Tuesday April 10 2012
This week has been really good. On Monday we went with Bro. Schultz to a place in Krugersdorp called Carnivore. It was sweet, itis an all you can eat meat. They cook the meat over coals on these spit things then they bring the spit over to your plate and slice off a slab of meat. We ate kudu meat balls, zebra, impala, crocodile, lamb pork and beef. It was awesome. My favorite was probably the kudu then impala then croc and then zebra .
Presidents interviews were ok we didn't have much time to talk so we just talked about the zone a little bit and that was it. We went tracting some mansions on Wednesday. We only got into one, we just shared an Easter message with them. Wedidn't get a return appointment. I went on exchanges on Thursday to Vosloorus. Yesterday all the internet places were closed because of Easter. We went to a place called Hartebeespoort. It's a dam but they have an elephant sanctuary rhino and lion park, and monkeys and reptiles and stuff so we just kicked around there all day. We get transfer news on Saturday, either I or my companion will be leaving probably my companion. But I did request to go back to Bots so there is a chance that I will go. This week should be pretty busy. Tell Mitch congratulations for me. Time just keeps going by faster and faster. Talk to you later
April16 2012
Hello
Conference was good. Elder Soares was at church yesterday. My companion is getting transferred. He will be opening an area and training. The guys we are teaching from Bots are in Bots right now but they should be back this week. Transfer meeting is tomorrow, we have Zone Leader Council and baptismal interviews on Wednesday, a meeting with the Stake on Thursday as well as registering for my classes at USU, a temple trip on Friday,and we have to speak in Edenvale's sacrament meeting and we have a baptism on Sunday. So this week is going to be crazy. Today we have to go to Roodeport so my comp. can go to a trainers meeting. We are kind of in a hurry this week so I will talk to you later.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Monday, October 10, 2011
This week has been good. We had two baptisms yesterday. I conducted Sacrament Meeting yesterday. On Thursday we did a service project. we went and helped a member slaughter and clean chickens. We got there late so we didn't get to slaughter many; I got to slaughter a couple. Later they cooked lunch for us. They had chicken feet, chicken livers, and chicken intestine. They cooked them over a fire, I was impressed; the intestine was actually very good. On Friday there was a ceremony for the new chief in Kanye, he was being crowned or something. We went for a few hours, got to see Botswana's President. He was there with a bunch of ambassadors from Brazil. We were wearing our suits and the ushers kept asking us if we were VIP. It was pretty cool. Went to Labatse for district, while we were there we went and bought a cake and took it home. When we got back from the area we discovered that someone had broken into our flat and stolen my chocolate cake and our bicycle pump. Probably not the smartest person. Anyways we changed our locks and security code so everything is fine now. We eat horribly; I don't really know how we stay alive. Durbin, South Africa is where the temple is going. DRC stands for Democratic Republic f the Congo.
Kanye= Con-yay. We get to watch conference this week-end and we should be having a couple of baptisms. I hope everything is going good for you. I will talk to you later.
Kanye= Con-yay. We get to watch conference this week-end and we should be having a couple of baptisms. I hope everything is going good for you. I will talk to you later.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Hello,
This week has been sweet. We have been doing a lot of finding, we found a couple sweet families and one of them came to church yesterday. Church was good but weird sitting on the stand and having to organize everything. We should be having baptisms this Sunday, hopefully three. Today
we came to gabs and hiked Kgale Hill , took some cool photos of gabs. This week-end was Botswana's Independence Day so it was kind of crazy. It sounds like conference was pretty intense;I heard that South Africa is getting another temple as well as DRC. We get to watch conference on the 15th and 16th so we are all looking forward to it. I see Darbin all the time, we are in the same zone, they live about an hour from us. I will be in the presidency as long as I am here. They will call a President but we will still be the counselors. Things are going good here it rained pretty hard the other day but the ground soaked it up before it had time to puddle. Kanye is the best. I'll talk to you later.
