July
18th, 2016
Whaddup
Fam!!!
With all changes and
emotions and new ideas/assignments, the only word that I can think to describe
my thoughts right now is goulash. So, goulash it is!
First of all, I'll
give a back-ground of my assignment for the next 3 weeks. Elder Swindlehurst
and I have been assigned as "FIT" men, what it stands for is Finding
Investigators Team. Basically, are assignment takes us all over the greater
Johannesburg area, visiting missionaries and training them about the keys to
finding, trying all kinds of new ideas, and being innovative with the time that
we have left. I'll share one innovative Idea that we had this morning. Elder
Clegg served as a zone leader in a neighboring area called Krugersdorp and he
noticed that every morning between the hours of 6-9 that there would be loads
of traffic backed up for kilometerssssssssssssss. So low and behold, the group
of 3 courageous (or crazy) FIT men awoke before 6 and took off. The weather was like the 2012 State Champion
game between D-hills and Hurricane minus the snow. It was like we were
breathing fire as we were standing on all corners of a robot, trying to find
those precious souls that Heavenly Father would place into our path.
As I think about it.
What we share has to be the true and we all have a desire to share that light
and truth with anyone who will pause for even a second. What in the world would
convince 3 young men (20-21) to leave their homes and families to a foreign
country to stand out in the bitter cold at 6 in the morning to be rejected and
mocked (that gets a little hard) and eventually experience success. I can't
formulate words to describe my thoughts other than a quote by James Freeman
Clarke "Strong Convictions precede great actions."
Other than that there
were a TON of Highlights this week.
1) On Tuesday we had
our departing Temple trip for the missionaries who would be going home. By
coincidence, I received a name of the deceased brother to a missionary who is
currently serving in our mission. After I got out of the temple, I called him
and he verified that it was his brother who had passed away almost 20 years
ago! Do you believe in Miracles????
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| Florence almost two years later! |
2)Do you remember when
I emailed about Florence almost 2 years ago??? My first area
See the picture below
(she is in the relief society presidency now)
3)Do you also remember
the email in Vereeniging where I shared about meeting a golden lady named
Mpho???? (she is now married to a member and are going to the temple in 1 year from July 16th 2016)
Love you all!
love elder B!
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