Well today was.. meh.. We had to drive to Bethlehem to get our car serviced... which took like Alllll Flippin' day! but it was kinda nice getting to hang out with DePriest... Him and I walked around town a bit.. I met a Trans-gender named sam... so that kept things interesting! You Probably remember hearing a bit about her... Yeah DePriest thought that was the funniest thing when she came up and talked to us... 
But elder DePriest is a super cool guy, he goes home to Colorado in just 4 more weeks!
Our car got serviced today and the entire flippin thing went from 8:00am-4:00pm. And I barely got to email so I apologize!
But after that I drove back to PJ and we played some basketball:) that part was awesome!
Tuesday
awesome day! taught some POWERFUL LESSONS with some really nice and prepared people... gave a girl named Perseverance fire not coming to church hahaha (we did it out of love), visited the seminary and institute teacher and got a solid list of less actives that we can go visit! and to top it all off we had a really fun FHE with our branch president, Thabo. We played 30 seconds (south African charades) with him and his family! branch President is only like 27 so hes super funny and has a ton of energy! hahaha we had a good time:) Im looking forward to taking him out on teaching with us!
Wednesday
Elder Takau Gave a Powerful DDM Lesson! about the priesthood power that we have been given! Super blessed!
later that day we had the opportunity to help sister Mafokeng.. Tomorrow shes going to have her leg amputated. Walking throughout that hospital the saddest sight ever. we gave her a blessing and it hit me really hard knowing hat we have the opportunity to have so much peace in this life knowing our purpose and remembering the plan of salvation, as well a having the opportunity to give priesthood blessings. after we were leaving a few people saw that we gave her a blessing and they asked for one as well.. and because the hospital is so open quickly others took notice and asked for them as well. Next thing you know were out of oil, its getting late, and had to end up only praying for everyone! The spirit was very strong and it was hard to hold back and not break down and cry in that room. Blessed to be in the gospel:) <3
Saturday
well after all our appointments Elder Takau and Lucas Rafael were invited to a Happy Clappy Church inside a tent. So... we went too:) It was CRAZY!! hahaha they had about 500 people in the huge circus tent that they rented and we were the only white people.. and they certainly let everybody know that! hahaha they kept calling us out "We Got white people in the Tent tonight... This tent is Blessed!" it was crazy!! The Prophet came too! He only comes once every four years but sadly we had to leave right before he started to perform all these healings and crazy miracles and things that he prophesied! hahaha a member in bluegumboch stayed and apparently he wanted to meet with us... so that was a bummer..
but they shouted some crazy things such as
"Una Manga Satan!!!" (the devil is a liar)
"When I say Satan you say NOOO!!... SATAN.. NOOOOO!"
"YOU GOTTA BE A LION! YOU GOTTA ROAAARRR! *Drops to one knee and screams into the mic* ROOOAAAARRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!" etc..
I Love going to these things! They're soo funny! Im gonna miss them When I get home hahaha
Sunday
well today was sad.. we found out that sister Makukeng passed away:( so we went to her family and shared a message.. Everyone is doing well and still very happy knowing that shes in a better place:)
And church was pretty slow.. it started off with only a few people there, YSA Are in Bloemfontien, and it wwas suuper cold! so at first we didn't have any investigators... so we started to pray... nobody showed up but I felt better for some reason.. Then after church we were saying goodbye to people and There was an older gog that I was talking to and apparently she isnt a member. But she wants to be! So hey we had an investigator the whole time! BLESSINGS!
and Finally, Funny scripture of the week 2 kings 2:23-24 BALD PROPHETS AND BEARS!
I LOVE YOU
~CTR~
First of all I want to Apologize, last week when I was writing in my type writer thingy that I use to send all these Emails I forgot to delete something, that might have mislead some of you. I did not mean to say that we gave TONS of blessings at the Hospital, we only gave the one. But it was still a powerful blessing and all... sorrryyyy... Elder takau and I were making up a story making it sound Way crazier than it actually was, but I didnt think it was appropriate so I deleted most of it. sorry I forgot a line! haha Dont wanna lie to you guys!
First of all I want to Apologize, last week when I was writing in my type writer thingy that I use to send all these Emails I forgot to delete something, that might have mislead some of you. I did not mean to say that we gave TONS of blessings at the Hospital, we only gave the one. But it was still a powerful blessing and all... sorrryyyy... Elder takau and I were making up a story making it sound Way crazier than it actually was, but I didnt think it was appropriate so I deleted most of it. sorry I forgot a line! haha Dont wanna lie to you guys!
