Well today I went on my first african Safari!!!! IT WAS SOOOOO COOL!!! We got to see Spring boks, Wildabeasts, RHINOS, Tons of zebras, Hippos, Giraffs, and lots and lots of other stuff!!!:)))) the only things that they didnt have were big cats Elephants!
IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!!! I took lots of pictures:) and we got super close to the animals:) its nice cause its just a HUGE plot of land with tons of animals and Restaurants and stuff that is enclosed in a gate. we Just pay a certain amount and we get to drive around and take pictures for as long as we want:)))
then later when we got back we went to two Family home Evenings! which means we got fed TWICE. AGAINNN!!! the members here set a lot of appointments with us after I gave my talk at church! but youll see in my pictures that Im gaining weight! hahaha Im getting a chubby face! oh well, it just kinda sucks cause I hate working out in the mornings cause them Im tired all day, and I cant work out at night cause our water gets turned off:/ so as a result.... I get fat. oh well! its gonna be a long two years!:)
Tuesday April 18th - Thursday April 20th
"Work work work work work work work"
-Rihanna
Friday April 21st
Today I went on Exchanges with Elder Takau(AP) in Berea! it was soooo much fun! Takau is super cool! Hes Half Tongan and he has signed to play QB at Dixie State! so it was super nice cause He actually had a REAL FOOTBALL!!!!!!!! So when we woke up we went out and played catch!! ugh! it was soooo much fun! Hes super cool:)
then we went out and taught TONS of lessons to TONS of people and did TONS of fun missionary stuff! being an Assistant to the president means he only gets to do 3 full days of missionary work. the other days he travels the mission and runs errends, goes to meetings, and lots of other boring tasks!
but yeah! today was a succesful day! and while Elder schraedel and Ngelube (takaus companion) were in toti they interviewed three people for baptism. Mlondi, Lindani, and MARY-JANE! this was mary janes 4th interview (shes kind of a slow learner and is very forgetful.. and she mostly speaks Zulu so it was tough to teach her). and ALL THREE OF THEM PASSED:))))
Im super excited for all of them:)
Saturday April 22nd
Today we when and Visited Mary-Jane and shes SOOOOOOOOOOO Excited that she passed! hahaha
Sunday April 23rd
well today was filled with a lot of different emotions... Brother Leroy was baptized last week, so he was planning to be confirmed, given the priesthood, then baptized his son after church. but he never showed up... He was stuck with his work and was unable to come to his sons baptism:/ his wife came to me and said that she still wants her son to be baptized today and that she wanted me to do it... We talked for a while and I could not convince her to wait... (because her and her kids are moving to Zambia, while leroy continues to work here for the next few months.) Its all super complicated and I couldnt convince her of a way to wait:/ so We went along and did it:) Hes super cute His name is Marlon and were true Homies!! hahaha
*ill send photos:)
I love you guys! I'm gonna be getting my transfer news this saturday! Pray that I go to a super nice area with a DOPE companion!
~CTR~
Elder Merritt
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