Patience Week

Hello mom and dad, Its been a great week, probably one of the best on my mission. The car is still not fixed but me and my companion are doing this thing where we are trying to work on Christ-like attributes, and this week is patience week so we are trying not to complain about anything. But we actually had two baptisms yesterday and one of them was the coolest thing I have seen on my mission so far. So there is this Afrikaner named Barney. Afrikaners are very stubborn people and they like to stick to what they know and if it’s not their way than it’s the high way. Barney was one of these men. He has been taught by the missionaries for a very long time with his wife being a member and his son. He even used to refuse to say a prayer or come to church, but slowly his testimony grew. The missionaries never thought that they could change this stubborn man, and yesterday he was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ and his testimony is stronger than anyone I have ever seen in my life. As he walked out of the font his wife ran up to him with himself being completely wet and they just hugged each other for about 5 minutes, just both crying in each other’s arms because they knew that they were going to be able to spend eternity with each other.  This was one of the most emotional things I have seen on my mission and I, myself, Justin Ronald Brey cried at that baptism because I saw what this gospel could do for people, even a stubborn Afrikaans man. I don’t think once on my mission I have really understood what this all was about until that day.
Everything else is going really well. We currently have eight people on baptismal date, and just as a little background, Nelspruit had a total of, I think, about three baptism in the whole of last year. So if me and my companion were actually to make this goal that would be very cool. But it’s not about numbers. I would rather baptize one person who is truly converted rather than ten that will go less active.
That really cool you were able to see our apartment, we live on the very top floor in the far right corner of the building next to the street. I’m not sure of the church address but it’s just in town and it’s behind a store called Rich Man Poor Man Furniture Store. I’ll try to get the address. That’s sweet though that BYU is doing so well I wish I could watch the games. The biggest game here I’m sure most of you know is football (soccer) or rugby for the Afrikaans people. But all the Afrikaans like soccer, the big rivals here are teams called The Chiefs and The Pirates. They both played the other day and tied. I don’t know why I’m telling you this but everyone enjoys watching soccer, and if its soccer time you can just about forget about teaching them anything because this is their life here. It’s crazy to see little kids in the street playing with a ball that is made out of plastic bags trying to knock over a brick, but they still have the time of their lives, and they don’t need an Xbox or anything to do that, it’s cool.
And I wish you luck mom in your calling, you’re going to do so good. I know it. But I’m excited to get your package. I don’t really care what music, just like cool soundtracks, anything that’s just nice music that does not take the spirit away I guess. Oh, I also need to buy some socks really bad so I think I’ll be using the home card later today for that if it’s okay. Somehow I’m only down to like two pairs of socks. Don’t ask me what happened to the rest of them. But it’s good to hear from you guys I have a lot more to tell you guys but my time is almost up on the computer so I’ll have to say good bye.
Love, Justin