6/8/15 FREEZING in Africa

Well fam,                                                    June 8^th, 2015

When I got my call that I was coming to South Africa I had no idea that I would be coming to a place that would be freezing cold. Thank you again mom, for buying that thick coat for me. I have worn it almost 24/7 this week :) So the reason why it is so cold is because the people here don't insulate their homes, it is just made out of straight brick. So every night before bed, Elder Sibanda and I bundle up in almost all of the clothes we have and jump into bed. Needless to say we will probably be buying a heater and blankets this week :) The cold has not stopped the work though, we have seen some pretty amazing things happen this week and I'll just hit 5 of the big ones!

 

#1 I got to go back to Alberton and do the baptism of a young man.  As I was sitting on the stand I was just thinking about the importance of acting on impressions of the spirit. Six months ago, my companion and I had an impression to knock on their gate and here we are 6 months later with another family brought back to the truthfulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ. So follow promptings :)

 

#2 Elder Sibanda and I started singing hymns on our way to our appointments and a lady heard us and asked us if we were professional singers :) 

 

#3 We continue to work with an amazing less-active sister, she is just going through some tough things in her life and is starting to lose focus, so we had a nice lesson on enduring and it visibly lifted her spirits :) we get to see her again tonight.

 

#4 Elder Sibanda and I have been trying to do little things to help move the work along, so we baked a cake for a less-active lady and Elder Sibanda carried it around all day and we celebrated and she said that the time is right for her to come back to church! The power of cake, I made the joke of trying KFC instead of cake but it actually isn't a joke.KFC is sounding pretty good!

 

#5  I wouldn't say this was amazing, but it was pretty funny. We’ve been teaching a lady and preparing her for baptism for a little over 8 months. She is so close just has things holding her back. Anyways her boyfriend came in drunk which isn’t unusual but  then  she wanted us to give him a blessing. We gave him a simple blessing and after we got done he started yelling "I SEE A LIGHT". hahahahaha I wish I could have got a video of it. Now if he would just see the light when he is sober!

 

The work continues to get better and better even when the weather is getting worse and worse!   I love you all and hope the week is x-cellant

Elder Bhead

Matthew 7:46

 

As a side note, Landen in his emails has spoke about the humility and Christ like characteristics of Elder Sibanda.  Landen asked our family to begin email Elder Sibanda because his family does not have access to a computer. We had no idea what a blessing it would be to our family and thought it would be nice to share Elder Sibanda’s interaction with Paul. By the way he wrote each of us back with an equally sweet email but Paul’s email really helps you understand the humility and great faith he has. He is small in stature but is a spiritual giant.

Paul	Jun 7 (2 days ago)
to sibanda

Hi Elder Sibanda,

I'm Elder Broadhead's father Paul, I wanted to say Thank you for teaching Elder Broadhead about your culture and sharing your example. He has told us how Christ like you are and is learning so much from you. 

I teach a mission preparation class and would love to tell them about how you came to learn about the church and your decision to come on a mission.  I know the Lord will bless you and your family as you serve him. As parents we feel the blessings from Elder Broadhead's service to us and our family. You are doing the best thing for you and your family, you may not recognize all the blessings now, the Lord will provide in his own time. 

Thank you for serving a mission and sharing your testimony, the Holy Ghost will testify of the truth you teach and the Lord will use you as his special witness of the restoration.

I hope you have a great week!

Sibanda	Jun 8 (1 day ago)
to me

wow, thank you, please feel free to call me son and even me as l call you father, l am very happy for who l am and l know that even though l will not manage to talk with my family members, God will still pour many blessings to them.the reason that made me to searve the Lord is that,no one have searved a mission in my family and l do believe that for the small and simple things that l do for them even though they may not manage to see,God will multiply it. thank you for me as part of your family.now l know that its not because of the biology or biological formation of human kind but its because of whom hath created us.l will always love and pray for you.  elder  sibanda