Monday September 25th
well today marks 11 Months in the mission field so I had to celebrate, thats my number! we went and got HUGE Skambanes! they're pretty darn good! Its a loaf of bread gutted like a fish, stuffed with Chips, lettuce, sausage, 2 eggs, a bunch of other miscellaneous meats, Onion rings and sauces for days! it was a good way to celebrate! haha but the rest of my day was mostly filled with stomach pain and exhaustion! so we decided the best way to get passed it was with ice cream! haha
Oh and we did find a lady that sold us some super nice ties! Were gonna look super nice this Sunday! haha besides the fact that were all like 10 pounds fatter! hahaha
but we did a huge deep clean around the boarding... it was much needed! :)
9:42pm
Elder Takau and were talking in the other room hanging and stuff when Rafael and Abel come in with a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! Elder Abel is officially a soccer star!! while Takau and I have been talking the other two were practicing the 5 classic soccer skills and Abel has mastered them all! Therefore, they came to give us a show!
1st move: around the leg kick shot:Nearly knocks takaus camera off his night stand; but he NAILS IT!
2nd Move:swiggle pass; nearly breaks Rafaels alarm clock, still a successful move
3rd: reverse Renaldo fake; Nailed it! we were ready for any possible malfunction.
4th: ball clip and pop! he struggled a bit but made it work
The Finale: BOUNCE JUMP REVERSE HOP AND POP; he repositioned himself in the room in an attempt not to break anything/person. However, due to his excessive adrenaline his left leg contained an incomprehensible amount of unknown strength, and he shattered the bedroom window! poor guy. Lol.
Tuesday September 26th
well today was nice! I worked with Elder Lucas Rafael. we had some really good lessons! but my favorie highlight of the day was when we had about an hour to spare, I could only do one of two things; Eiter go visit one of our investigators and set up an appointment for thursday, OR go get ice cream. and for some reason I was VERY STRONGLY Prompted to go get ice cream. So we did. and it was delicious. And guess who was there... That Exact investigator I wanted to see! so We talked and set up an appointment, AND I got Ice cream.
Great day. God is Good. hahaha
Wednesday September 27th
Well I gave the lesson today at DDM today and it went well, and it was fun! haha Name of my lesson was the 1%.. and it talked about change and how its easy to get 1% Better every day but its even easier to get 1% worse... and I had charts and graphs and stories and I even gave everyone homework! because Rafael and Abel are new I made them Write a letter to themselves when they hit a year and or when theyre at their last transfer, which is what Ill do. And For takau, Hes going home in 8 weeks so I made him write a letter of all his hopes, dreams, and goals for Post mission Life!
all in all.. I think it went well:)
Thursday September 28th
Today I was With Our beloved District Leader Elder Takau. We had a good day:) had like 9 lessons, met some cool new people, and had time to do a Media stand... when we did the media stand it was kinda slow, so we played the Ukulele at our table and we started to draw some more people in! hahaha:))
Saturday September 30th
When I die I want a Brass Band Played at my Funeral. Today we went and supported Sister Mofokengs family at her funeral. It went really well:) Besides, being really sad.. Elder abel and takau gave a talk about the Plan of salvation! They did AWESOME:)
Sunday October 1st (Fast Sunday)
Church went well, Every Fast Sunday both Branches come together! So we were combined with Bluegumboch and the other two missionaries as well, that was nice! I taught Gospel Principals class second hour and it was kinda fun:) haha
so The four of us came up with an awesome Idea to Help pump up the work here in Qwa Qwa! ita called a Prayer Chain. Every day for the Month of october a different Member of the Branch will pray for Unity and Love in the Branch, Less Actives, and Growth! Im excited, I'm excited to see The mi9racles that are to come:)
Also, Abel adn I were tracting today and we were walking passed three kids that were like 10 or 12, but I was like "Whats up guys"
And they kinda looked at us funny, like they wanted somthing... so I was Like " What can we do for you?" and they said " Can we take a picture with you?" I looked at abel kinda funny then I asked " Why? Is it cause were White?" the main kid, I forgot his name, I'll Call Him LeBron, he replied "well.... Yeah.. you know, white people are famous around here." I tried to keep a straight face and I said "Oh,Lebron, so you've seen my show on MTV? Youve seen me on TV Before?"
man, the look on their face! HA! I was Dying! hahaha but then I was like "Nah Just kidding but sure well take a picture if you take the books"
then we gave them pamphlets and Invited them to church and took some pictures...
either way That made me laugh today! hahaha
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