Today was really nice:) we played basketball at the Bloemanda chapel for a few hours, all 6 of us:) It was a lot of Fun cause the hoop is like 9 feet so its super easy to dunk on!
TUESDAY MARCH 13TH
today we went to the Senior couples Boarding to use their computer. We had to send in some reports and information to the Mission Office about our Zone.. it took a while but it was a pretty decent day.
WEDNESDAY MARCH 14TH
DDM: pretty usual.
we got bunked a few times but we Got fed again this week courtesy of the Tsoeu family. the ward has helped us quite a bit this last week, we've been fed more than usual! I think they like us!:)
THURSDAY MARCH 15TH
We went to go teach Gibson today and we walked in on him trying to shave his head. A huge chunk of his hair was gone, and his buzzer was broken... we tried to fix it but there was no way of saving it. Therefore, Elder Phillips made a quick trip back to the boarding and grabbed Phillips buzzer, then we came back, and finished shaving his head. Then we had a lesson. Gibson's super nice and understanding, when we taught him about the law of chastity, two days later he moved out of his Girlfriends house and rented his own. Last time we visited him, we told him he needs to quit smoking. He said he'd been smoking 1 cigarette every 2 hours! But today he told us that he's cut it down to 1 a DAY! so he's made huge improvement:) Also he said he'd come to church with his Girlfriend Portia.
FRIDAY MARCH 16TH (Exchanges with Elder Menardin)
I was in Bloemfontein and it was super weird! We were on Bikes, we wore Helmets, we tracted a bunch of GATES and worst of all, WE TAUGHT WHITE PEOPLE!!! It was all so new! to start the day off I was telling Elder Menardin that I havent ridden a bike in like a long time but I figured how hard could it be? Its like riding a bike you can never forget, whoever said that is a liar!! then we I left the front gate and i watched Elder Menardin cross the road do a wheely and pop his bike over a curb. I paused for a second for traffic, In my mind I ran diagnostics on how I can do the same, then I drove with full boldness over this curb. However, I completely misjudged how heavy his bike was so when I went to pop a wheely I think I only got the tire off the ground like half an inch and I flew straight over the Handlebars into the dirt. That's when I knew it was gonna be a long day. Curb1-ElderMerritt0
After that it all went pretty smoothly, besides the crashing my bike, stepping on a nail, getting yelled at by white people, and now having a really sore butt, It was Actually a really good day! Most people were excepting, We taught a guy that looks just like my dad and we put him on B-date. His name is Garrett, but the G makes a nasty cough sound.
Also we were tracting today and the craziest thing happened, we knocked on a ladies gate, She Came outside, Had ZERO interest in our message but she has met missionaries in the passed. However, she said what were doing is really good then she offered us lunch... I said we cant just take your food we'd have to work for it. She agreed and told us to come in and she'll find something for us to do. we Ended up talking to her about her life story outside while we looked at all her birds, dogs, and turtles, then she made us some hot dogs and we cleaned up after her Dogs with some shovels. It was well worth it. Very nice lady!
today was really good! .
at the end of the day we popped elder Jewkes's face pimple brain thing! like an abnormal cyst. a took a video but it was a terrible scene.
Saturday MARCH 17TH
pretty good day... thats basically code for, we got bunked a lot but we made it through wit ha good attitude.
at like 8:30 nobody wanted to see us so we went to the KFC at the mall. they were all locked up. however, they saw our badges and let us in, made us some food and all the security guys were using the giant tv to watch a pirates game. They were cool so we joined while we ate for like 15-20minutes. it was nice.
SUNDAY MARCH 18TH
Well church was good, I taught gospel principles (It was pretty funny). our investigators didn't show up so that was a shame:/
At the end of the day we went and met with our Stake President and it went really well. we bounced a lot of Ideas off of each other. Im really excited and he saw our excitement, in fact, he invited us next month to the stake center to attend a meeting and basically "Encourage" (Give fire) to all the local bishops of our stake about including missionaries more in the work. I don't think missionaries have ever been invited to this meeting, but he wanted us to also pitch some good ideas for getting the Stake in shape:) Im excited for them! I think it was mostly because elder Phillips and I talked with the ward today about doing a Prayer chain here. so every day for the month of April a different family will pray for Self-reliance, unity and Love, and Growth(less actives, father led families, Melchizedek priesthood holders). Honestly, were thinking about making a HUGE Chain and having a different ward do it May, then another do it June, then July. By the end of the prayer chain we have just a Powerful chain of prayers!! the Stake would go crazy with success. This is the Zone with some of the least success in the mission.. so we need all the prayers we can get! Progress has been made!
pictures, not much from this week...
me in a tank. cause Im awesome!
karabo and phllips
saturday night KFC
elder allen and the post office
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