10/5/15 The blessing of a long sunday walk!

October 5, 2015

                                                                             Dear Family,

You can see why we are always happy to see Sis Dunn

Another week in the spring time paradise of Springs, things are really heating up here and it has been another amazing and humbling week. This week, we had a lot of traveling to the mission office and back, but we were able to take some time out and see some of our devout members and investigators in the remote parts of our area. I'll share the stories of 3 of these people.

Nelson is in the sun glasses.

#1  Nelson  This guy is about 100 pounds, about 5 foot flat and 100% Malawian. He lives about 25 kms from the church and works at a farm earning a very little amount of money each day. He was baptized in Malawi about 2 years ago and moved to this sided to support his family. He is an awesome guy, so we went out and drove through the middle of nowhere and finally managed to find him. He invited all of his friends to join and we taught them the first lesson and handed out a ton of Books of Mormon. Who knows maybe this little place will one day be a stake !? Jk

#2 Notokozo (don't know her last name yet). Even Crazier, Notokozo lives about 45 kms from the chapel out in a place called Devon. There aren’t any units out there so the closest ward is Springs so she hops in a taxi and it takes about 45 minutes to get the chapel. She is the girlfriend of a member who stays in Soweto and has been taught by at least 8 sets of missionaries and every time she is about to be baptized she moves. So the challenge now for  Elder Clegg and I to see it through. She is super prepared, just needs to stay in the same place long enough to be baptized and make good friends.

#3 Geraldine . Possibly the coolest story so far of my mission. She is a pioneer of the church here in Springs. She is an incredible lady who is in her mid-fifties and joined the church agessssssssss ago. She lives on a plot (farm)that is far from the chapel. She doesn't drive so she gets up at 6 every Sunday and begins walking on the main road back to town with her thumb to the sky looking to hitch hike it to church. We are starting to teach her brother who hitchhikes with her now,  at least she has company which I feel better about! but I am humbled by her faith in  our Savior and dedication to do all that she can to help the church.

When I came to Africa, I was thinking that I would be see such acts of faith in walking long distances to hear the gospel. I feel so blessed to witness them, and there is no way that I am going to complain about having to drive 5 minutes to church or 10 minutes to the temple #countyourblessings. #longsundaywalks

Love you all!

Elder bhead