We've been looking forward to this day for a long time! It was so great! Best mother's day since I became a mother! We loved seeing his smile.. there wasn't hardly a time that he wasn't just full on smiling. It was wonderful!!! He's very happy! He would talk with his accent and then we would all laugh and then he would laugh because he realized we're laughing at his accent! The longer we talked the more the accent disappeared. Some of our favorite things he told us were:
-All the kids said they loved the story he told which is maybe an old wives tale that when a white person would come to Africa they would put gum on his chair so that he would get stuck and have to stay. The way they say it is... "CHIGNON FOAM OTO"
And that just means hey white boy you have gum on your bum! Ha ha! They yell that to him all the time!
Also the word for karma is ... OKYEALL (the KY is pronounced like "chi")
-He said once in a while he will see a white man and think to himself "what is he doing here?" and then the thinks "oh ya I'm white too!" He says he has turned black!
-A funny thing he said was that if he talks to a baby it always cries. He says they always tell him its because his eyes are green but he just tells them "It's ok, I know it's because I'm white and it scares them." They are mesmerized by his green eyes. They say "oh my gosh, your eyes are a color!"
-He told us was about how different church is and how they can't have announcements until after the closing prayer in sacrament meeting because they all start to chatter about the announcements and will holler their comments and want to ask questions to the Bishopric so they do it after so they can do that appropriately. He also said it is not rude to just answer your phone right in the middle of a church meeting. The people just talk a little quieter on the phone or sometimes they don't. ha ha
-Another thing we loved that he shared was that he said for anyone who is preparing to serve a mission that it would be well worth their time to study and really get to know the Book of Mormon because it really is what you need to know to be able to teach people. It is really the difference between our church and other churches. They are already very Christian and a religious people so you need to know the Book of Mormon so you can help them see what more we have in our Gospel.
One thing Ashlyn loved was that she asked him if he has finished the Book of Mormon again since he got there and he said he's already read it 3 times, the New Testament once and is working on the Old Testament. She was pretty impressed!
-He said he loves all the food there, it's just all the food that he loves that is not there that he misses. :)
We loved every minute and look forward to Christmas when we can see that cute smile again!
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