Our New Years was okay. Kinda boring actually because we are not allowed to leave the flat because it is too dangerous to go outside on New Years and New Year’s Eve. So we went and played some basketball and then hung out in the flat and played some Risk. Sometimes our games can kinda get a little heated but it’s funny. Sounds like you guys had a nice new years. I would honestly love time to just kinda sit around and watch movies and relax but I can do that when I get back home. I feel like I am on a roller coaster that never stops. Ha-ha that's funny about mom she returns every single little thing she gets, it’s funny though. The best way to go with mom is just a gift card I have found.
But I actually have some kinda crazy news. So my trainer left me right, so we thought that we were going to have to work in a 3-som for about 11-12 days. Turns out the president decided that he wanted to give me a ward missionary from Gaps. When I heard the news I was pretty much terrified because I am going from being trained to actually training. President Morgan said that I am the youngest trainer in all of Bots and South Africa. So my new title is District Leader, Senior Companion, Trainer, very new Missionary, Elder Brey! So I have been with my ward missionary for a couple of days now and he is actually a really cool kid. He is funny though, he thinks that he is such a gangster. On the ride home from Gaps he told me he likes to rap...surprise, so I asked him to rap for me but he told me it would cost me money, I should have known. Anyway ya it’s been fun and I’m learning a lot because I have to take the lead on everything so it’s been a good experience.
And I have not got my package yet but it will come soon. And I really appreciate you doing that for the Sekatemas family, I really hope we can baptize them this month. I pray every day for that miracle. O and I actually did finish the book of Mormon, on Dec 31st it was a great feeling to finally finish it. I have also noticed after I have got done reading it I have started to understand a lot more of what I read. I don’t know if you know but I have always had a hard time reading something and just understanding it like that, but I think my understanding is really become better and I am becoming faster at reading so I can read more books now. Ya the battle is crazy in the book, I never realized how bad it actually was. I like the part where Moroni is talking specifically to the people in these days and saying the things that are going to happen, it’s very cool. But thanks a lot for the email. I don’t have much time today so I’ll talk to ya next week!
Love ya, Justin
Hey mom
How’s it? I’m glad to hear your New Year went well and I’m jealous you got to go to the temple. I honestly always never wanted to really go because I thought it was very boring, but now I’m like dying because I’m not going, and we are so freaking far away! I never realized what a blessing it is to have like 30 temples around you in like a 10 min driving range. People here have to save up for like months to go to the temple. It really makes you think sometimes at how some people complain about how going to the temple takes up too much time of their day when these people sacrifice a whole week just to be in the temple for a few hours or just to even look at the temple. That’s cool though you got to go.
That’s cool you shared your testimony in church and it had such an effect like that. That’s cool when those types of things happen that’s when you truly know what you said was inspired. We also had a testimony meeting and it was so cool. People here have such strong testimonies because the church is all that they have, it’s their whole life. The new companion I got is a great example, he has only been a member for 2 years but he can pull scriptures out of freaking everywhere. He has read the book of Mormon like 4 times and knows it inside out. It’s crazy at what dedication the truly converted members have to the church and I love hearing their testimonies. It’s also really cool when an investigator gets up to bear their testimony and you never even knew that they had one. But it’s great to hear from you. I’m glad your classes are going well I love to hear from you guys and I’ll try to send some pictures. I love you very much mom bye bye.
Love, Justin
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