Market Place

 

 

Picking up our new shelves at the market place

 

Lady selling beans

 

 

 

 

 

Missionary Temporal Service

Saturday morning we got up at 6:00 to do a service project for Sister Christiann.  She needed a lot cleared of weeds and garbage for an addition to the old family home.  Most of the work was done with machetties.  I used it for about 15 minutes and had enough.  The lot was about 75’x75’ and it took us 2 hours to get it cleared off.

A bridge we drive across on our way to BonaBeri the other branch we serve with.

Brother Gaeton is working the machettie.  I am hauling weeds.

The neighbor children came out to watch us work.


Sister Gailey working with the machettie.



A coconut tree in the lot we were clearing.  They are not ripe.



Elder’s Andriamamongi, Lavering, Brother Gastone, Elders LaFleur, Gaileys and Lurcher with Sister Christiann in the middle.


After our work, Sister Christiann took us to her house and fed us rice and stir fry after we washed our hands with alcohol and hand sanitizer.

Gregoire, Gabriel, and Ange and Their Children

After church for three weeks now, we have gone to this home to teach Gregoire and his wife Gabriel.  They have been members of the church for about 8 months.  They got married so they could get baptized.  They want us to come over and teach them how to have a strong marriage and how to raise their 6 year old son Mesi. Elder Prince and Elder Porter go with us and translate for us.  Tonight we talked about Eternal Marriage.    Their friend Ange has been meeting with us and the Elders and is getting baptized this Saturday.  She left her boyfriend that she has been living with for several years to join the church.  They are so gracious and always say how honored they are that we will come to their home.  We are the ones that are honored to be in their home where the spirit is so strong.  They have so little materially, but have such great faith.

 

Six People on a Mototaxi

                                             Who needs a van when you have a mototaxi.

Homeless lady

This is a lady that lives down the road from us. This is where she lives. As you can see from the picture, she stores her items in the trees nearby. We had to sneak a picture while she was sleeping. She always sleeps on this 6 inch curb. She loves when we bring her treats and reading material.

Statues at Edea

We saw these statues of carved men on a bridge we drove over. We thought they were interesting, and have been trying to find out what they represent, but with no luck. We have seen figures of them at the marches to buy.

Logging Truck

      There are logging trucks like this one all over town. Can you imagine the weight this truck is carrying?