Actually, Week 101

Cardi B song= baptism

So this girls name is Pamela and it took her about 3 1/2 months to get baptized. Me and my old companion found her on the bus one day while we were singing to a Cardi B song… she was the one who started the conversation asking, “So do you guys work here or something?” Then embarrassed , and after looking like fools dancing to a garbage song, Elder Masters explained to her that we were missionaries and invited her to church.

1 week later she came!! We never even called her or anything. So after  a few weeks we had a very powerful experience talking about how God is real and the spirit was so strong in every lesson!

So dance to songs guys… could change someones life! 😉

My old comp, Anim is in this pic, and my current comp is in the glasses.

Love

Elder Moncur

Week 99 …I think

New comp! New area!

We had a baptism this last week but I was not able to attend it due to some issues in other peoples planning things wrong….

So I’m 150 now, which is a record for Africa! These past two years I have been at a sickly 130…. so to all of you who have been helping me with $ throughout the two years its worked in the end! So thank you! My goal is to not stop at this weight though I’m gonna keep climbing!

So my new comp is Elder Ebondo he is 26 years old 5’5″ and also 150lb… He speaks basic English because in DRC they speak Lingala, French, and Swahili. So he is still learning slowly by slowly I just have to talk slow and explain a lot of “filler words” to him. For example instead of “go and get me some food for lunch” he says “go food for lunch “so my job is to teach proper English in pronunciation and spelling… if you know how I spell or my knowledge of the English language you are probably smiling right now… yeah Mr. dyslexic is on the job to be a English teacher!

Week 95

so this week was good

no pics this week we are at a ghetto emailing spot

we had a baptism this week! me and elder masters have gotten so close to this girl named princess. she turns 20 today it’s always funny calling her in the morning cuz we say “Good morning, Princess” and we both laugh at each other. when we first met her we did not think she would progress but she loved the gospel and would call us after she was done with her reading assignments and ask for more! i’m very humbled to be able to share with her the gospel

that’s all for this week

sorry it’s so short i’m so sick of these things haha

love,

Elder Moncur

Week 91 Milkbar, Bananas, and the Sabbath

August 27, 2018

Went to the stadium and played basketball and ran the track it was fun but I suck at basketball

The milk I’m drinking is from the local bars called Milkzone! They just sell milk and cake!! For very cheap

Got some big bananas!! That spaghetti is 1ft long

The rain has finally come after 6 months of no rain!!! And now it rains every day… it’s needed though but I freeze to death everyday, it’s a shame I left all my sweaters in Uganda

That’s it this week honestly we have been busy in this area we work our tails off trying to keep track of all the people we teach! The work hear is powerful and it makes me happy to be busy in the lords work

There are a lot of people that ask about what day is the Sabbath day so I think ill share what I say to people:

If you look at exodus 20 it talks about how god told Moses to rest on the 7th day and that was in fact Saturday! Now the day was not that important but the reason why it was the 7th day over any day was chosen is because it’s to remember god’s miracles. The creation of the world was a miracle and it brought man a place to live! (Quite a moment to remember!)

Then Jesus Christ came! And Christ brought the higher law as we read in Matthew 4-7. Everything from the Law of Moses was fulfilled or brought to a higher standard. In terms with that, when Christ died he came back on the 1st day of the week! And like before, god needed us to remember his miracles and we know that the resurrection is the greatest thing to happen. Also the sacrament was the higher law that Christ told us to follow instead of sacrifice, so as we read in acts 20:7 the day of the Sabbath was changed so we can remember god and what he did for us. AS WELL as remembering Christ and his sacrifice by taking the sacrament. “Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.” John 6:54

That’s all for this week

Enjoy

Week 90 So Happy….

Baptism this week!

So his name I’ll keep on the down low and his picture won’t be sent. He is a refugee from Burundi which if you Google it right now its been in war for quite some time. He is a great soul and is very worried about his siblings and parents. This man had to hid almost daily just to finish his degree and then run to Rwanda and is now receiving so many blessing from the gospel he has a job now and is doing fantastic!

