WHADDUP FAM, September 22, 2014
This week has been one for the books and easily the best
week on my mission so far. I didn't get chased by a single dog this week. I am
being watched over. I am learning so much. . . I learned this week that people that have AIDS
here are very willing to let you know they have it. I guess it’s just a topic
of conversation here.. . . just like the weather. Also the people
here have some of the coolest names. I'll throw out a couple of them: Innocent, God's Gift, God's blessing,
Loveness, and Miracle.
So ill get to my week:
Tuesday- we started off by street
contacting for about 2 hours and I met some really interesting people. Out of
nowhere some Jehovah's Witness people came and started questioning me. They are
some of the craziest white people I've ever seen. Then later that evening I had
one of the most humbling experiences on my mission so far. We met with this
member from Malawi who moved to Johannesburg to provide for his pregnant wife
in Nigeria. He lives in basically a closet and sells blankets on the streets
and sends the money back to his wife. No coincidence he is one of the happiest
people I know. . . .Really a humbling experience.
Wednesday- Elder Martin and I had a
pretty great day. We saw a lot of members and one lady that had a spinal fusion
about 5 months ago. She is straight from Zimbabwe and her husband died 5 years
ago. She requested a blessing so we gave her one.
Thursday- a day of dropped
appointments and we went to this 4 hour fireside about African wedding
traditions. It’s called "Labola" or something and it’s just like Johnny
lingo where they have to give cows or chickens to the father of the bride as a
gift. Obviously a problem here in Africa.
Friday- I got to go to a township
called Katlehong. Look it up on google earth, we visited there last week and
met again with an investigator named Florence. She walks 45 minutes to come to
our church and has come the last 3 weeks. Such an amazing lady. We were able to
teach her about the BOM last week and she said that she knows it's true :) she
seems so much happier and she said that too. The gospel truly changes peoples’
lives even when they have nothing.
Saturday- we were able to go to a
Funeral. That basically sums up the mood of our day. We then had some dropped
appointments and then met with a polygamous family. African traditions are so
odd. This guy had a different wife for almost every day of the week. So we
taught about how the gospel blesses families hahahahahaahah he was so excited
and then we had to break the news. . . and just like that we have one less
investigator. pretty funny tho, he was a cool guy.
Sunday- Church Church Church, we
actually had 55 people at our meeting! That’s like a 2 month high. it is so
much different than back in Utah, but I realized some of the people here have
the strongest testimonies because they don't have people to lean on. We met
with our first counselor in the Bishopric and he reminds me exactly like Brad.
He is 25 and got back from his mission 2 years ago. hahahah the bishopric here
are so awesome, I love them.
Monday- The reason I emailed so late
today was that I went mountain biking in a nature reserve today. It is also my
comps bday today so I bought him a cake. The animals there were unreal. I stood
5 meters away from a water buffalo and it was like looking at Pano Tiatia
ahahahahaha jk the buffalo was bigger. We also saw springbok and zebra. and I didn’t
crash so that’s a blessing. Then I barbecued Elder Martin some ribs and we
indulged in the best meal so far on our mission.
Every week seems to have it's ups and
downs but Elder Martin and I have been blessed and we taught 16 lessons this
week. That's a 3 month high. So with the Lords helping hand we are continuing
the work in this blessed area. I have seen the blessings that come from being
obedient and also know that the gospel can change people’s wives. . . I mean lives J. Have another great
week and I love yallllll
Ninjaniii
Elder Bhead.
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