I FOUND IT

So for those of you who do not know I drove a 2003 Saturn Vue back in the states and had that car for about 2 years. Alright well we were out walking and I found it, it was my car. Just goes to show that it really was built for everything from Colorado winters to the harsh terrain in Togo. Anyway just made me happy to see my car here because here it is a extremely nice car.
We got our new Roommate Ti'A on Wednesday and it has been fun, it is pretty unheard of to have 4 Americans in one apartment but it has been good.
Last night a drunk guy bought us all food at his restaurant because he ran into us and thought I looked like "The Prophet Joseph Smith!" Anyway we are teaching his entire family later this week so we'll see how that goes. Also my pictures are going to be a little better from now on because Makewendu (Congo) left his camera for me because he kept making fun of my "vrai faux Gopro"
Hope you guys all have a good week!
Elder Remer

Some Good News!

Some Good news; I lost a lot of weight this week! Bad news; this week I had all of the symptoms of Malaria for about 2.5 days but I took the medication for it pretty soon after they manifested and with that it should last for 3 days so everyone is telling me that I had it but I am in denial and feel 100 % better now! Besides that we had a conference this week with all the other missionaries in Togo so it was fun to see everyone.

Makwendu our Congolese Roommate left on Saturday for home so it is just the three of us until Wednesday until another new guy comes to replace him. Anyway hope you guys have a good week.

Jeremy


Also in answer to questions:

What is your hardest day as a missionary?
To be honest p-days are probably the hardest day here because the walk to get here to email takes about 3 hours and doing laundry by hand is super hard and time consuming so I have found myself getting up at 4 am just so I can finish on time before we leave to come here and then go back so that we can teach later that night. 

What are the most delicious and/or most challenging things you ate this week?
I found a box of cereal in a stand while we were walking and it is just plain unsweetend corn flakes but they taste fantastic, little weird to eat cereal with cold water instead of milk. Honestly the food here is always the same with members it is either pat or fou fou and I am used to them kind of by now

In what situations do you understand more and when do you have no idea what people are saying?
I am actually feeling confident in my understanding but the time its hardest is actually during church because they speak Ewe instead of french so I just kind of sit there and smile.

Checkmate!

So a pretty average week this week, we consistently were walking for about 5-6 hours a day so I have gotten a lot tanner but now my feet are covered in blisters.

I brought a little magnetic travel chess board with me for the really rainy days or for when we have nothing to do at night, hadn't really played at all until on Sunday night we were out and about and we saw guys playing that apparently play every night together and have for the past 5 or 6 years and do it for a little money for fun. My apartment knowing that I kind of knew how to play volunteered me to play against them.. and I guess ability to play chess is a gift from God because I smacked that man in the game. Now we are going to start playing with them more because they don't believe that I can beat them again. Didn't take any pictures this week, Sorry but definitely will next week! Hope you guys all have a good week.

Shoes and Kids

So I don't know if anyone really remembers but back in 2016 I did a huge shoe collection drive to send to developing countries in need of shoes? This week some people here needed shoes so we went to a market and I kid you not they had the exact bags that they were shipped in exactly how they were packaged. Kind of crazy like I'm not one hundred percent sure but I could have seen shoes that I sent here two years ago while people were crowding me trying to sell them. Did not see that one coming.

Okay but the two kids pictured we talk to almost everyday for a while (Larissa and Ronaldo). They are super funny and have helped me learn so much. They talk very good french especially for little kids and are trying to teach me enough Ewe (the native language for most people) that I can hold conversations. Overall a pretty good week here, it rained like crazy one day and the streets just got flooded like we had to stay inside and pretty much when it rains here everyone takes the day off and looks at you like you are crazy if you are trying to do anything outside.

There is actually a saying here in the mission that loosely translated is like "If you are always tired- you are never tired, if you are always hungry you are never hungry.. So be hungry and tired always!" It's tough physically here but we all have talked about how emotionally and spiritually uplifting here it is. Speaking about that we had a couple baptisms this week and I got to get into the font so that was pretty cool!

Hope you guys have a good week!