December 4, 2017
Saubona,
It's crazy that
December is already here!! Time really is flying and here all the kids are out
of school, which makes it a little easier for missionary work because usually a
lot of people are around. The only bad thing is people drink here like kids eat
candy so the streets are usually full of people stumbling with their
"black label" beers! It's funny to see them try to walk though! It's
all part of the experience I guess haha we just laugh.
This week we were
pumped to go see Sihle except he lives in Umgababa (super far from the church
kind of in the middle of the mountains). Right when we were headed to the
lesson we realized our tire was going to be flat in no time. So we went and
told him and he just came out and basically changed our tire for us. We felt so
bad, because we didn't even ask him to help but we just pray he'll be blessed
for what he did. So we didn't even have time to teach him because it was our
last appointment for the day. We say goodbye to Bro. Ntokozo and Elder Legas.
We also got to meet with our newest progressing investigator, Xolani! He's such
a funny guy haha probably around 45 years old and just a really nice man. At
first he seemed like he wasn't too interested but lately he's been really
interested and keeping commitments! He said he's seeing some changes happening
in his life and promised to come to church. He ended up not coming last second
and when we went to him after church he just said he was really nervous, so
we're thinking next week he'll come for sure! We've also had some pretty cool
experiences with finding. I've realized that if we don't pray or aren't excited
when we meet people then nobody wants to hear from us. But as we prayed to find
MEN and came with some swag we were able to just meet so many people. Haha it
really is crazy what difference prayer can make and relying on God. We always
forget all the times he's pulled through in the past. But I promise that if we
sincerely pray to Him he will help us! I'm so thankful for the Book of Mormon
in my life and the daily guidance I get from reading from it. I hope this
gospel brings us all happiness, and if it isn't maybe we need to change
something in our life so that it can! I love you guys and I know that this
church is true.
Bless up
Elder Thompson
