February 26, 2018
Hey fam
This week went by
pretty quick. We were kinda busy with driving missionaries around because of
transfers. (Elder Leishman and I stayed together). I got to drive someone to Leribe
which is about a 2 hour drive away. It was cool to see another side of Lesotho,
it's so beautiful here. Other than that we had a really good week. We didn't
get to have Lebo's baptism because this weekend was her brother's funeral. We
went for a little bit to support her family. It's so sad how the churches are
here and I'm so grateful to belong to the true church. They had a priest at the
service and the very first thing he says without even mentioning God's plan or
consoling the family is that he expects R10 or like $10 from every person
there.
The picture this
week was us working with Francis and us stuck up to the hub caps in mud. We
were on our way to an appointment and yeah that's what happened. We tried to
get out every way we could and all the kids in the village were pumped to see a
couple white guys stuck in the mud they all "helped" us by trying to
push. Everything we tried wouldn't work. I then thought "way to go
missionaries stuck and didn't even think to pray" haha I said a prayer in
my heart that we'd be able to figure something out and just then a huge truck
started heading down the road. Even though he charged us money, it was still an
answer to my prayers and a reminder to never forget to ask for help!
The good news was
that we got to confirm Francis and Tankiso this week! They're so pumped about
this gospel and have already began helping us, giving us referrals and they
come teaching with us. It's so good to have such pure and fresh testimonies
that our investigators can relate to. "The Squad" actually weren’t even
friends before we started teaching them we found out. They just started
becoming best friends when we began to teach them and now they're like
brothers. It's so true that the gospel brings us together and they were even
saying how we're closer than their family is and how they want to share with
their families. So I'm sure we'll have many good things to come in the future!
The gospel is true. The Book of Mormon is our guide through this life! I love
you!
Bless up
Elder Thompson
