Elder Andrew McKee

Yo, good week let me tell ya about it!  - Elder Barnes tried to make a 2 foot jump over a puddle...hit the mud and slipped backwards covering his self in mud, but luckily didn't get a whole lot on his shirt!  - a friend we have been teaching and had on date is already a member?? Was baptized in Côté D’ivore but didn't think it counts or something - got some cool cargo pants made - got a package from my dear dear mother of jerky and hi-chews, hi-chews were gone in matter of minutes   - transfer calls! Me and my fils (son) will be staying together and exploring the wonderful world of Porto-Novo together for another tranasfer!  - Finally learned how to make peanut sauce (shout out Elder Yao) its fire stuff  - ate fufu and peanut sauce for dinner on sunday  - got told my cargo pants are for girls 🥲  - had 2 baptisms! Great stuff! I am so happy Angela and Odette were able to be baptized, such great stuff!  - taught the gospel - played soccer, I'm...

Yo good week, let me tell ya about it!  This week was actually a pretty calm week!  We walked a bunch to try and get a new group rolling and I ended up getting a MASSIVE blister on my left pinky toe, this thing literally took up my entire toe and man it hurt so bad... I got a video if y'all want it let me know!  We stumbled among some voodoo in the grand marché. Dude running around with a weird thingy on his head and people running from him, and hiding. I, being the white American, I  started laughing cause what the freak is he doing and someone goes "yoovoo we don't mess with that!" And I asked "what is it?" And he said "voodoo" i said "ok duh but what does he do?" And he says "I'm not sure but it’s voodoo so it can kill you!" This home boy had no idea what was going on but was terrified of a half naked man with a weird wooden figure on his head runing around the market chasing people! Africans are scared of the weirdest th...

This week was good! Let me tell you about it!  The week was pretty solid y’all. We were visting all the people we contacted last week and doing all the good teaching of the word of God!  We went into a new area to try and get a group going and get the church down in there! On the way back we decided to go to a restaurant and this is a conversation with the waitress:  "What would you like to drink?"  "What do you have?"  *starts naming off beers*  "Oh we dont drink alcohol"  "Why?"  " In our religion we believe its agaisnt the commandements of God"  "ARE YOU MUSLIM??"  They were very confused why we decided to take water over any alcoholic drinks... Also, it was Elder Barnes 19th birthday on the 5th! So happy to be there with my son for his birthday we went and ate at a memebers house and had some really interesting conversations about random stuff such as all the MTCs, colleges, most expensive BYU, ocean waters rising, Europe....

Yooo y’all, quick email, its late and Duolingo is getting mad I haven't done it yet!  Week was lit!  - did finding like dawgs. Talked to literally everyone, took 23 numbers of people I felt could progress beautifully! - A lot of people told me I'm their husband...they didnt even know my name 🥲 One was very scared, I was gonna fall into a well I was looking down... - Had interviews today, on p-day...hence the late email... but they were lit! Pres is a wise man.  - Ate lunch with Sister Lundeen! VERY GOOD!  - i have an announcement to make…it's been a while but I decided now is the time to say it to everyone... I am a lover of beans... before the mission absolutely despised beans, got here, learned they were pretty good...thought it was African beans... today with Sister Lundeen I found out it's any beans... they are delicious! How the mission changes you! - Elder Barnes (my son) is absolutely killing it! What a dawg, wants to talk even though sometimes he has no idea...

This week was in fact a week...Let me tell ya about it!  Tuesday:  Was in-fact my birthday! I am 20, and in the morning Elder Yao and Elder Palmer were so nice and surprised me with a cake and balloons! Then, in the evening we went to a members house and celebrated a little and ate some DELICIOUS pate. y'all it was so good! Then, gotta call the fam...they decided to celebrate my birthday by going to Lake Powell for the week... Wednesday- Saturday: Normal things... teaching, eating, sleeping, getting called Yovo, had some hard lessons that just show how much the gospel is truly needed in everyone's lives, great stuff!  Sunday: Sunday we had a multi-stake conference, it was awesome! So many people there and not enough chairs so all the missionaries were sitting outside on the grass all around the building! We had a special guest who is well known around the church as an apostle. Gary E. Stevenson came to Benin! Super cool! Man dropped some spiritual knowledge on the stake a...