MONDAY November 27th, 2017
well I'm gonna start right off and say this was an Awesome day! I WAS ATTACKED BY A FULL GROWN HUGE baby LION!!!!!!! we found out theres a small animal park on our way to Bethlehem, and it could have contained lions... possibly. we did not have a lot of information going in to this... either way the senior couples invited us over for lunch with the other elders in Bethlehem so we decided to check out the little animal park on our way... because its Takau last P-day:)
We Arrived at the Animal Park, Known as "My Little Africa" and admission was 20R, cheaper than a two liter of coke. first thing he had us do was fill out a insurance forum... he said "If a lion Reaches through the gate and tears your arm off, its not my fault. You can take me to court, but you signed for this.. be smart.. now go inside and find a guy named Samson"
so we did as he said and found a guy named Samson and he took us to Lio. Lio is a cool guy... he's actually not a person he's a Lion cub and he was the most adorable thing in the world. he's 11 weeks old (Ill attach Photos). we played with Lio for for about 15 minutes then Samson took us to the Snake pit. Eish... I dont do snakes... so I mostly took Photos of the other guys:) but I did hold some for a bit, until i realized the orange snake had a 'Hissy' attitude. (Pun intended). then we went to our next activity... the big lions!
okay heres where it gets good. THE LION DEN. *Cue intense Music*
we arrive to a nice safe area where we can view about 10-12 full grown Lions from a distance:) it was nice. a ig gate with a viewing area. completely safe. then the man told us to go inside. So he turned off the electric fence and we all followed him. with every step I swear the lions got bigger and bigger and bigger! Prior to taking photos he gave us a powerful pep talk and training. He said "these are lions so If you run, if you scream... then you will die." and thats it. it was pretty straight forward and the scariest thing I have ever done. He threw a rock at one of the lions while it was sleeping, then he told us to come out and take a photo next to it. As Takau and I walked out it flinched just a bit and I'm gonna be honest I almost Peed my Pants. We had to walk passed what felt like 100 lions to get to the one that he threw a rock at and Takau was going to pose next to a different Lion and the guide stopped him and said... " don't sit next to that one, my friend, he will kill you". Takau turned to me and the fear that I saw in his eyes was... well looking back it was pretty funny. but either way we all took a photo next to the lion and it was pretty fun and TERRIFYING.
Im gonna be honest as I look back this Lion Park is terribly unsafe. First of all, the area where we posed with the Lions was also their Feeding Den, the guide did Not have a tazer or any way of defending us or himself (besides the contract we signed),lack of protection, lack of communication, lack of supervision, Zero back up plans (if it attacks you then you die), it was only TWENTY RAND ($1.25) ! I would not have have been surprised if Samson would have let us hold the black Mamba!!! it was AWESOME! #BLESSINGS
then we had lunch with half the Zone at the senior couples house! I showed hoopes the scratches that a lion gave me, and bragged hard core about the pictures we took:)
Then we had Takau farewell FHE it was really nice:) Im glad Im staying! but I'm gonna miss Takau.
Tuesday November 28th, 2017
Well today I met elder Futter.... he's from Jo-burg. He's gonna teach me Malagasy and Afrikaans! haha He said the Missionaries in Madagascar should be going back in February if the Plague thing gets better:)
also so a few nights ago I had a weird dream? in it some guy was standing at the corner of the road a few houses from the Mofokengs and he was pointing to the house across the road... I figured it must be a sign! so we went to visit and one of the nicest ladies ever was home and she invited us in and let us teach her:) she has three sons and had lots of good questions for us and wants to learn more:) I thought I'd include her in this Email because I thought the dream was cool and it would be super awesome if she ends up being baptized!!
Friday DECEMBER!!!!!!!!!!!! 1st, 2017
today we had weekly planing... or should I say, WEAKLY Planing.. haha Just kidding.
then we went to see Lerato! We taught him about the Law of Chastity... at first you could tell that he was super disappointed but then he understood why it was important and the blessings that follow living it... I old Lucas about it and he said "well if he's disappointed... then it was a good lesson and he understands it."... That made me laugh! haha
We also went to teach Lesegos mom... and we helped a little in their shop... well we didn't plan to but she went outside to talk to a customer and a big ole grease fire started in the kitchen! it was scary but awesome! I felt Like a Firefighter.... Im glad I got the Fire safety Merit badge and I knew how to take care of a grease fire;) (Theres a reason they named Merit Badges after me! hahajk)
Saturday December 2nd, 2017
well talk about an answer to my prayers! last night I got a phone call and the Lesotho and Bloemfontien Zone Leaders got lost and their GPS accidentally took them to our boarding instead of Bethlehem so they called me and told me theyd spend the night! so last night was a Party! Lahue, Simiyile, Hicks and Legas spent the night with us.
This morning was the best though... Elder Legas and I played catch in the back yard and it was so much fun! Lega's the guy that has the full ride to Play Quarterback for BYU next year! So it was pretty darn awesome! hahaha ! hope were companions!
But eish the rest of the day was tough... and it ended with us going tocheck on the font in between appointments only to find out the its completely NASTY! the guy that was tiling it did a... ok I don't want to be super negative, but I had higher expectations for this thing... Im tired and stressed. we ended up spending the last three hours of our day scrubbing gunk out of the font so we can have a baptism on Sunday! i hope all goes well.
Sunday December 3rd
well today went really well... we got to church and the electricity was out... not gonna lie I got super stressed out I thought we were gonna have to have church in the hallway... I dont enjoy that, its not classy!! but we said a prayer and it turned back on:) BLESSINGS! But hey the baptism was super awesome! sure the water was pretty dirty... I could barely see my feet! but I guess its not really about the font or the lights! And everyone knew that! an we had a great time:) Brother Moshoeshoe and Sister Relebohile were so happy! and both their families came and supported them, and they bore their testimonies and they were perfect!
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