The week began with a continued display of flowering trees and shrubs. Just when it seemed that they could not get any prettier, they do.
We bought the “pumpkin” below that is supposed to taste and
look like a pumpkin inside. We’ll believe it when we taste it!
Wednesday family history classes continue. Here is a picture
of last week’s eager learners. (Back row (left to right): Anastacio & Adelina Mutampua, Eduardo Machoie, Laurinda Branco, Victoria Feliciano, Neuria Chiua. Front row (left to right): Elder Tidwell, Sister Tidwell, Angelo & Matilde Jamine.)
The hot afternoon sun from the west has caused us to move
our front room furniture to the large air conditioned room.
Our dear friend, Irmão (Brother) Machoie, was able to
baptize his wife on Saturday. They plan to go to the temple in South Africa in
a year from now to be sealed for eternity. See their cute baby named Tiago in
the pictures as well.
A few weeks ago Sister Tidwell and I were
introduced to a couple from Maputo 1 Branch by Elder Lake. They were baptized a
year ago and were planning to go to the temple with the Maputo District Temple
Caravan leaving on November 21, 2013. They plan to be endowed and sealed in the
temple as well as sealing a child to them. They also had some work to perform
for deceased ancestors, They wanted help in preparing their paper work, so Sister
Tidwell invited them to attend her weekly family history class. They attended,
and, with some other individual meetings with them, they are now prepared to go
to the temple and perform the temple ordinances. Pictures here are Sister Tidwell with Matilde, Angelo, and Angelo's mother, Helena.
Here is a picture of a “nectacot” and the fruit,
lychee. The rough Lychee skin peels off
easily; the peel is brittle like a boiled-egg shell. The white juicy fruit surrounds a black pit
and tastes like a sour grape. We both
tasted it and we may not want to have another … we think it is an acquired taste.
Late Saturday night Elder Tidwell watched part
of BYU football game over the internet on
BYU-TV! He had to go to bed
before it was over, as by half-time it was midnight and the score was already
42-3. He presumed they would win and he
was correct!
Weather has been hot and humid, and it is expected
to get worse. Tomorrow we will work on putting up a mosquito net for our bed,
as mosquitos are supposed to flourish in the hot humid weather.
The week ended with great sadness as we received
word that our dear friend Diana Cranney from our home ward in Provo had passed
away. We also received word that our Mission President’s mother had passed away
in Brazil. We are grateful for the gospel message of eternal life that reminds
us of our everlasting existence and association with loved ones.
We continue to experience great blessings on
this mission. Every week there are
baptisms to attend here and we hear of multiple marriages and baptisms
happening in other branches in the mission.
To show our gratitude for these great miracles we acknowledge our
dependence on our Heavenly Father for all that is happening here, and we petition Heavenly Father that the miracles will continue as members and missionaries remain
steadfast and committed to mission goals. President Kretly has called for a special
fast for November 30 - 1 December. He had recently visited with a missionary
from another country, which has a significant percentage of citizens who are
members of the Church and which had previously experience great growth. The gospel vigor there is waning and
President Kretly doesn’t want that to happen here. You are invited to join this special fast in
the interest of successful missionary work throughout the world.
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