EVERYONE PLEASE READ THROUGH TO THE NEXT BLOG ENTRY.
I WAS LATE WITH LAST WEEKS LETTER SO DONT MISS IT.
ELDER JONES IS TRYING TO EAT A HUGE SPIDER!!!
WOAH!!
I'm super grateful to Heavenly
Father for answering my prayers and keeping my entire family safe! Well, for
me, the weather is calmer. It's actually fairly nice here. It's not too hot and
not cold either. Just sitting at a comfortable temperature. The sun is out and
the sky is clear. There's no wind, rain or floods! In fact, if there is one thing
I have noticed that distinguishes South Africa from home is how mild the
weather here is. Events like you just had never happen here where I am! Every
now and again Cape Town might get heavy rains which cause flooding, but nothing
even close to that extent, and maybe once a year. Every other day in the year
is mild weather. So it is just really fascinating how it is like that.
Elder Mukongoro has told me about
his home in Kenya. He says all year round it is the same! There are no seasons
there! In the mornings it is clear and still and cool. Afternoons are hot and
sunny! Evenings are also hot and humid and as it starts to get dark they'll get
some rain to end off the evening... Every day, day after day, forever! Super
mild weather! I don't know why, but it just fascinates me to see the weather
differences here and at home. I ponder about it and compare it to the words of
the scriptures constantly and I see how all of God's words are being fulfilled!
I love the Gospel!
Anywho, well this week was really
nice! We had a few successful days in the area, and then on Thursday my whole
zone travelled the 3 hours to East London for the Zone Conference. Elder
Bricknell (from the Area 70's) did the training and it was super powerful and
inspiring and informative! It was all about obedience and how imperative
obedience is in both salvation and in serving the Lord as Missionaries. We also
had a powerful training about "Taking upon us the name of Jesus
Christ" by President and Sister Wood. I learned a ton! I have gained a
whole new perspective and understanding on my baptismal covenant and on the
importance and power of the name of Jesus Christ.
That conference also gave me a
renewed desire to serve the Lord and it gave me a boost in my missionary
labors! I honestly love being a missionary! I am learning so much and I
couldn't imagine using my time in any better way! Anything else seems to be a
waste of time! For me to even fathom the thought of going home makes me sick
because I feel like I am going to be wasting so much time when I could be
consecrating all of my time and energies to serving the Lord and bringing
others into the Kingdom of God!
Our area is doing incredible! We
have a ton of people that we are teaching. The problem we have right now is
that a lot of our investigators that were in this area for school have left for
the holidays. They are all going to their homes in other places to be with
their families till school starts again, so for about a month a lot of our teaching
pool is going to be gone, but that is ok! That just means we will have to find
more people to teach! We have this one family that we are teaching and they are
awesome! We are teaching the whole family together. It's the Qolo (the
"Q" is a click... I wish I could see everybody who reads this try to
say the name) Family. They are planning on coming to church next Sunday! Also
they are going to read and pray about the Book of Mormon! They are awesome! I
love them so much! I love seeing people come to realize the truth and I love
seeing the changes and blessings come into their lives that bring them so much
joy and happiness! We also have others that we are teaching, but to mention
them all will take too long...
This week is transfer week, so my
companion, Elder Mukongoro, is going home this Thursday, and I'll be getting a
new companion on Wednesday. I don't know who my companion is yet, but I'll find
out tonight! I'm going to miss Elder Mukongoro... We worked the best together!
I've really enjoyed my time with him, and we have been working really hard in
our area! But he's really old and needs to go home and get married! He's 28!
Last Monday, my companion and I went
to the Animal reserve again and we saw some pretty cool things, so I'll attach
some pictures. Thanks for all the support that I get from everyone! I hope
everybody is alright from that crazy weather over there! I love you all too
much!
-Elder Jones
he finally got to see the rhino's!!! :)
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