Jarod had an email all written when suddenly the internet was gone. (Welcome to Africa!) He said it was gone for an hour. Dang it! He did get a few pictures sent before he lost connection. Tomorrow is his BIRTHDAY!!!! He got the package that our awesome neighbor took to Capetown so that is great news. He even said he's waiting until tomorrow to open the wrapped presents! We sent him a voice recorder - which wasn't wrapped, and he sent back about 10 recordings of he and his companions as they go about their day. It is so fun to hear his voice! I'm sure you don't want to hear them all, but if you do, let me know and I'll send them on! This is the email that he sent to his Mission President. He was able to forward it to us.
Enjoy our crazy boy.
Hello!
This week was awesome! It went by fast, but looking back it felt forever. I love weeks like that cuz I feel I get more out of them.
Some highlights were definitely Branch Conference this weekend, an amazing exchange with Elder Paskett, and a really fun week altogether. We had a great turnout at church and 13 investigators came! (He said the other 2 missionaries in his apartment also had 13 investigators, for a total of 26 with 125 people at church yesterday!)
We walked with 4 of them: Esethu, Londi, and Bonisiwe from Norwood. And in town we met up with Ahlume and her sisters. It was really fun, but long and up hill. We left at 8 am from their flat, and got to church 2 minutes to 9. perfect! It wouldnt be too bad alone, but they are a little slower but it all worked out! They were very tired, but all loved church and will be back next week!!
President VanNirden (not sure if thats the spelling.. ahha) is so powerful! WE had a lot of fun with him and his family at the fireside and on sunday. Some things that stood out were that he said we are going away with sharing a Spiritual Thought. It is now a spiritual experience. Something relevant. Not years ago, not 4 months ago. Relevant. Days, maybe a week, or hours. We should be looking to have Spiritual Experiences very often, many times a day. We have the gift of the Holy Ghost! Take advantage of it!
It was really cool for me to hear this. Before mission I didn't have that many spritual experiences, or I didnt recognize them or acknowledge them. Now on mission we rely on the Spirit. But everyday we need to find Spiritual Experiences!
A really cool experience we had was on Thursday. With the girls in Norwood, Esethu was progressing the best. We really wanted to try to have a lesson on her own, to really help her take a jump, but at the same time didnt want the others to lose ground. We were thinking about praying for just her at the house, but didnt.. But then Heavenly Father answered us right as we got there. She had a headache and was leaving to the shop to get some medicine. We showed up and the spirit told us to go with her. As we walked we had a great mini lesson. We talked about a lot and really helped her recognize what she is doing. She said that she wants to read the BOM for herself, not for us. It was a big eye opener, because so often we try to get people to read the BOM, but it should never be for us, but for the people! It was perfect at that time to find out what she needed. Without missing anyone else.
Well, this week was awesome. I love Mthatha, I love Africans, and I love the Lord. The people here are sooooo amazing, and each day my love grows more and more for them . They are so amazing and when people progress even just a little bit it makes me so happy.
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