I forgot to send this little gem on Monday. Enjoy our crazy missionary and his antics!
Hello!! well... the subject of this email can all be found in our friday this week. I will explain... but overall, this week was pretty intense, interesting, and miraculous.
Since last checked in last monday... we have hiked table mountain twice. Last week was completely garbage. Cloudy, cold, and lame... still fun i guess.
But today, we got up at 530, and were hiking by 630. It was perfect. Not too hot yet, and in the shade. At the top we could see as clear as ever, as we saw the atlantic stretching into what seems like forever.
on Friday... we had a zone meeting set for 10 am at mowbray chapel. Abou 10 minutes before it started, a bomb went off at the university campus next to the chapel. A loud BOOM, followed by many screams, led all the elders to saying, umm lets blast out of here. Called President, and we both decided prolley shouldn't stay there.... ;) We rerouted our elders to the next closest chapel, and had a great meeting.
The meeting was amazing. I gave a training on "Balling". This has been a very funny subject in our zone and mission. "That is balling", "are you balling on the zone" etc. I was challenged to give a training on it. It started as a joke, but as i studied more and more, the Lord inlightened me into discovering that BALLING is LOVING. We went through scriptures, talks, and overall it was the best meeting I Think i have been too. It was so fun.
The last. Baptisms. It was an amazing miracle to witness the baptism of Brother Mvu this week. He has been investigating the church for about 6 months. He hasn't missed a sunday. He takes business trips to East London, still doesn't miss. He is very intellectual, but finally surrendered to the Spirit. It was an amazing experience, attended by few, but mostly attended by love. Seeing Mvu change and accept the gospel has been amazing. Next up, his family. (haven't met them yet... wife and 2 kids.) Pray we can
I know this gospel is true! I love it. It really is balling. Satan can try. We have had many disruptions from him... (6 car hijackings in the mission in 8 weeks) But the work of the Lord will not and cannot cease. I love mission and serving the people in Cape Town. It will be my last full week with elder Slade. Excited to ball
Love Always. Elder Ivins
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