November Emails Continued

Monday November 13th, 2017

FHE At Bluegumboch! They brought treats.... so it was nice:)

Tuesday November 14th

Today we gave Elder Bennett and Lucas a Hair cut!!!!!!! Thats all Im gonna say about that! the Members have been very... surprised? hahaha

Wednesday November 15th

Well Today was Tough... but we brought T.K. With us again and he's getting really good at teaching! :) He's a nice guy and I hope he'll Decide to go on a mission! he'd do awesome:) 

Thursday November 16th

Eish!!! it is soooo cold!!!!! Last night was FREEZING and on the Mountains around us, theyre covered with snow!!! so it looks super pretty:)

Today i worked in PJ with Elder lucas-Rafael, he's a pretty cool guy! We had a lot of fun:) It was funny we found this drunk guy and he was asking for money and were like, Sorry man Im not giving you any money.. and he asked us our names and I told him I was Elder White and Lucas told him his name was elder black! Man the look on that guys face killed Me! hahahaha 

we tried to teach people today, but it was cold and raining and people didn't want to talk to us. However, we went for dinner to one of our members houses, Lesego, they own a tuck shop.. so we got dinner there and they needed help so we worked the tuck shop for a bit, making skhambanis! it was fun:) 

Quote of the day; (While working the tuck shop)

 "Lucas, Fetch the russians" Russians are sausages.. but when he heard it he was Like "Yeah, Fetch the russians, Fetch those guys, who needs 'em!"

Friday November 17th

We taught a lady named Queen about the book of mormon and I dont think I've had a more inteligent conversation than the one we had. we showed her the introduction page last time and she kept reading and had tons of questions about the three witnesses..... So thats what we talked about! it was really nice:) She just needs to come to church!!!

Saturday November 18th

We were supposed to teach Khayas sister, Bongiwe. However she said she was busy, she had to do her grandmothers hair..... so instead we said we were their to visit her brother Khaya so we went in to their living room and we taught Khaya and TK How to teach someone about the Book Of Mormon. (the Lesson we were supposed to teach Bongiwe) But we taught this lesson really loud so she could here it in the other room while she was doing her grandmothers hair. It was nice, bongiwe understood the lesson, Tk and Khaya now know how to teach the Mook of Mormon to someone.

Sunday November 19th

Well I'm gonna be honest this week was exhausting. Im so tired! I totally forgot to write in my journal so I'm sorry! Ill try to go back and add stuff we did this week...

today church was.... interesting.. the branch president found out last night that we, along with the rest of southeast Africa, have to watch a video thing.. it was like a mini conference thing? but it was nice..

We had three Investigators at church for the First time so they were surprised! And we coudnt have the baptismal service because the font has a crack in it and is leaking:/ So that was disappointing.. but It was nice seeing Lorato at church, and he brought his friend! after the conference Branch president said we can now go home..... so we pulled Lorato and his friend and our other investigators aside, and we taught them a quick lesson:) I felt bad, its not easy for some of these people to get to church, So I want it to be nice for them:)

After church we took TK and Khaya teaching with us and they Taught a girl named Precious about the book of Mormon. She's only 10 and her mom was baptized a few month ago:) Really nice family, were preparing her to be baptized!:) and TK and Khaya did a great job! hahaha

Monday November 20th

Today we went and taught a few people, Elder Takau and I played football in the Back yard, and had an FHE With the Youth. we Played a game called 30 seconds; we should not have done that... it got intense... 

Also, Elder Lucas got a chess set, and Weve been going crazy with that thing! It's pretty fun:)

Tuesday November 21st 

I FINISHED READING THE BOOK OF MORMON COVER TO COVER! And ya know what: The Church is True, the Book is Blue and Gods a Mormon.

I actually really enjoyed it:) It's a pretty darn good book! Like remember a few years ago when everyone went crazy reading like the hunger games? this book is like a Lot better! I encourage whoever actually reads these emails, to read the Book Of Mormon! And if you already have, READ IT AGAIN!

