So we went on Tuesday to help out some of the brethren to help her fix up her flat.
We were there for 7 hours!! And we left early!! It was a lot of work! Cementing her shack to the ground, demolishing and transporting the materials from an old shack of hers to the new place, about a 5-10 minute walk.
It was hot too! I was wearing my sunscreen! he he.
But all in all it turned out pretty good, we went back on Wednesday again but couldn't stay too long, but all in all it turned out well. It was great to see how the ward pulled together to help her, even though in total there was only about 7 of us there!
The funniest part was when we got out of the car, transporting sand at her place, and these 3 boys (about 15) walk past, one of them says (in Zulu) "Ah here's a white guy, let's rob him"
Yo, the members that were with us just start going off on this kid, shouting at him and rebuking him! (It was all in Zulu so we only found out after)
Apparently, they scared him quite a bit because he got really nervous and almost ran away. Apparently one of the members was saying that if he did he'd kill him and his family. It was quite intense :')
The other thing was on Wednesday we had the MTC experience, so we got to go with the MTC missionaries for a couple of hours. This time I only got one. So me and Elder Wheeler (from Idaho) went tracting and contacting, and we had some really powerful experiences! We contacted a couple of people that were really interested, gave them Book of Mormons, and actually one of them lives in our area, so weare going to try and see him.
Went tracting, first door that answered, apparently none of the kids spoke English, ha ha so we left. The next door, we taught a really powerful lesson! So hopefully the missionaries in Protea Glen follow up there. They were really prepared for the message and they understood it really well
The best part though was we were walking down the street that we were tracting on and it so happened to be the street where one of the recent converts in the ward lives. She was actually found by me and Hosmer, and was one of the best investigators I've had on my mission, I think I may have mentioned her before, Vuyo is her name
Anyway, we go in, her younger brother recognizes me and is a little excited, he goes and calls her, she was studying, anyway when she comes out she sees me and just stops, and pretty much almost cries! She got very emotional and was so happy to see me, and I was so happy to see her too! It was a great moment. The funniest part was when she came over, then she stopped, and then we shook hands. I could tell that she wanted to hug me but she knew she couldn't, ah the restrictions of mission! he he, but it was great
Fast and testimony meeting this Sunday was also very good, The funniest part was when one member got up and bore his testimony about how he joined the church, he said "I was baptized but I didn't believe it was true!"
We all laughed about this he he!!
I bore my testimony too, specifically about something that I have learned on mission, it is this:
The gospel is simple. It's very simple. It's not long or hard or complicated, it's plain and straightforward, especially with the help of the Book of Mormon. We don't need to think too hard, but understanding comes as we live the principles of the gospel. As we live the principles first, we learn and understand why we are to keep the commandments, the Holy Ghost reveals to us the ties and connections within the gospel.The way to live the gospel is to live it! As we live it we begin to love it. Not because we are brain washed or because it becomes habit, but because we come to understand why.The reason that this is so hard for us is because the world works the other way around. We need to see the benefits first and be assured of success before we begin. Whereas the gospel requires faith!
I love mission, I am looking forward to coming home, but I will miss doing missionary work! Although I know I can't stay here forever!
