What is up everyone! Hope you all are enjoying the snow, oh
Idaho is the best. Suid Afrika has been great, super great. The work here is
insane! definitely a celestial area, with hard work haha. we found out this is
the biggest area in the mission, which means we have a lot of pressure form
zone leaders, Assistants, and President. However, pressure is good, it keeps us
from getting lazy. This week has been so busy! every day has been nonstop. We
had appointment basically every hour. People are really progressing also, which
makes me so happy! I know I haven't written a letter in a couple weeks, Askies,
I am trying to improve!
To fill you in on the last few weeks, things have been
smooth. My companion and I both caught the flu, which slowed us down a little
bit, but eish, we pushed through because it sucks cancelling appointments. I
feel like it is part of missionary work, to push through and work hard!
We had a baptism last week for our friend Zefa.
He is so powerful. He basically taught himself, and wants to come out with us
every friday and be a missionary. He is new here to South Afrika, he is from
The Congo, so we have been trying to find him some friends.
One thing I realised this week is that the
friends you surround yourself with can have a huge effect on you. He said if
his friends come over, or want him to go out, then they will buy
alcohol for him, and pressure him. We heard the same thing from our friend
Sipho. Zefa has been strong and completely stopped hanging out with these
friends after he told them he is trying to change his life. And wow, what a
change we have seen in him! South Africans are wild, they will pay for their
friends beer, but will NEVER buy food for them! its crazy, but hey, it is
Africa.
The highlight of this week was Sunday. We a busy day! we had
Zefas' confirmation, and then had to rush over to the other chapel to meet the
people we are teaching. This week we had 17 people at sacrament, which was
great. we are hoping to give many of them a baptismal date this upcoming week.
All in all, this place is doing really great, even though most of it is a town,
not a township. I look forward to the next few weeks, and see what the Lord has
in store for us. Ngiyathanda all of you!
Elder High
Pictures:
1) Zefas' baptism, with most of the youth in Rabie Ridge
2) my comp and I, living life smiling.
3) first "hot dog" in South Africa! It was too
good
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