Caleb wearing his amazing pagne he found!
I wanted to capture the sweat, again dripping off his chin! Dude.
This was the handyman that came to fix their door.
Caleb is explaining how Cuddles our dog when she hears him whistle will tilt her head.
While he was talking to us Sebastian from N’douci his first area called and he got to talk to him. I love watching him communicate.
Rain!
Picture of the super nice pagne.
Elder Stevens is his new companion and is so fun! He is from Las Vegas and has two transfers left until he goes home.
It’s fun when you find American food!
Drinking some bagged water that he said was filtered.
They are still doing their motivation to get out in the morning so they all need to send a video in the morning showing they are out in sector.
Caleb and Elder Stevens are zone leaders over this group of missionaries.
The doors were locked at the church so they had to shimmy the chairs through the windows to sit on for their district council. Very impressive!
Random helicopter.
Giving the sisters a hard time about not doing their morning bev video!
Morning bev’s video!
This picture brought me to tears! This is Oscar Delgado who lives in my ward and was Caleb’s mission prep teacher. He had a work trip and one of his stops was 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire right where Caleb is serving! …And he got there 4 days before Caleb’s birthday! …And was so kind to take my not so small or light bag and deliver it to Caleb! Such a tender mercy I am so grateful for! Caleb is also holding the cookie butter in his hand I added at the last second!
Caleb’s mission president happen to be at stake conference the Sunday before so Caleb asked if it was okay if Oscar called him and met up with him and he said you bet! Such a blessing!
We wrapped several of the treats in wrapping paper. It’s so hard deciding what to send.
Caleb’s companion Elder Steven’s having fun with some kids!
Sœur Ariane’s baptism Saturday. Caleb was super sick when he woke and puked twice in the morning but he still got up and got ready and headed to the stake center. Caleb had a tender mercy and felt good for the entire baptism and was able to baptize her and the bishop confirmed her. They did a few other things after the baptism and then Caleb came back to the apartment and was able to eat some achep and take his doxy and just slept.
Caleb said Joelle, Frere Kla, the bishop, Stephane, and the Niangon 1 Elders came for the baptism.
This is the pictures ripped out of the come follow me book that Elders before them have made into a picture of the tomb on their wall.
His email for the week:
Salut
This week was a pretty good week. Last Monday for p-day I got some awesome pagne. We went out to sector that night. We just went around and Elder Yeboah said bye to everyone.
Tuesday morning Elder Yeboah and the 6 other Elders sleeping at our apartment packed up. Then we flagged down some taxis and headed to the Selmer Stake center. This transfer a ton of people got transferred so there were a lot of missionaries there. After spending a while talking to everyone President and Sister Litchfield showed up and we got started. Like usual we got together and they started calling out missionaries and telling them their new sectors and companions. I got called and said that I was getting Elder Stevens. He is from Las Vegas and is an amazing guy. It is rare to have two Americans together, so we were and are hyped. He will be the other zone leader with me, so now we are no longer separated.
That afternoon and Wednesday we went out to sector. I showed him around the sector, but because I already know everybody we kept teaching a lot of people. My favorite was when we were visiting a member's house, and they gave us food. It was rice, some sauce, and some pork. We were eating with the mom and her son. As we got to the end of the sauce we started eating the pork. When we would cut off a piece of the pork, the son, whose name was Adam, would try to start stealing the piece we cut off. Also this isn't pork like back at home, this is like 70% bone 30% fat. So each bite was precious haha. Adam is like 5 so it became this really funny battle with him trying to eat the pork without someone grabbing it. We were eating with spoons, but at the end we were fighting with our hands. It's not super easy to explain, but just imagine two white guys fighting a 5 year old Ivorian over pork that cost $1.75. It was so funny.
Thursday we had district council. When we got to the stake center it was closed, and it was raining. Luckily the rain stopped but we still didn't have chairs. Luckily the windows in the stake center are like shutters, so we were able to shove the shutters open and stick our arms in. Then we were able to strategically fold the chairs and slide them out. Don't worry we didn't steal them, we put them back.
Friday morning I got a phone call from a guy that lives in my ward. He was on a work trip in Côte d'Ivoire and brought a package for me from my parents. I got permission to have him drop it off by me, and so he did. We met up at a gas station by our apartment and he dropped off the package. It was weird seeing someone from home, but also not really. We talked for a bit, got a picture, and then he was off. Thanks again Brother Delgado!!
That afternoon we tried to go visit a new member. We baptized him two weeks ago, but haven’t been able to get a hold of him. The last time his WhatsApp was online was… 2 weeks ago. The last time he was at his house was… 2 weeks ago. It's really weird, so we'll see what happens. During sector we made two runs to the stake center. One to start filling up the font, and the other to stop the font.
Saturday morning I threw up twice and my stomach was turning. It was pretty bad. We had a baptism though, so I got ready and we went. I got blessed because I felt fine during the whole baptism. I did the baptizing. There weren't many people, but this time the bishop was at least there. When we finished I didn't feel great, and so we didn't go out to sector which was a bummer.
Sunday we had the dedication of the Côte d'Ivoire temple. It was such a cool experience. We went to the stake center and they checked all of our temple recommends, as if it was the temple. They had some talks from a few people, the dedicatory prayer, and the hosana shout. Elder Rasband dedicated the temple. After the dedication we talked a bit with the missionaries, and then headed back to the apartment. The office elders stopped at our apartment to drop some things off. It was fun seeing them.
