It appears that blogspt won't allow the uploading of videos so I have posted this to YouTube here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go0feHjNkxE
It shows, Carlotta, one of our investigators working at putting rice on the table. The rice has been harvested from their little farm, dried in the sun, pounded in a "pilao" to break off the shells or husks, and now she is sifting it to remove the husks from the mix. It's a striking and colorful scene that we happened upon. In the background, you can hear Debbie conversing in her fluent (if unconjugated) Portuguese and 19-year old Carlotta's mother Bendita watching as well.
This family, complete with working father and brother is one that took time to truly warm to our message. They did however, and this week we invited them to prepare for baptism which they accepted. Yesterday, we gave them the "you have to get married" talk which they were fine with. This followed the law of chastity talk which truly caught the kids by surprise a bit. Neither marriage nor chastity are widely revered nor practiced in Moazmbican culture, so afiliation with the church and continued adhereance to its precepts are a challenge here.
do you guys get the ensign there? they had a great talk on challenges with gospel culture in africa this past month. seemed to be everything you guys have struggled with. it was written specifically for the african people.--andrea
ReplyDeleteWe read the Ensign (Liahona is our version) on line and loved that talk by Dallin Oaks. We have printed it and passed it out to one family and want to talk about it in church.
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