10/20/14 Sneak attacks,Kanye West and new /old family.

Whaddup Fam,                                    October 20, 2014

 It has been a great week here in Africa. I'll cut to the chase. . . .

Tuesday- We started out the day finding out that there was a huge 59 car accident on the highway right next to us. So we couldn't travel anywhere without it taking hours because of traffic. So we left in the morning and stayed the whole day in "the hood". First we taught these older people that are members of the Old Episcopal Church. I don't think I have ever participated in a bible bash but this one might have been close. They believe in spiritual meaning not physical. For example, Christ wasn't resurrected. He was resurrected in our hearts. And some other very weird stuff like that. So we discussed with him about the Restoration and he shambocked (was angry) us. So we left with our testimonies about the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon and parted ways.

We were supposed to meet with our only investigator on date to be baptized. Turns out that he has been ignoring us which is rarely a good thing!  So we passed him on the street and he ran into an abandoned house. So since Elder Martin has been in the military he decided to do a sneak attack. It was at night, so Elder Martin got out of the car and I hopped in the driver’s seat and pulled out slowly. Right after I began to pull out, our investigator popped out and found Elder Martin waiting. He has now been dropped. It so hard to watch people move away from something that can be such a blessing.

Wednesday-all our appointments dropped but we were able to teach Brandon. His growth over the past 2 months have been amazing. He has quit smoking all together and will be baptized as soon as he finds a new job here in Alberton. 

Thursday- HAPPY BIRTHDAY DUB!!!! REMEMBER YOU CAN'T KISS ANY GIRLS EXCEPT DARLA!!! All our appointments dropped so we ended up tracting and finding for 4 hours. :) It was a really great day.

Friday-I got my first African companion....for a day. His name is Elder Mavundla and he is from Swaziland. It's true that the most humble people are the ones that have nothing. He is an amazing missionary. Also I got to know the new elders in our district. One of the Elders is from Samoa, and he knows Elder Porter Willden!!!! Talk about crazy. We taught Florence again and she will be baptized this upcoming month!! We didn't have a male member present for her lesson so I just went out on the street in the township and found a guy and told him if he would like to hear a message that would change his life. He agreed and we were able to have a lesson. 

Saturday-Dropped some non-serious investigators and taught some new people. We also got to play some real African soccer with some investigators that we are teaching. They want to be gangsters so bad and their idol is Kanye West. Who knew you would have investigators like yourself. hahahahah jk. We taught them about Jesus Christ and his Infinite Atonement and they are coming to church next week! They also said that they would like to “protect us” . hahahah. I hope I get to explain the real protection we have every day!

Sunday- It is true that the ward becomes your family. We got to eat with an older couple and the remind me exactly of G-pa and G-ma Willden. Even better is we went to our Second Counselors house for dinner and he is exactly, exactly like Brad. He even looks like him. But instead of  baby Hadley, he has a baby wiener dog. 

My week here in Alberton was pretty tough but what really makes the differences is your attitude. Just like in life, it makes it easier if you have a positive attitude and look at trials with a mindset of growing. 

Have a great week!

Elder Bhead

D&C 121:45