Today is p-day and also my birthday. I'm finally 19 years old, which seems crazy. Because it's p-day we plan to do a lot of fun things.
Spiritual Thought:
This week I read a talk from President Nelson in the October 2007 conference titled “Scriptural Witness” In his talk he shared Mormon 7:9, but clarified it a bit:
For behold, this is written for the intent that ye may believe [the Bible]; and if ye believe [the Bible] ye will believe [the Book of Mormon] also; and if ye believe this ye will know concerning your fathers, and also the marvelous works which were wrought by the power of God among them.
He didn't change anything, but I loved how he clarified the scripture a little bit by adding the Bible and the Book of Mormon. I have the opportunity to share the Book of Mormon with everyone, but it is not everyone that accepts it. I love this scripture though because the Book of Mormon testifies of the Bible, and it's because we have the two, that we have the church of Jesus Christ.
Thanks for your prayers, and I hope you guys have a wonderful week!
Elder Robinson
This week was a pretty good week. Last Monday for p-day I got some awesome pagne. We went out to sector that night. We just went around and Elder Yeboah said bye to everyone.
Tuesday morning Elder Yeboah and the 6 other Elders sleeping at our apartment packed up. Then we flagged down some taxis and headed to the Selmer Stake center. This transfer a ton of people got transferred so there were a lot of missionaries there. After spending a while talking to everyone President and Sister Litchfield showed up and we got started. Like usual we got together and they started calling out missionaries and telling them their new sectors and companions. I got called and said that I was getting Elder Stevens. He is from Las Vegas and is an amazing guy. It is rare to have two Americans together, so we were and are hyped. He will be the other zone leader with me, so now we are no longer separated.
That afternoon and Wednesday we went out to sector. I showed him around the sector, but because I already know everybody we kept teaching a lot of people. My favorite was when we were visiting a member's house, and they gave us food. It was rice, some sauce, and some pork. We were eating with the mom and her son. As we got to the end of the sauce we started eating the pork. When we would cut off a piece of the pork, the son, whose name was Adam, would try to start stealing the piece we cut off. Also this isn't pork like back at home, this is like 70% bone 30% fat. So each bite was precious haha. Adam is like 5 so it became this really funny battle with him trying to eat the pork without someone grabbing it. We were eating with spoons, but at the end we were fighting with our hands. It's not super easy to explain, but just imagine two white guys fighting a 5 year old Ivorian over pork that cost $1.75. It was so funny.
Thursday we had district council. When we got to the stake center it was closed, and it was raining. Luckily the rain stopped but we still didn't have chairs. Luckily the windows in the stake center are like shutters, so we were able to shove the shutters open and stick our arms in. Then we were able to strategically fold the chairs and slide them out. Don't worry we didn't steal them, we put them back.
Friday morning I got a phone call from a guy that lives in my ward. He was on a work trip in Côte d'Ivoire and brought a package for me from my parents. I got permission to have him drop it off by me, and so he did. We met up at a gas station by our apartment and he dropped off the package. It was weird seeing someone from home, but also not really. We talked for a bit, got a picture, and then he was off. Thanks again Brother Delgado!!
That afternoon we tried to go visit a new member. We baptized him two weeks ago, but haven’t been able to get a hold of him. The last time his WhatsApp was online was… 2 weeks ago. The last time he was at his house was… 2 weeks ago. It's really weird, so we'll see what happens. During sector we made two runs to the stake center. One to start filling up the font, and the other to stop the font.
Saturday morning I threw up twice and my stomach was turning. It was pretty bad. We had a baptism though, so I got ready and we went. I got blessed because I felt fine during the whole baptism. I did the baptizing. There weren't many people, but this time the bishop was at least there. When we finished I didn't feel great, and so we didn't go out to sector which was a bummer.
Sunday we had the dedication of the Côte d'Ivoire temple. It was such a cool experience. We went to the stake center and they checked all of our temple recommends, as if it was the temple. They had some talks from a few people, the dedicatory prayer, and the hosana shout. Elder Rasband dedicated the temple. After the dedication we talked a bit with the missionaries, and then headed back to the apartment. The office elders stopped at our apartment to drop some things off. It was fun seeing them.
Today is p-day and also my birthday. I'm finally 19 years old, which seems crazy. Because it's p-day we plan to do a lot of fun things.
Spiritual Thought:
This week I read a talk from President Nelson in the October 2007 conference titled “Scriptural Witness” In his talk he shared Mormon 7:9, but clarified it a bit:
For behold, this is written for the intent that ye may believe [the Bible]; and if ye believe [the Bible] ye will believe [the Book of Mormon] also; and if ye believe this ye will know concerning your fathers, and also the marvelous works which were wrought by the power of God among them.
He didn't change anything, but I loved how he clarified the scripture a little bit by adding the Bible and the Book of Mormon. I have the opportunity to share the Book of Mormon with everyone, but it is not everyone that accepts it. I love this scripture though because the Book of Mormon testifies of the Bible, and it's because we have the two, that we have the church of Jesus Christ.
Thanks for your prayers, and I hope you guys have a wonderful week!
Elder Robinson
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