April 25, 2018
Another one of Patagonia’s slogans:
-"Built
to Endure"...
I’m excited to talk to you guys in a week or so! It seems like this time I’ll have a story or two to tell... Just be sure that you cut me off early! Because I’m gonna have a lot to say and I want to hear more about y’all...
Just
quick, I remember after my farewell talk Brother Reavley walked up to me and
said, "Watch out for the animals over there, and remember that not all of
them walk on four feet...". Prison wasn’t bad. We made it out fine and we
got to teach 20+ people, so that’s chill. Can’t say I want to do it again, but
its all good. I repeat what I said when I was in being shot at in Kisumu, in
that as missionaries these guys can’t do a thing to us, they sure can get close
though... I don’t like the police here. And I was talking to some of the other
missionaries and they all told me to write a book about my experiences on the
mission and that if I did it’d be crazier than any other missionaries... What
they don’t understand though is that the things that have been hardest about my
mission aren’t the experiences I’ve had to endure, but the ones I’ve missed. Everything
that has happened since I’ve been out here makes things like this only another
drop in the bucket and at the end of the day I feel a whole lot like Alma. Alma
29:5-6:
5 Yea, and I know that good and evil have come before all men; he that knoweth not good from evil is blameless; but he that knoweth good and evil, to him it is given according to his desires, whether he desireth good or evil, life or death, joy or remorse of conscience.
6 Now, seeing that I know these things, why should I desire more than to perform the work to which I have been called?
Considering the past year and a half, the next six months
oughtta be exciting. Don’t worry too much, we weren't held for too long... Only
for 16 1/2 hours, but it was a loooong night! I might say it was more
frightening than the whole "elk whistle" experience but... We did
have a nice testimony building experience though! Priesthood is real! Church is
true! Gospel blesses lives! But I guess I got a lot of interesting stories to
tell...
Also, my new companion came yesterday! His name is Elder Mahanzu
from Zimbabwe! Super cool and he's finishing his mission in 6 weeks! Working
hard here in El-d! again. Though don’t be nervous or sad or anything like that
ALL IS WELL! the gospel gives us reason to smile on our way into prison and smile
on the way out! :) :) :) Just get excited because it’s an awesome story with
everything! Action, comedy, horror, romance, heartbreak, betrayal, false
accusations about our documents to live here being false and how we are
actually spies, and gospel! Really, a mix of everything! It'll be nice, but I’m
outta time so I’ll talk to ya later guys, love you!
aidan
(that’s what they called me in prison and it was weird to
hear it again! haha)
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