Transfers ....

Elder Montgomery, J, M , , P, Elder Tingey

Elder Montgomery last weeks Safari and 

the beautiful green view of Africa

58 Weeks in Angola  transferred

seven month suprise transfers!                                       6 hours ago Sept 16,2013

Ola minha familia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love you all!

wow, so much news this week, I’ll try to fit it all in. but first,

ELDER  ZACHARY WYATT FIGGINS!!!

PARA BENS A VOCE, 

NESTA DATA QERIDA, 

MUITA FELICIDADE,

MUITOS ANOS DA VIDA!!!!!!

Translation: CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU,

WANTED THIS DATE,

MUCH HAPPINESS,

MANY YEARS OF LIFE!!!

HAPPY BDAY BROTHER! LOVE YOU!

and DAD,,, or should I say, BISHOP MONTGOMERY! wow,

I am super excited to hear about your calling as bishop of the

singles ward, (as if I didn’t know  a few weeks,,, ) but still, para

bens, vais ser um bispo maravilhoso!!!translation: Congratulations,

 you'll be a wonderful bishop

So wow, this week was full of changes. 

First off the week was running normal and me and Elder Tingey were

working hard and preparing M. to be baptised, and then Wednesday

night, I get a very random phone call from President Merrill, and he told

 me that since he was going to Huambo for a phone conference, he was

 doing transfers. So he told me that Thursday morning I would be transferred

a week early to BENFICA (an area still in Luanda the Capital city of

6 mil. people) and be companions with Elder Jacob Merkley! I was very

 very suprised, but excited too. so for five days now I have already been

in a new area and had a new companion, and am district leader in the

Benfica district, with Elder Ferguson and Elder Rigby( arrives Wednesday)

Elder Mariquele, and Elder Wilhelm (the Assistants.) so there was a lot of

 changes this week! i was kind a sad because I didn’t get to say good bye

to any of my investigators or recent converts in Cassequel, but i know

I’ll be able to see them again. 

So I officially have seven months left tomorrow! So crazy. i did five

transfers in Lubango, five in Cassequel, and now I have five left! I’m

sure time will fly by. 

So with my new area, I came into 13 new baptismal dates, some really

 cool youth, some really prepared families waiting for marriage. The

works, me and Elder Merkley are really excited to do work! 

I haven’t really settled in yet, so i can’t really give tons of details on

investigators and lessons because I’ve only met  few of them, but I

 know the area is a good one, and I’m excited to be here. 

Saturday, I had the chance to baptize Marisa! Me and Elder Dunkley

started teaching her, then me and Elder Tingey prepped her for baptism

 and I got to do it, it was only my second one so I was super excited. it’s

 the most amazing feeling to help someone partake of salvation. No other

feeling in the world besides kind of what we feel in the temple.

I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY!

One cool experience though was about two weeks ago. Me and

 Elder Tingey were helping M. get ready for her baptismal interview,

and we went over the questions and she just didn’t seem ready. We were

 kinda discouraged and decided to pray to know what Heavenly Father

would have us do, whether to postpone the baptism or go through with it.

So Elder Tingey and I kneeled in our apartment and said a prayer specifically

asking for Heavenly Father to open our minds and tell us what he wanted

us to do. Then we both sat in silence trying to listen to the spirit and read in

 Preach My Gospel, then I started telling Elder Tingey what I thought, and

he said he had received the exact same answer, so we knelt in prayer and

thanked Heavenly Father and then the next day had her interview, and she

 passed just fine, and now is a member of the Lords True Church ! So

amazing and cool to be able to help people towards their salvation and

 to help the Lord hasten his work!

I know this gospel is true, and I love being a missionary. Dad, I’m so

 excited for your new calling and for you to have the opportunity to help

those whom you’re called to lead. There’s no better job than a bishop right?

I love you all and pray constantly for you all! Have a good week, and

know that someone in Africa loves you!

com muito amor,

Elder Colin Montgomery

ps Zach, your an old man!