Hello! Wow, what a fast, and crazy week. I love it here!
So in Mthatha there is 4 elders, Elder Ivins, Kyles, Paskett, and Zander. We feel that Mthatha hasn't had as much success as it is capable of, and that if we work really hard, and are dedicated, perfectly obedient, and give all of our Faith to the Lord, we can change this place around. That being said, we set the goal to have 100 baptisms for the Mthatha Branch and our district, in these next 12 weeks (2 transfers). We were really thinking how we can change this place and make sure it reaches its full potential! We know we can't reach this goal without the Lord, and without families. So we are praying constantly for families, led by a father who will be a potential priesthood holder. We set the goal on Tuesday. Since then, as a district we have had over 100 new investigators, given about 30 baptismal dates, and are meeting amazing families left and right, that we wouldn't have found without being led by the Spirit. It is awesome. Of course, there will be hard challenges and things, but we believe that we will be able to reach this goal. It is gonna be awesome!!
A couple families that we have found that are powerful, is Bongiswa and her brother (Bunto) and her son (Thando). She has one of the most powerful testimonies ever, and her son loves the BOM! He is 10.... He was teaching all his friends from the pictures in the BOM and how much he loves the Lord.
Another is the Samuel family. Coraline and her 2 daughters, Stacy and Nicole, and her husband Bruno. When we found her it was about 8:45 at night, and she didn't want us to come then, but the next day, and she was so kind! When we went, she wasn't there, Agh. But we went the following day. She was so excited to see us and was so worried because she got caught up at work the day before, and was worried we wouldn't come back. Persistence is key. But we had a great lesson with her, and she is so ready! She can't wait to be baptized already, and loves the idea that there is a prophet and apostles today! In her prayer she was saying how grateful she is for them! It was amazing!
Each day is really long (which is great!), and we wake up exhausted, also a good thing. It is very tiring, but rewarding. I'm so excited to see what will come. It is really fun to be in a 4 man boarding, cuz we are all really close. We get to see each other a lot and work together. Making waffles in the mornings, to singing songs, and just having fun is great. It helps us all stay obedient and united. We had a great time together putting the fire out. Not bad. Really lit us up and brought us together. ;) (Jarod said in a separate email, that one of the Elders put some oil on to heat up and then they all got distracted and it erupted into flames!)
Last week we went to a place called Coffee Bay. It was sooo beautiful! Unfortunately when we got there, I took a couple pics, and my camera died, and the spare battery I had brought, dead too. So i didn't get that many pics, but it was full of these amazing cliffs, and beaches and we saw octopus, and coral, and amazing fish, and nice soft sand. We also chased down this goat all the way till the edge of the cliff, and it was about to fall, and gave in, so we were able to catch it, yo it was hard but super funny. Ha ha. Today we will be going to a place called Port St. Johns. Apparently it is very beautiful too and I'm super excited, I'll let you know how it is.
The Lord really has been answering our prayers and providing us with many miracles each day. It is amazing to see how everything happens for a reason, and how it can lead us to finding more and more of God's children, that are ready to hear the Restoration.
Thank you for all of the love and support. We need it and are really excited to have the Lord help us in these next 12 weeks.
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