GOD HATH NOT GIVEN US THE SPIRIT OF FEAR; BUT OF POWER, AND LOVE, AND OF A SOUND MIND - 2 Tim 1:7

Monday, July 9, 2012

I eat my can of pork and Beans - Week 74

"Regarding one's testimony, remember, that which one willingly shares he keeps, while that which he selfishly keeps, he loses... Teach and Testify, there is no better combination." 

-President Thomas S Monson

"If you want to give a light to others. You have to glow yourself."
-President Thomas S Monson

Berlin, I thought you would appreciate this 

'That's going to be one fast bucket' - Elder Worthen
Obviously you can fix anything with duct tape... even stop leaks created by firecrackers 



I do not think you would ever see this in an American Restaurant

Wildlife found here in Ft. D

The Flora and Fauna project here in Ft D with Rio Tinto

These are seeds... the blue stuff is a coating of plastic.


'Between the Trees'

They also have lemurs in their preserve... ones native to Fort D and nowhere else.

Some lucky guy's job is just to follow these guys around all day and record what they do until they have their lunch break at 2... yes the lemurs have a lunch break...


Deep in the dark forest... what we all originally imagined Mada to look like... 

To go observe the mine, you need a hard hat and safety glasses.

This is black sand. One litre of it weighs 6kg, it is super dense. and they remove white pigment from it to make paint with.. go figure

The primary children here in Ft D



Monday, July 2, 2012

Just take it or leave it ya! - Week 73

The Country's Independance Day passed by this week... 

We were able to watch the fireworks from the roof of the Chamber of Commerce

This man is very confused as to what his vehicle is... It is most surely not a Corvette




The feast put together for the holiday by our recent convert family 


We decided that Spanish class would be more appropriate... 

Elder Collins has finally talked my mind into the ways of learning to save money... He says 'Everytime you look at that Coke or Soda Bottle, you just think of that shiny new suspension under your truck, what do you want more, fight to get by at the end of the month now, or a smooth ride months after getting home versus a year or two...?!' That man knows me very well... So he advised putting something up on the wall as a reminder

This is what the photographer shows you and wants you to think... 

This is the harsh reality... 


The owner of this board stopped drinking and told his friends he couldn't go to the club anymore because he was changing... he attended both church and a baptism before we even taught him!

Welcome No Coke July, in partnership with No Coke January. Here we go round 2!

Monday, June 25, 2012

When the bottle's your best friend... - Week 72




Someday, maybe...

All of my pants are now being held together with safety pins.

Closest you will see to chips ahoy... its not at all the same



mindahy lefana irehe

I don't think they like each other Wilson... 

Come on man there has got to be a Carl's Jr on here somewhere... 

One more week and we will say goodbye to my favorite car on the calendar... 

To Joey at CarQuest, there is the hissing cochroach you described... it however is not as big as my forearms... 

Just like Sunday dinner back home... minus the 13000 ariary whip cream yikes!

This guy said what up on our kitchen window last night... 

Please let the Vingt Six be over already. 

Monday, June 18, 2012

I've been waiting a long time... - Week 71

You are looking and thinking the problem here is that my hair is the shortest it has ever been in my life... yes even shorter than when i was born I think... that 3mm is not the problem you see, it is those there bolts... 


When you install a new dryer... just like using metal brackets on a cars frame to the exhaust without rubber, it creates some violent shaking causing your washing machine to scare the whole neighborhood including the guardian as it shakes its way out of the shed out back 

Elder Worthen, master studier


Something is wrong when you resort to hot cocoa and marshmallows on a morning on the coast.. 

I love helping people in 2WD trucks.

Elder Wilson doesn't like katsaka so much.. 



What you can't see is the paintjob on this bus matches the 194 that goes Home! It didn't take us there... 

Quite literally, driven into the ground... 
Some investigators decided to cook their rice with their old 'reading material' from other 'missionaries'

Chances are good you will never understand a word this kid says even if you are fluent in Merina