March 26, 2018

This week has been a good one, Monday was spent doing a lot of cleaning.

I've been working on getting over a month long flu sort of thing lately, went to the Doc today

Tuesday to Friday we saw a lot of great things happening in the area and people are really committing to truly hear and act on our message. 

Saturday was a really great but hectic day-

We started out quite early about 8:30 to clean the font and prepare for the baptisms.

Later we had two baptismal services- consecutively

One for Vuyo (ward 1) and one for Aphiwe (ward 4)

These two brothers are awesome. Vuyo is a great guy, his brother is an RM and the one who introduced him to us, it's great now because Vuyo wants to serve a mission some day. He already looks like a missionary haha.

Aphiwe is another amazing guy, he really sets the example in his family. His cousin is also a member but he is really paving the path for the family.

It'll be exciting to watch them both get the priesthood and be able to grow in the gospel. 

Sunday we confirmed them in the sacrament meetings and afterwards we went and had a great buffet lunch at bishop Jada's house in Xahoon. It was a great day. 

I'm really excited for conference, we'll watch the saturday morning session live and then the afternoon (delay), preisthood (delay), and sunday morning (live) on Sunday. The following Sunday we will watch the afternoon. It's quite exciting. I'm excited too to see who the new apostles will be. Exciting stuffs!

Well until the next week!

Elder Smith

March 19, 2018

This week has been a lot of good change,

Monday was fun, it was Elder Smith's last before going back to Madagascar so we decided to celebrate with Sushi and Go-karting, the latter being really lame. Go-karts back home are much better. 

Tuesday was a lot of goodbye visits for Elder Hawkins. 

Wednesday we dropped him at the airport really early to get to Hermanus and got the other elders off to PE. I spent most of the afternoon with Elders Zander and Senikuraciri. That was fun. Once mine and Elder Zander's companions got in from PE, we took Elder Monoalibe home to unpack some stuff. We went to the area and had an appointment with Vuyo to prepare him for his baptism interview. After that we went back to the airport to pick up the elders coming from Cape Town. Once that was all done we could finally relax. 

This week has been really good and I'm really enjoying my time with Elder Monoalibe. He's from Joburg in Hillborough. He stays right across from the temple in Joburg. He's a great guy and reminds me all the time of Elder Thulari. 

We had two baptismal interviews on Sunday for Aphiwe and Vuyo- both powerful 19 year old guys from Ward 1 and 4. It's pretty exciting that we'll be having their baptism service this upcoming week. 

Sunday we went to the hospital to give a less active lady a blessing... hospitals here are really interesting, but it's brand new so it was really nice. 

Well, more fun and good work to come.

Elder Smith

March 12, 2018

This week has been a week full of good, but a lot of busy-ness and our progressing investigators are doing well. 

Mama Themba in an appointment finally said quits to tea so hopefully in the next few weeks she'll be getting baptised which is awesome. Her appointments are funny because she basically teaches and commits herself and she does all the talking. 

Aphiwe is doing well, one of our best investigators, he's come to church on his own the past 7 weeks now and he's really committed and reads and has a great testimony of the BOM. 

Vuyo is doing well too, he understands now the importance of the sabbath day and hopefully soon we can get him baptised. 

Transfer news came, Elder Hawkins will be going to Hermanus so I'll be getting Elder Monoalibe, I've never met him but it should be fun. We've got a lot of good work coming here in MD 1st and 4th wards. 

Sunday was Bro. Molteno's farewell- he's been fellowshipping a lot with us lately. He's going to be a powerful elder in Johannesburg. 

Well, change coming, but goood change. Well until the next week!

Me, Lulama (less active that we reactivated), Azukile Jada, Elder Hawkins, "Shakes" (sitting down) 

Us and Elder Molteno

Cute kids

Me and Hlumelo (one of our fellowshippers)

Aphiwe and his family (he is standing next to me)

March 5, 2018

Hello everyone, another week by

and Rain

This week has been super rainy and has dumped buckets, and also had a lot of thunder and lightning. You always know when it's going to be a big storm here in Africa because it's super hot and humid in the morning/afternoon and then it gets really really cold quick and the storm rolls right in. The other night we were probably driving in about 6 inches of water. It's a shame Cape Town isn't here to get any of it. I almost got struck by lightning the other day too, it was pretty crazy, it struck just right across the road in a field about 100m away.... all I can say is I've never jumped back into a car so fast in my life....

We've been working with some good investigators between wards 1 and 4. We've also been able to reactivate some less actives which is cool, the biggest things with less actives, is helping them build courage to meet the bishop, then he gives them a calling, and then they're active, not much too it. 

We're teaching a really old mama named mama Nothemba, and she is quite a funny lady. She's in her 60's and has really gained a strong testimony. It's just funny cause she brags to her friends that her church doesn't charge a fee to be in the women's organisation (relief society) and doesn't have a uniform lol. She's quite a lovely lady. 

Olwethu is doing good, she actually gave the closing prayer in church which was pretty cool. Her son loves primary and isn't afraid of elders anymore haha. 

It's crazy, It's march, and next week is transfers so depending on Saturday, I'll know if I'm leaving or staying. I'd prefer to stay- MD is really nice. 

Until next week. 

Elder Smith