This week has been sweet. We have been doing a lot of finding, we found a couple sweet families and one of them came to church yesterday. Church was good but weird sitting on the stand and having to organize everything. We should be having baptisms this Sunday, hopefully three. Today
we came to gabs and hiked Kgale Hill , took some cool photos of gabs. This week-end was Botswana's Independence Day so it was kind of crazy. It sounds like conference was pretty intense;I heard that South Africa is getting another temple as well as DRC. We get to watch conference on the 15th and 16th so we are all looking forward to it. I see Darbin all the time, we are in the same zone, they live about an hour from us. I will be in the presidency as long as I am here. They will call a President but we will still be the counselors. Things are going good here it rained pretty hard the other day but the ground soaked it up before it had time to puddle. Kanye is the best. I'll talk to you later.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Hello, I tried to send some pictures last week but I guess it was too big and didn't send. Right now I am emailing in Gaborone, Botswana. My new area is in Kanye, Botswana. I got residency so I will probably be up here for a while. I really hope so I have been here for five days but it is already my favorite area. Yesterday was stake conference so I had to in row(Centurion and Roodeport) Kanye finally became a branch yesterday instead of just a unit. My companion is Elder Larson from Arizona. I stay in a flat with the Zone leaders; Elder Williams and Elder Gauti . I stayed with ElderWilliams in Lobatse, he has residency also. Elder Larson is the branch president, I'm the first counselor, Elder Williams is the second counselor and Elder Gauti is the Elders Quorum President. We had a meeting with the stake president yesterday; they are hoping to call a local member as the branch president within the next month. Our area is sweet, it is hardcore village. It is the most rural area in the mission; it's about an hour and a half drive from Gaborone. We are in the car every other day We stay in a huge house right in the middle of the village. I got to go to Lobatse yesterday, it hasn't changed any since I was there. This week should be pretty good. We have a lot of appointments and we have to do a bunch of branch stuff. We have to deal with all the tithing , welfare interviews and callings. It's sweet though, it makes us work hard. You can start sending stuff back to the botswana address that I gave you a while ago. Unfortunately I won't be able to see Kohl at the MTC. Everything is great here; I hope you have a great week. Talk to you later.
Hello,
I tried to send some pictures last week but I guess it was too big and didn't send. Right now I am emailing in Gaborone, Botswana. My new area is in Kanye, Botswana. I got residency so I will probably be up here for a while. I really hope so. I have only been here for five days but it is already my favorite area. Yesterday was stake conference so I had two in a row(Centurion and Roodeport). Kanye finally became a branch yesterday instead of just a unit. My companion is Elder Larson from Arizona; I stayed in a flat with the Zone leaders; Elder Williams and Elder Gauti. I stayed with Elder Williams in Lobaste, he has residency also. Elder Larson is the branch president, and I 'm the first counselor, Elder Williams is the second counselor and Elder Gauti is the Elders Quorum President. We had a meeting with the stake president yesterday; they are hoping to call a local member as the Branch President within the next month. Our area is sweet, it is hardcore village. It is the most rural area in the mission; it's about an hour and a half drive from Gabarone. We are in the car every other day. We stay in a huge house right in the middle of the village. I got to go to Labatse yesterday, it hasn't changed any since I was there. This week should be pretty good. We have a lot of appointments and we have to so a bunch of branch stuff. We have to deal with all the tithing, welfare, interviews and callings. It's sweet though, it makes us work hard. You can start sending stuff back to the Botswana address that I gave you a while ago. Unfortunately I won't be able to see Kohl at the MTC. Everything is great here; I hope you have a great week, Talk to you later.
I tried to send some pictures last week but I guess it was too big and didn't send. Right now I am emailing in Gaborone, Botswana. My new area is in Kanye, Botswana. I got residency so I will probably be up here for a while. I really hope so. I have only been here for five days but it is already my favorite area. Yesterday was stake conference so I had two in a row(Centurion and Roodeport). Kanye finally became a branch yesterday instead of just a unit. My companion is Elder Larson from Arizona; I stayed in a flat with the Zone leaders; Elder Williams and Elder Gauti. I stayed with Elder Williams in Lobaste, he has residency also. Elder Larson is the branch president, and I 'm the first counselor, Elder Williams is the second counselor and Elder Gauti is the Elders Quorum President. We had a meeting with the stake president yesterday; they are hoping to call a local member as the Branch President within the next month. Our area is sweet, it is hardcore village. It is the most rural area in the mission; it's about an hour and a half drive from Gabarone. We are in the car every other day. We stay in a huge house right in the middle of the village. I got to go to Labatse yesterday, it hasn't changed any since I was there. This week should be pretty good. We have a lot of appointments and we have to so a bunch of branch stuff. We have to deal with all the tithing, welfare, interviews and callings. It's sweet though, it makes us work hard. You can start sending stuff back to the Botswana address that I gave you a while ago. Unfortunately I won't be able to see Kohl at the MTC. Everything is great here; I hope you have a great week, Talk to you later.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Hello,
How is everything going? the temple was great on Friday; I wish I could go more often. We got lost on our way back and ended up in Pretoria. We have Zone conference on Thursday, it will be different than the other one's I've been to. Before, it was all the zones in Gauteng meeting together, so there was over a hundred missionaries there. This time it will be just a few zones at a time. so for us its just Centurion and Pretoria zones. On Friday there was a strike in our area. It was done by the time we got back from the temple but when we got to Tembisa it was a mess. There were cinder blocks, bricks, trash, chunks of concrete, big concrete pipes out in the road. It was pretty crazy. But from what we heard they are striking again today so it will be interesting to see what they do this time. On Saturday, we went to the Hospital View to Mormon Helping Hands. We went to a school and cleaned the place up repainted and stuff. It was cool; the whole stake was there, a lot of white people. We don't really don't have anything planned for today, just hanging around the flat. Thanks for the package; I hope you have a great week.
