3 Day Fever and a Test of Patience!

Hello All of my Family, Friends, and Acquaintances!

This week was not a very eventful week. Maybe it was to balance out the craziness we had last week.  Most of this week I was sick with a fever. It was a some how serious one. It lasted for about 3 days. Friday - Sunday. But now, I am feeling fine and ready to roll again! :)

On Wednesday one of our members told us about a friend that he had who was interested in learning more about the church. He was the head master of a school in a Village called Donaso. So we went on Thursday to go and see him. It was too far to walk but we had to take about a 5-7 min car to get there. When we got there we had to call him again for directions. When I called him he said to ask around for the cemetery road. Then he cut the call.  So we did. Then we began walking on the cemetery road. After walking about 5 min, there was a fork in the road so we called him again. He said turn right and walk past the Muslim Mosque. Then cut the call. So we turned right and walked for another 5 min past the mosque and reached another fork in the road. So we called him again and said where we were. He then told us turn left and ascend the hill but do not descend down the other side.... Then he cut the call.  So we walked another 5 min up the steep hill and stopped at the top. We called him again saying we were at the top of the hill he then told us, take the road on your left and the school should be on the right side....... Then he cut the call. So we took the road on our left and walked for 10 min. We reached the end of the road without seeing any schools. So we called him telling him what we did then he told us go back to the top of the hill and then he will send someone to come and pick us............................. Then he cut the call. So we walked another 10 min back to the top of the hill and waited there for about 10-15 min for someone to come and pick us.  Eventually a student came and directed us back to the school.  To get there, we had to first descend down the other side of the hill and then turn left and walk on that road 10 min until we got to the school.  My companion and I figured that God has different ways of testing everyone's patience............ This was ours.

God speaks to us. Just like anything else, you will never hear him unless you are actively listening.  If you also never talk to him, he will not talk to you as often, but he will still speak. He loves each and every single one of you. Remember that. I love you too. I hope you all have a good week and remember that whenever you are being tested, you are also growing. :)

Odo,

Elder Brandt

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