Bigi got sick this week....but it was okay because Peter (the guy who manages the missionary flats) came to Mautuma and brought us some stuff we really needed! Like hmm...some pots and pans, cups, bowls, a broom...ya know just those luxurious things. haha Also enjoy your constant water and power for me. We didn't have power or water for a few days this week. Makes things interesting 😂 We met with Rachel twice this week and she is really progressing well. She is super smart and remembers things very well. Its cool because every time we teach her, her aunt Mary Ann and her little sister Barbrah (the one we baptized) come and join the lesson and help us teach. We have also started reading the Book of Mormon story book with them to help them understand the stories in the Book of Mormon. It is going really well. They have a really nice sisterhood relationship, they are more friends than just sisters. I know you all think there are starving kids in Africa. But in reality there are starving kids everywhere. But here in mautuma i think it is impossible. We got fed a mega breakfast at our branch presidents until we could barely walk out the door. Then we got fed at the next 2 appointments. Then the next day we again got 3 suuuuper big meals right after each other....so if any one is worried, since i am out surviving in the jungle, if i am getting food. YES I AM!!! Fridah got baptized on Sunday, brother Simon baptized her. It was a really special day for her and looots of people stayed behind after church to support her! :) I love the members here in mautuma! I have a request for some people that are interested. We have started a big family home evening in different areas where people live here. But we are looking for some very simple, and fun games we can play with them. Please have them easy to understand and explain because we will have to translate to swahili. But nice easy fun games we can play with some paper, pens, idk. Any suggestions send em my way, and thank you in advance! :) I would like to quickly talk about prayer. Lots of people pray, and know how to pray. But a loooot more people feel they dont get answers to there prayers, so this might cause them to stop praying. But i would like to help you understand how answers come. The answer wont come as a notification on your phone, an old fashioned letter in the mail, or an angel appearing to you and telling you the answer to your prayer. "The Holy Ghost speaks with a voice that you feel more than you hear. It is described as a 'still small voice' [D&C 85:6]. And while we speak of 'listening' to the whisperings of the Spirit, most often one describes a spiritual prompting by saying, 'I had a feeling....'. Revelation comes as words we feel more than hear. Nephi told his wayward brothers, who were visited by an angel, 'Ye we past feeling, that ye could not feel his words.'" -President Boyd k. Packer. So when you pray please make sure you are in the environment and have created the climate for you to Feel the promptings of the spirit. Let us never be "past feeling" that we can no longer recognize the spirit speaking to us and guiding us. I wish you all well as you pray this week and focus on the feelings you receive, rather than the words you hear. Love, Elder Merz