For p day today we played volleyball! It was nice as far as 12 out of shape elders playing a sport they don’t know…!

Mormon helping hands this week

We built speed bumps and stuff for the dirt roads and this kid was adorable so I took a pic of her.

That’s all for this week thanks for it all

Week 89 unEdited Carter

So in case you didn’t realize, I edit and proofread Carter’s letters before publishing them on this blog… not this one… it is too funny not to see Carter “UnEdited!” -Nicole (aka Mom)

well my grandma moncur would be proud of me

i love coak. its taken 21 years for me to like a caffeinated soda and Rwanda helped me decide. i love coak. and thank you Rwanda

that last paragraph is kind of life changing for me so not to much else happened this week haha. we have a baptizim coming up this next sunday he is from Burindi but ill talk about him more next week!

the pics are from last night as we went to a members house for a dinner appointment we had a talk about how the book of mormon is going to be translated into there native toung soon and its kind of cool to know the people personaly that will be helping in the translation, ill know more details about that by the 22nd!

anyway have a great week!

Week 84 (Insert)

welp got a phone call this last week telling me to pack my bags and get ready to serve in Rwanda! kind of a shocker really! bye bye Kampala!

leaving a area is always sad but i feel like a country is worse, today i said goodbye to my favorite people in Uganda! i went to Mukono to visit Brother Matumbala this man is practically my father on mission, i’m visiting a few more people that i baptized while i was out hear because when i come back to Uganda it will be the end of my mission and things are busy at the end.

so this week not a lot happened so i’m going to try my best to explain my companion by  writing our conversation we have had the past 3 months

comp “Man do you know what i wish i could wear back home?” Me “what?” Comp “a cloke”

Me”like a trench coat?” Comp “no i can pull that off easy! no i want a cloke that the Jedi wear in star wars!”

Comp ” hey that’s a bob marly shirt!” Me “oh yeah thats cool looking haha!” Comp ” who is bob marly anyway?” me “ummm you dont know bob?” Comp “he is a actor right?” Me “no he is a singer like a really popular singer.” Comp “oh…. he sings for the Beatles right?”

after this conversation i tested him on how many celebs he knew and he only got Dwayne Johnson and Brian Reagan

so the picture is my companion is a scarf on his right arm and sneakers

now both of those are not missionary approved but he has 2 valid reasons for it! 1 the sneakers is because he soaked both his other 2 pairs of dress shoes in sewage water 2 days in a row (he falls on average 12 times a day) and one of those days he fell into a dirty river full of uhhhh human stuff…………

the scarf is because of mosquito bites! he scratches like crazy so he wears the scarf to stop scratching!

I just sleep under a mosquito net

Elder H. is by far the most fun companion i have ever had! each day is an adventure! if you ever want to know more about my companion just watch any movie where jim carry is the main actor!

Week 87-88

So this week we went to the genocide memorial and it helped me learn a lot about their side of the story and why it happened. It’s not easy for them… not at all

Well this week elder masters, got sick, and me got lost, and found blessings for enduring to the end!

We are both new to the country so its kinda whack to be hear. But after 3 days of trying to lean the language, find people who speak English, and not starve we found out something great!

If you work hard even when it sucks the lord will make your time worth it! This week ending we had people calling us to come back and teach them more about the gospel

Perks of Rwanda

We have a butler. His name is john Paul and he dose literally everything for us… even shines our shoes each day! Gets food for the house. Yeah he is the best

Extensive bus system. Once we get to our area we have to walk like 5 miles a day but its all paved roads for the most part other than that we don’t have to walk anywhere!

The church like I said is very small and with a few government rules all 3 branches have to meet in a hotel at the same time until the church builds/ buys bigger lots of land for the church to meet on, meeting in a house is not allowed. Also in 4 years all bishops and branch presidents need to have degrees in theology so that is also a big challenge.

That’s all I have for this week hope you are all doing well