Teaching in the townships. Houses are 4 x 4 metres in size.

SOoooooo this week! New Years! and a little illness (not mine thankfully).

New Years was actually pretty good. We had curfew at 6pm but the senior couple told us not to be in the township after 4. As it turns out we had to have district meeting, and by the time we got back it was already past 4, So we didn't do any proselyting on New Years Eve, we went to Klergsdorp with the other missionaries to have a sleep over there with them, and we went to one of the members house for food on New Years. 

We spent most of the night with a member, who was really nice, and then went back to their flat, they had an extra bed. I slept on two spare mattresses that they had, which was super comfy, tried to stay up till midnight but fell asleep about 11, first time in my life that I can remember that I didn't stay up. 

The wet weather at home sounds really nice, we've been needing a big rainstorm here but it is yet to come, still hot. I'm slowly getting used to it, I'm okay during the day but the nights are still touch and go.

So for New Years day we all got together as a zone at their apartment complex, and had a big water-fight with water guns. It was so much fun! Most people got absolutely soaked because we found some buckets and just poured them on people, but we dried really quickly in this heat :D It was nice to hang out with all the missionaries in the zone, especially Elder Nwokedi, from Denmark, who is sadly going home this transfer D: because he's a really nice guy and has a great personality.

After all that we went to the senior couples flat for tea because it was Elder Charchenkos birthday, he was 28! (he's actually 72, I'll let you work out the link) And I had Mashed Potato for the first time in SA, it was super nice, although I don't mind pap so much, just so long as it has sauce with it.

Talking about relaxing, the day after New Years, we were doing a service project which was nice because I got to do something with my hands and let my mind relax a bit and Elder Benson came down with what we think was the flu, and so we gave him a blessing (me and Elder Charchenko) and then they told us to stay in and rest. So we cancelled all our appointments and spent the day in the flat. He wasn't better on Sunday either so while we made it to church we stayed in for the rest of the day. It wasn't so bad, I got a much needed nap, and we watched Mountain of the Lord and the Restoration DVDs while eating the bag of Quality Street that I found and bought :P

That's pretty much what happened this week, found and taught this really great couple, out in one of the bits of the township where it's literally 4 metre squared shacks made of tin stuff, like literally really small. 

We must have invited a good 5 or 6 people to church, and 1 of them came.

Week 5, it feels like I've been here ages but also no time at all! It's scary!

Feeling the spirit a lot and settling in, following the spirit is much more important and trying that a lot. Study of the scriptures and prayers are so so important and the way to being inspired and receive a further understand of the atonement.

Glad to hear about the sister missionaries, I can feel that they are super nice people, you will have to send me a picture of them!

Transfer Day is 2 weeks tomorrow, but i think it'll come super duper fast!

Feeling a lot more confident and it's much easier speaking to people. Went contacting for 30 minutes this week and spent the entire time just talking two guys about the Book of Mormon and it was really, surprisingly easy. They were interested. Learning to just work hard, have a lot of patience and take no thought of the reward!

Lots of Love


Elder Jack Jorgensen