked
really hard and got a lot done! We also went to the president’s house (branch
president) and ate some rice and fish. It was nice of her to give us that! She
is such a nice lady and loves feeding the missionaries. Unfortunately I am not
in her sector so that doesn't really matter. But then on Saturday, Elder Cline
came and did a split with me and it was good as well! After that we went to a
concert that Elder Barker did. He is a wizard on the piano. We had to bring an
investigator if we wanted to come but we couldn't find one so we took a recent
convert. Which afterwards we found out that that was okay too. THERE I SAW
BROTHER AND SISTER SOUTHAM!!!!! I was so happy to see them! They came for someone’s
wedding and just to visit. They came to our branch and I hung out and translated
for Brother Southam.
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| "I SAW BROTHER AND SISTER SOUTHAM!!!!! I was so happy to see them!" |
They really are such amazing people. I hope to never lose
connection with them. They are so sweet. Especially Sister Southam. Such a nice
lady!!! I am going to try and send a memory card home with her. If not with
Elder Cline. I think I already told you this, but I can't believe that all
these Elders are going home so fast. Just a huge testimony to me on how fast
the mission just flies by! I know I will be there one day.
While we were doing
our split with Elder Cline we got transfer calls! Like you said, it was a huge
transfer and a lot of people were moved around, including me! Seeing that Elder
Cline is going home next Saturday, I am going to replace him as zone leader and
I will be working with Elder Kobongo. I have seen him around a lot in the
mission. It seems like we follow each other around a lot. But he is a good
missionary and I am excited to work with him! He is the first K-Viller I have
had in a long time. 5 months or something like that. I am going to be living with
Elder Faerber. He is from by Seattle. I'll send you pics. AND our apartment has
hot water! Whooo!! Big plus!! Because the rainy season is about to start. So
that means cold! And hot water! so excited! Here is what I know about some
other missionaries... Elder Smilies (Kimzey) is going to be a zone leader in
Benin, Elder Poll is assistant, Montross is coming to Benin for the first time,
and there are a bunch of other missionaries coming in too. Excited to meet all
of them!
Well, the mission is
going forward, people are leaving, coming, learning and growing. That is really
what all of the mission is about... I know that I don't even have to say it but
I will anyways. I am so stoked that I made this choice to come out here and do
what I am doing. Preaching the gospel that has blessed my life so much... How
could I not want to share it with people? That is the questions that I would
like to ask missionaries that are wondering on going on a mission haha.
"So you don't want to give people salvation?" Let them chew on that
for a second... Well I love you guys. Love the gospel. Love the Fanta Orange
that I am drinking. Have a great day and an AWESOME week!
Love your son,
Elder
Landon Dean Layton
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| "This is what you get when you give a little girl 800cfa and tell her to get some cookies... 800cfa worth of Noreos!! Hahaha" |
Pics:
1- This is what you get when you give a
little girl 800cfa and tell her to get some cookies... 800cfa worth of Noreos!!
Hahaha
2- This morning we were welcomed by this
goat sitting right outside out door... Haha we didn't know what it was doing
there... Then when we came back from the market it was gone... We can only
imagine what happened. That's my "ohhh yeahh! There is a goat out in front
of our door!" face.
