Week 15

Sawubona everyone! Well another week done and over. This week was pretty great! It started out pretty rough as we had two full days of appointments bunked. Which was very frustrating but nothing that we could do about it. But there is always a rainbow after the storm. Talking about a storm, it FINALLY rained in Africa!! It was super crazy for about ten minutes and then would stop. And then go crazy, and stop again. It actually knocked out the power hear for the whole night on Friday, which we were not prepared for! We used the lights off of bicycles so we could see a little bit. 

    Besides the great rain we got we also taught some very powerful people. One named Bongani is a pretty chill guy. Pretty sure he invited us in the 1st time to just bible bash, but he has actually been really accepting of the gospel! We introduced the Book of Mormon this week and we read a couple verses with him. After this we asked how he felt about it and he said he already believes it to be the word of God. It is really neat to see the power of the Book of Mormon. Because wow he always questions things that we talk about but with this book he already knew it was true! 

     We were able to teach a ton of new people about the gospel. Sometimes we get wrong signals from people. For example, we saw a gentleman walk pass as we were tracting and he dissapeared in his house and locked the doors and closed the blinds. Well we knocked on it about an hour later and he invited us inside. He was a very polite and interested person! He invited us back next week to meet with him and his wife which is great.

          I could share so much more about the work, about service we did, but I dint want to make it too long. So I'll end by sharing my testimony of love. Sometimes it his hard to love others. This is a commandment that God gave us, to love our neighbors. Why would he give us this commandment?? We are all different. Sometimes just a little and sometimes a LOT. But we should love all. I feel like it helps us stay happy and also look at the positives in life. As we show love, the hate we have slowly disappears. I love South Africa, especially Kwa- Thema! I love my friends I have made here. And I love my family, for all that they have taught me. I love our Lord Jesus Christ so much. Hope you all have a grand week!

Elder High