August 23 - Sister Bleak helped me teach a cooking class to our Relief Society. They wanted to taste American food--specifically--grilled chicken. Elder Peterson grilled the chicken here at the mission home and we put it into a cooler to keep it warm.
At the church Sister Bleak and I cooked rice in one pot and steamed some vegetables (green beans, carrots, broccoli, and zucchini) in another. It was very interesting communicating in French and "charades" along with a simple written "recipe" for what we were doing. The sisters of the Relief Society were not familiar with either broccoli or zucchini. However, when it came time to eat, there were "thumbs up" and phrases such as "C'est bon!!" So we feel like they enjoyed what we had prepared.
In the meantime, Elder Peterson and Elder Bleak covered the Wednesday English class without us. They had about 19 students.
Elder Peterson and Elder Bleak handled the English class while we were cooking with the Relief Society.
August 27 - Lubumbashi Stake Conference - Missionaries were lined up to greet the incoming members to the Conference.
This is still 30 minutes before the meeting starts - Chapel and cultural hall were full. Overflowed into Relief Society room and the Institute Building.
After the conference photos of some of the members.
I enjoyed conference this past weekend. It is pretty easy for me to understand the testimonies in French. For the longer discourses I can understand part of it --sometimes just recognizing a word here and there. I am still listening to the French Book of Mormon and reading the chapter in English.
On Sunday we had 28 students attend our English class. It is a very rewarding experience to be out of the office and mingling with the Congolese people. We love them.
Yolande who has been receiving the lessons from the Sister Missionaries and who attends our English class told us yesterday that she will be baptized this coming Saturday and wanted to make sure we would be coming. She is a single woman who lives with her younger sister's family and helps with the children.
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