sister mudzimba and i were tracting and we asked this one guy for a referral, he sent us to his next door neighbors house. we got there and found it was full of rastafarians (you know like bob marley people who smoke weed and have some crazy religion?). we set a return appoinment with this man named rasta sido. when we went on Saturday we found out that the house he was at was like the church headquarters and it just happened to be their sabbath... woops. we started the lesson (we didn't know it was headquarters or it was their sabbath until later) and at first there were only two people, then by the end we were surrounded by a big group of 6 rasta's debating amongst themselves about the restoration and the plan of salvation (we are also sure they were smoking some weed before they joined us...) and the book of mormon and what what. the man we set the appointment with had been visisted by missionaries before so he knew about the book of mormon... anyway, the only thing we could do was testify and laugh because at that point everything was chaos. they ended up wanting to convert me to be a rasta with them. they wanted to know when we would be coming back so that we could discuss more of the "word man". "wow, man, that was some crazy things you girls were sayin!" "you should come back, we want to teach you our ways!" what what. so sister mudzimba decided that it was time to pray so she stood up to offer the prayer and everyone else stood up as well, then they made us join hands and they started to pray.... not exactly sure what they said but we do know it involved a lot of "rasta" this and "rasta" that, at the end of the prayer rasta sido closed by saying "I am Rasta Sido and I have spoken!" then the prayer was over and I had an obvious look of confusion on my face, so i said "amen?" and everyone started to laugh. Maybe the rasta party won't be converted anytime soon, but i sure do love them, and respect them for their dedication to the faith (no matter how bizzar it may be.) i know this church is true by the way. i am sad they are so confused, but alas, their time is not yet.
sister blum
sorry so short, next week will be full of more stories.
the work is great, it is sweet, i love it, mission is the best! keep being awesome and learning tons.
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