Letter from
Michael 6-1-2015 – 18 Months
Ester
is in Zimbabwe right now settling family issues. She will hopefully be back in
a week or two. We had four investigators at church on Sunday. There was
Wandile, Rene, Sharon, and Pat. Rene we have not seen in a long long time. Her
husband Roulof is a less active member. They decided to come to church
this week. I had seen Roulof at church but never Rene. They introduced us to
their friends down the street which is a bit of an older couple. They are very
nice. The wife's name is Pat. She is a hoot holler (funny). Pat was taught by
the missionaries years ago and then stopped when the Elders were transferred.
She and Rene want us to start teaching them again. They fed us twice last week.
They seem to like us much. Pat has been through a lot in her life. She tried
explaining but couldn't finish because she cried too much. She lost her old
copy of the Book of Mormon and asked her to read Alma 7:10-13.
Sharon is a new
investigator from the Dzeka family. The Dzekas are from Zimbabwe and they are
actually the family of Plaxedous. Sharon as I said came to church and is also
from Zimbabwe. She told us she enjoyed church and wants to become a member. We
will see what happens. Elder Oldroyd taught the Gospel Principles class about
Talents and I spoke in sacrament meeting about missionary work. What a great
topic for me! It went well. Pat and Rene said they thoroughly enjoyed it.
We found a father lead
family last week. We were looking for a former investigator named Sonny Boy. He
moved but his sister Veronica was there. We taught her family twice last week.
She read everything we gave her and seems genuinely interested in what we
teach. Next week we would like to put her on date. In fact there are a few that
we need to put on date. The college class did not happen this week. The student
enjoy us but the teachers say we are taking away from their study time. I have
been there when we didn't teach though but it did not sound like they were
studying anyway. It sounded like recess. Anyway, we will try again next
week.
- Elder Johnson
Part of his letter to his mom:
Yes, fhe went well. There were some more people there.
There is a less active named Prinsloo. I have never seen him at church or any
of the activities since I have been here. He came though with his grandparents
to fhe last week. He is 21 years old. He should serve a mission soon.
It feels strange to have not much left. It might be a bit
scary going back into the real world and schooling and everything. I want my
last 6 months of mission to be the best part.
Jokes:
Why
did the Lamanites complain about their legs hurting? ...because of all the
Knee-phites.
Did you know that Joseph
from the Bible was a tennis player?... Ya, it talks about how he SERVED in
Pharaoh's COURT!
Did you know that Lehi
had a pet? ....God said to Lehi, "Take up thine family and flea."
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