Monday, September 28, 2015

September 28, 2015 "It's really hot and we walk tons"

This week was awesome! the Lord has truly blessed me a lot. As you know, I walk TONS. We have been blessed because random investigators or members will just pullover and give us rides. My companions are awesome. we work really good together. Speaking of walking a ton, I have already dropped 2 belt holes hahaa. its just really hot and we walk tons hahaha. We met tons of new people this week and had some awesome new experiences. If you ever have someone looking to adopt tell them to adopt from "Mothers Without Borders" the kids there are just awesome and so cute!! we have a baptism scheduled for 2 weeks from now and I'm stoked because the woman is sooo sweet!! ill send some pics in a min hahaa
church is cool. there are only like 15-25 ppl that show up to sacrament because everyone has to walk so it takes a lot for them to get here. 
We met this really humble man the other day that was really willing to hear about the Gospel because i had a prompting to help him push his car to get it started again. he was really curious to hear who we were after we helped him. i don't have any pics rn but ill try and take some and send them next week.

Love Elder Scatena



Monday, September 21, 2015

September 21, 2015.."It's really humbling to try and read your scriptures under candle light"

Muli bwanji? (how are you) I am feeling sooo much better! It is awesome here!! this place is way cooler than i ever could have expected. It isnt as nice looking as we thought but it is still super awesome. it is like mexico. lol. i love it here!. all the people are so nice and they are so open about their faith. if you walk up to someone and start talking to them about Jesus they will contribute to the conversation. We are a walking area and I am already losing weight. if we need to get transportation to go somewhere far we hop in a mini bus (like an 8 passenger van rigged to fit like 16 ppl lol) it is fun because every one is crazy drivers and it makes the ride much more interesting hahaha. everything is sooo expensive here, its like 120 kwatcha for 3 large pizzas and a 2 liter drink. haha its only 1.75 dollars haha. We live in a little one bedroom house thing.  We only have power for half of the day but yeah the time that we don't have power, if its night, we use candles. Its really humbling to try and read your scriptures under candle light because you have no power lol. There was bedding here but only a few flimsy twin sized mattresses for me haha. I have an actual bed frame now but I didn't at first.  The mattresses were too weak so we had to put a door in between them. (Note the attached picture)

 We have baptisms scheduled for 11 of October and the 11 of November.  I haven't seen the ward yet. Yesterday was the first ever stake conference so I got here just in time for that!!!  Just teaching is fun! I know you probably wont believe me but just walking around and talking to people is fun to me. I like the challenge of trying to talk to people and not be nervous haha. I might have to buy another pair of shoes for walking today or some time because my comps tell me that these wont be  good if it starts to rain. the shoes might cost anywhere from 500-700 kwatcha lol thats only like 50-70 us dollars. the exchange rate is like 1 usd to 10 kwatcha love you. I'm at an internet cafe. I'm in Lusaka a place called "the arcades" its like a strip mall. I have taught plenty of people already and the work is busy. I'm so happy to hear from you!! I have two comps. Elder Cahill and Dlder Owor. Elder Cahill is from Seattle and Elder Owor is from Uganda. They are both super awesome!  love you! .. Im stoked to learn more. much love from -Elder Scatena  







Wednesday, September 16, 2015

September 16, 2014.........."I am in Zambia"!

Elder Scatena's last 3 emails combined:


Second Email from the MTC
So i'm just on for a quick minute to let you know that my plane takes
 off in Monday @ 3PM! I'll call you before to talk. also, tell queston
 thanks soooo much for the monsters and thank you for the care package and
 thank Sister Farnsworrth for the cupcakes that she sent. tomorrow is my last
 day in the mtc, then (including layovers) i have 43 hours of flight. (not
 including the 9 hr time jump.). i have a 3 hr flight to Texas, a 3 hr
 layover in Texas, a 15hr flight to London, a 6 hr layover in London,
 then a 12 hr flight to south Africa, then a 3 hr layover in south africa lol.
 Im sending out a letter today. -elder scatena

Email while traveling:

I'm in London.  This airport is crazy! It makes no sense lol. they even drive on the wrong side of the road.
the plane ride was cool. i sat next to a guy from isreal but mid flight his tv stopped working so he switched seats so i had both seats
to my self lol. I'm chilling in the airport now I'm with a few elders
that are going to Sweden or something like that. lol. this has been
an interesting trip so far. I'm just excited to have a comp who will
know what hes doing cause i have no idea. lol. after the elders leave
I'm gonna see if i cant go pick me up a souvenir or something lol. love
yall!! -elder scatena
(thats for the blog lol)
I'll try and email/ call in the South Africa airport.
love you
Elder Scatena


Email of arrival from the Mission Home:

I am in Zambia. I am at the mission home but I'm feeling really sick. I made it here safe though, just wanted to let you know I'm ok. miss you a lot love you.
Elder Scatena

Elder Scatena



A nice couple took this picture on the plane

 
The same nice couple took this in the airport right before boarding for London


Tuesday, September 8, 2015

September 7, 2015 " We need to live in the Character of Christ"

EY!!!! Elder Scatena signing on. lol. Things here are crazy!  It's  crazy that im leaving in like 7 days! I dont have much to report on this week because I'm just learning lol. One thing i wanted to say was about this video of Elder Bednar. he said that we need to live in the character of Christ, by when we would regularly turn inwards and say "oh pitiful me" we should turn outwards to service. love yall -Elder Scatena


My District:  Left to right:Left to right: Elder Bennion, Elder Knight, Elder Watkins, Elder Scatena (my step son ), Elder Kitchen, Elder Mangum, Elder Hansen, and Elder Rice

Queston dropping Chandler off at the MTC
 And he's off!!


Chandler's District