How is everything going? the temple was great on Friday; I wish I could go more often. We got lost on our way back and ended up in Pretoria. We have Zone conference on Thursday, it will be different than the other one's I've been to. Before, it was all the zones in Gauteng meeting together, so there was over a hundred missionaries there. This time it will be just a few zones at a time. so for us its just Centurion and Pretoria zones. On Friday there was a strike in our area. It was done by the time we got back from the temple but when we got to Tembisa it was a mess. There were cinder blocks, bricks, trash, chunks of concrete, big concrete pipes out in the road. It was pretty crazy. But from what we heard they are striking again today so it will be interesting to see what they do this time. On Saturday, we went to the Hospital View to Mormon Helping Hands. We went to a school and cleaned the place up repainted and stuff. It was cool; the whole stake was there, a lot of white people. We don't really don't have anything planned for today, just hanging around the flat. Thanks for the package; I hope you have a great week.
August 19th was the one year mark for Thomas. Keep up the good work!!!
August 15th
How is everything? We had two baptisms yesterday, they went good. I had the opportunity to perform the baptisms, it was very cold. We had a lot of people come to church yesterday. Some really sweet people too. We met a guy named Boy a few weeks ago and took down his number. He just seemed like any other guy, didn't seem that promising Then about a week later we were looking for someone else s house and mistook Boy's house for the house we were looking for.Boy was there and wasn't busy so we shared a message with him and invited him to church. Yesterday to our surprise he came to church. We got our Elder's Quorum Pres. to fellowship him and the guy loved church, he said he will be back next week with his friends and family. It was sweet. On Thursday I was on exchanges with Elder Sherwood's new comp. Elder Dauphin who is from Tahiti. We were contacting people and contacted this sweet family from Zimbabwe. The guy said he knew the church from when he was working in Harare, he worked right next to it. So we gave him a pamphlet, asked him to read and pray about it. gave him a baptism date, invited him to church and charmed them with the only Shona phrase I know, ndokuvara mbama, which means I'm gonna clap you in the face, they thought it was pretty funny. Unfortunately he had to work yesterday but his family came to church and they loved it. We are seeing them tonight so hopefully everything goes good. We have started inviting people to be baptized as soon as we meet them. It helps to weed out fong kong people. It is actually very effective, usually we give them something to read and pray about then ask them when God answer their prayers will they follow the example of Jesus Christ by being baptized by the priesthood authority. On Thursday we ate pap and liver again, probably the best of both I have ever had. Its getting hot now and it is raining outside right now. Last Monday Elder Sherwood and I baked 200 chocolate chip cookies to give out to our investigators and members , they were pretty good. It took us five hours and we were pretty sick of cookies and cookie dough by the end.We don't really have anything planned for today, just going to the office. We are going to the temple on Friday. I guess that is all I have to say this week, I hope everything is going good for you. I'll talk to you later.
August 15th
How is everything? We had two baptisms yesterday, they went good. I had the opportunity to perform the baptisms, it was very cold. We had a lot of people come to church yesterday. Some really sweet people too. We met a guy named Boy a few weeks ago and took down his number. He just seemed like any other guy, didn't seem that promising Then about a week later we were looking for someone else s house and mistook Boy's house for the house we were looking for.Boy was there and wasn't busy so we shared a message with him and invited him to church. Yesterday to our surprise he came to church. We got our Elder's Quorum Pres. to fellowship him and the guy loved church, he said he will be back next week with his friends and family. It was sweet. On Thursday I was on exchanges with Elder Sherwood's new comp. Elder Dauphin who is from Tahiti. We were contacting people and contacted this sweet family from Zimbabwe. The guy said he knew the church from when he was working in Harare, he worked right next to it. So we gave him a pamphlet, asked him to read and pray about it. gave him a baptism date, invited him to church and charmed them with the only Shona phrase I know, ndokuvara mbama, which means I'm gonna clap you in the face, they thought it was pretty funny. Unfortunately he had to work yesterday but his family came to church and they loved it. We are seeing them tonight so hopefully everything goes good. We have started inviting people to be baptized as soon as we meet them. It helps to weed out fong kong people. It is actually very effective, usually we give them something to read and pray about then ask them when God answer their prayers will they follow the example of Jesus Christ by being baptized by the priesthood authority. On Thursday we ate pap and liver again, probably the best of both I have ever had. Its getting hot now and it is raining outside right now. Last Monday Elder Sherwood and I baked 200 chocolate chip cookies to give out to our investigators and members , they were pretty good. It took us five hours and we were pretty sick of cookies and cookie dough by the end.We don't really have anything planned for today, just going to the office. We are going to the temple on Friday. I guess that is all I have to say this week, I hope everything is going good for you. I'll talk to you later.
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