7/27/15 Kelsee's getting Married!!

Hi Fam, 
I still can't believe that kelsee is getting married, after years of searching and unsuccessful tries on Ldssingles.com it looks like she has found the one! And I am grateful that the family will add on another brother. (looks like family bball will just get better).
 It has been an amazing week here in Rabie Ridge and it goes straight in line with what is going on back home. How important familes are in the Plan of Salvation. As we were teaching a part-member family about it, I was overcome with love and joy for my family. I couldn't be more grateful and express more thanks to my Heavenly Father for the family that I have been blessed with. From Grandparents to nieces, I am absolutely spoiled with how blessed I am to have you all. 
As we were teaching, I bore simple testimony about how important they are and felt prompted to give them a picture of the temple. She took the picture looked at it, then looked at her new born baby and said, I think it is about time. Wow, what an amazing experience especially with the wedding tornado going on back home. Needless to say, I am so thankful for my family. Even though Dub and I acted like Laman and Lemuel :) 

Love Elder Broadhead

7/13/15 Patiences

July 13, 2015
Hey Family, This week was a great one for different reasons, mainly for the one that is listed above. This week I definitely learned a lesson about patience and it comes from an experience we had on Friday. We had our Zone Meeting in Kempton Park and got back to our area around 3 P.M. We hit our first appointment and jumped over to spend the rest of the day, seeing less-active people in a area called Mayibuye. Needless to say, it was peak traffic and there is only 1 entrance into the township. So it took us about 2 hours to move about 10 meters. There were some random people who were directing the traffic and it was all around craziness. I was going to take a picture of it, but our member told us that it wouldn't be a smart idea when there is no get-away. Anyways I was ready to just plow over people in our Chevy Aveo and Elder Sibanda just said, Life is Great isn't it? I was kinda taken back when he said that because we were already late and there was no way we would be able to see those people. But instantly my outlook changed and we spend the rest of the 1 and a half hours comparing the traffic to gospel, life , and worldly things. Elder Sibanda won it all when he compared the directors of the traffic to priesthood holders. anyways I learned a great lesson on how the Lord puts us through the refiners fire and shaves off our imperfections. I love this story from general conference. 

Elder David B. Haight told a story about the sculptor Michelangelo to illustrate the importance of seeing everything in proper perspective: “As the sculptor was chiseling a block of marble, a boy came every day and watched shyly. When the figure of David emerged and appeared from that stone, complete for all the world to admire, the boy asked Michelangelo, ‘How did you know he was in there?’”

Have a great week!

Elder broadhead

7/7/15 Spits sunflower seeds and the 4th of July

                                                                            July 7, 2015

                                                                                      Hey Fam,

Another week as flown by and I didn't even realize that it was July 4th. So we celebrated it Friday at District Meeting. Elder Smith from Utah, got a package that had some Spits in it so after our meeting we enjoyed Sunflower seeds and singing the Star Spangled Banner. Pretty low-key celebration, but just enough to remember the Holiday. Elder Sibanda had another busy week, since the other Elders in the area have closed down, our days are packed and it is great to get to know all the members in the ward. Leafet and his kids were confirmed, and our bishopric changed. I'll get right to and  share 4 different experiences this week.

1-After Leafet and his children were confirmed, we dropped by and saw them and shared a lesson about Family Home Evening and family responsibilities. I can't tell you how amazing their family is and how much love Leafet has for his children. He is working like a mad-man and doesn't lose focus on his responsibilities as a father. Unlike much of the world these days. His wife is coming along, much like Shawn Marions free-throw. But she will get there.

2- We have been visiting a lot of less-active members who end up moving in with their girlfriends/boyfriends.   I've just gained a greater appreciation of the counsel given in The Family- A proclamation to the World. Marriage between a man and a women is ordained of God. Plain and simple. 

3- While we were driving in the area on Wednesday, there was this old grandmother that was  swaying in the middle of the road and about to fall over. So we stopped and she slapped our car and ran off. Turns out she was drunk, and as we drove by a little bit later she had a beer bottle in her hands and was throwing rocks at teenage boys. #dontdodrugs

4-During Fast and Testimony meeting yesterday, someone shared there testimony about how people who don't believe in God are like Rats under a table eating bread. I don't really know what he wad trying to say, but Sibanda and I were cracking up.

I love y'all and enjoy your hot summer!

Elder broadhead

6/30/15 Great End to a Great Week!

June 30^th 2015

Hey Fam,

So some pretty big news came in yesterday while we were in sacrament meeting. Our mission will be splitting and there will be about 45 missionaries that will be reassigned to the Botswana/Namibia mission. I'll be sticking it out here in Johannesburg, but I'll be missing some friends that will be in a different mission now. Amidst all the craziness of our mission splitting were some amazing moments. So I'll hit you with the biggest miracle of all. I'd compare it to Rajon Rondo, because it is many miracles comprised in 1 big one. 

So yesterday, Elder Sibanda and I had the privilege of baptizing  Leafet Magutshwa and his 2 children. I met them in February with Elder Ainslie and our recent convert Jethro.  Jethro is a man that I wish to become like, probably one of the most humble loving people in the world. Anyways we started visiting his brother (Leafet) who stays up the street from him) From the beginning we could tell that Leafet was prepared for the gospel. He had been to church while staying in Zimbabwae and loved the people and the teachings there. So when he moved this side, he got a job as a truck driver as was gone for 3 weeks at a time. So it was difficult to see him and we had an amazing lesson with him about the sabbath day. It lead him to quit the job he was working, and he was blessed to find a job that works monday to friday. Needless to say that is honestly when he started to gain his testimony and his children followed. So the days leading up to the baptism were pretty easy, they knew that they had found the right church, the only problem was there mom was hesitant of joining. So she told us she needs more time to find out if it was really true. So the day of the baptism came and it went without flaws. All except that the water wasn't working, so we filled up the baptismal font with a firehose :) hahahah the baptism service went on. I baptized Leafet and his son, and Jethro baptized Langalihle. After they ward welcomed them and we talked to the wife after. She said she felt like she needed to be baptized after witnessing her family! Pretty amazing, then later that night we were at Jethro's home and another miracle happened. Jethro's son, Bayethe, who is back in Zimbabwe  right now is being baptized next week! Many miracles in one!

Needless to say we are being abundantly blessed here in teaching entire families here. I can't say how much I love the people and how much that I am learning from them and also my comp. Shout out to Elder Sibanda!

Elder Bhead

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