Tangalo

So this week we found out that Elder Santos can read Lingala out loud to native Lingala speakers and be understood. Thus Tagalog + Lingala = Tangalo. So now for the story. We're teaching this man who is from The Congo who does not speak much English at all. Luckily for us he's super interested so he's patient. Also luckily for us there is some recent converts who are also from The Congo who act as an interpreter for us. But, not so luckily for us neither families can read Lingala. And the Book of Mormon is not in the dialect of Swahili that He normally speaks or hopefully can read. So right before the lesson Elder Santos checked to see if the vowels for Lingala are the same as in Tagalog. Let's just say we make a good team. I was sitting just basking in the reality of Elder Santos reading Lingala to someone while I teach and our recent convert translates what I say to a language they both understand. It's pretty unique because without each other we wouldn't be able to do as much. Elder Santos's english isn't the best but, he can read Lingala. I can't speak Lingala but, my english is good enough for our recent convert to translate and be understood. #thegospelwillbepreached #ineverytongue

Otherwise things are moving forward here in P.A. We're getting more familiar with the city and with the people we're visiting. Things are coming together. 

For a funny story this week. (though it wasn't funny in the moment or I should say hours) I was hanging up a few things in the shower to let the steam "iron" them for me. And as I was doing that I decided to brush my teeth as well. Well when I closed the door to make sure the steam did not escape somehow the door got locked. I still don't know how it got locked but, it did. So after I disposed of the tooth paste in my mouth I began searching for the key to the door. We couldn't find it anywhere and when we called the Elder who we replaced he said there wasn't a key...... So luckily I had a few bobby pins in my wallet for this purpose. I began the process of trying to pick the lock. But, using Skyrim terms my level of lockpicking was lvl 2 and this door required at least a lvl 20 lockpicking skill. Needless to say we were in a pinch. And the shower was still going.. One thing I forgot to mention is that this shower gets it's waters straight from Mordor and is magma hot. It also is pretty high powered coming out of the head. So I was concerned that everything was going to be soaked. Which it was.. But, earlier that day I found out that we have a number for apartment emergencies because there was a guy sleeping in the hallways of our apartments and I decided to call that. They patched us to the on call after hours handy man. He arrived drilled out the lock and replaced our door knob. It was quite the experience and I was not too happy. But, it all worked out and I had been prepared earlier to know what to do. 

I hope youz have a great week and great pioneer days. I watched Legacy just recently so I'm in the Pioneer spirit as well ;) Anywho love yous