Last week we got to do exchanges with the Gatineau elders and I was with Elder Johnson for the day. We had a ton of fun! We visited a member in their ward named Charles and had lunch with him. Charles is a very old man from the Congo and only understands French and Swahili so it was a very exciting experience! He had us make fufu for lunch. Fufu is an African meal that's a fun experience. I've heard it compared to edible play dough, but I guess all play dough is edible if you try hard enough. So we were in this guy's house working hard in the kitchen while he watched from his chair. We cooked a mountain of fufu. While we were stirring it a little piece hopped right out of the pot and onto the stove and before we knew it the kitchen was filled with smoke! The fire alarm started so I quickly grabbed a chair and a newspaper and fanned the alarm until it stopped, meanwhile elder Johnson kept the fufu alive and opened the window to let some fresh air in. All this time the member just calmly sat there and watched. Eventually we got everything taken care of and safely finished the fufu. When the fufu was done, Charles went in to his room and came back out with the finishing touch. Some kind of water serpent in a mystery sauce! He warmed it up in the microwave and then we all enjoyed some fufu and African mystery meat together. Definitely a meal appointment I will remember! That was the highlight of the week!
The rest of the week was good too, we had a basketball activity at the church and it went really well! We also had a freezing rain storm come through on Sundayso church was really interesting. Not very many people came and the power was shaky throughout sacrament meeting.
I hope you all have a great week!
Love you!
Elder Tait