  

Wednesday November 22nd

Well today was pretty interesting...... TK and Khaya came to wash our car as our district gave a District Development meeting.. Elder Takau Gave his Final DDM and it was super good:) it was about setting goals and not only for our areas, but for ourselves... either way it was nice, then when we finished, TK and Khaya were still working on the car... so we decided we'd go grab them some food and we'd be back in 10-15 minutes.... well when we got back they had taken our car and drove it down the road... not too far maybe 200 meters.. Eish did they Learn their lesson. Bennett and I had to pull them aside and explain why that's a bad Idea..... then we had to call branch president and they had to apologize to him.. then I had to call mission president and explain to him what happened and ask him to give them a call and talk to them. I was so scared that president was gonna yell at me, but he was super cool and glad that I gave him a call instead of hiding it. so we actually had a nice time talking, he's a pretty funny guy! and I think what helped was that he asked about my book of Mormon reading so that boosted his spirit and we had a good ol' time! haha 

20 minutes later: I got a phone call again and guess who it was... go ahead guess... nope guess again... youre never gonna get it so I'll tell you.. it was Lesegos mom (the Tuck shop Family) and she FOUND MY WALLET under her couch while she was doing her spring cleaning! prayers are being answered! whew! THANK YOU! we had some time so we went to pick it up, and helped her finish up her cleaning around the house. 

also we had to clean the boarding hard core today. the Senior couples are coming over in the morning to check and see how we did! fingers crossed its better than last time! hahaha

GOOD DAY

Thursday November 23rd

Happy Thanksgiving! Today was nice! the boarding was "Perfect" they said. last time it was a struggle.. oops.. but today nobody wanted to feed us so we went to KFC, got a tub of chicken, did some shopping, and we had a nice thanksgiving feast! and we watched Joseph King of dreams.. (The Bible story of Joseph the one that is sold in to Egypt)

Friday November 24th

Today was very nice. we met with Lorato and talked with him about Priesthood blessings. and he ended up asking for one so he can have extra strength to quit smoking and drinking:) it was really nice to see his desire to Repent and to change and to become more like+closer to Our savior Jesus Christ:) 

 

Saturday November 25th

we got our transfer news today and I am going to stay in Qwa Qwa for at least six more weeks! and Elder Takau is gonna Be replaced by Elder Futter? never met him? he's from the Madagascar mission... so Now we get to hear what its like to have sister missionaries! LOL haha just kidding! 

oh but Elder Huntington is going to go to KWAMASHU! He's gonna love it there! and they're gonna love him:) He's a lucky guy! 

Sunday November 26th

Church was nice! Lorato and his friends came to church again(Found them because of Basketball) Clourina was Confirmed, and a few other investigators were able to make it... we've been teaching a family that lives near the church sister karabelo. she was the first person I ever met in Qwaqwa, but she has been very hesitant to leave her church. either way, She Came to church this week!!!!!!!! she was unable to stay for ALL of it but she had a good reason. Elder Bennett and I both had to give surprise talks during sacrament so we were unable to talk to her and answer her questions as church went on. therefore, we went to visit her and see what she thought of church, at this point we didn't know why she left, but like I said she had a good excuse. But we asked her how church went and she LOVED IT!!! we talked about how next week is going to be Fast and Testimony meeting and she bore her testimony at the end of the lesson and it really touched my heart. she said that as the missionaries have been coming to her house these last 12 weeks her family has never been happier and they've never been closer together wit heach other and with their heavenly father. It made me feel sooooo good:)) <3

and like I said elder Bennett and I got to church and like none of the members were there? all three of the people that were asked to talk were either NOT THERE or they weren't informed that they were to speak... so Elder Bennett and I were the two speakers and it was actually pretty good:) haha then we went to Gospel Principals class and our teacher didn't show up either, so I had to Give the Lesson there as well!! so we read Lehi's vision of the tree of Life and I got to draw pictures on the white board... I liked that part the best:)) haha

we found out Takau is leaving on Tuesday morning 4:00am so tomorrows his last day. He just did his packing and he gave me tons of stuff! I love that guy!