Sadly I do not have a ton of time to write, because it took some time to send the pictures, but this week was really good. We got a total of 4 baptisms this month and achieved our trimester goal, something that has not been done within the last 6 years in Nelspruit. And our Zone also did the best in the mission, so we all had a really good few months. I hope we can keep it up.
I am super tired right now. We went on a pretty big hike this morning and I’m tarnished (I don’t know if that’s the right word but it sounds tiring). But Neilson finally came back from training from being a fire fighter. I can’t remember if I told you this but before he left I told him that if he read the Book of Mormon every day until he reached the end he would speak English perfect. So we went to his house when he told us he was back … and we’re just catching up, and I asked him if he had been reading like I told him. He reached up on his book shelf and grabbed the Book of Mormon, turned it open and showed me where he was. He was in 3 Nephi! I could not believe it. For someone that hardly speaks any English and read that far in 3 weeks, it is nothing short of a miracle. You could not believe how well he can read and how well he can speak now. His testimony is so strong and he told us that he has to be baptized, it was a really awesome experience. Frick (Rambo) was also baptized and that was super powerful. We also baptized this girl Nolwazi who is also a really awesome girl. It’s just been a really good week, we should also have a really good month next month as well.
I can’t tell you how much the lord has blessed us. Me and my companion were just talking the other day about how we could not even imagine our lives without our missions now. It’s just crazy, you can’t even picture it or picture were you would be if you were not here … it’s a great feeling.
I’m sorry to both you though for not being able to answer all your questions. I’m afraid it’s going to be the same this week. I just won’t send any pictures next time so I can just spend time writing. But I am reading the books you sent me. We are reading Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith with this really awesome recent convert Barney. His brother in-law is Frick by the way. And so we are going to be doing that. And on my personal time, which is not much, I have been reading Return. It’s a very good book I like it a lot and. I will have to check out that page about missionaries mom, thanks.
We also had a funeral this week for one of our members daughters. It was sad but the way they do funerals here is really cool and interesting, especially at the burial site. Everyone just like brakes down in traditional African music and dances (it sounds super cool), while all the men take turns shoveling the dirt into the hole. Also something kinda funny happened to my companion. On the program it said that he had to dedicate the grave! Ha-ha, it was funny because he had no idea how to do that and no one told him, so he just did the best he could.
Also I have a question. My companion wanted to do this thing called Elephant Whispers, were you get to like ride elephants and stuff, it’s very cool. He wanted to do it before he leaves. It coasts like 50 bucks so I don’t know if you got the money from my air-soft guns or not, or if that’s okay to do. Just let me know if you sell my air-soft guns. I guess just do them for whatever price. Dad, I think, should kinda know about the price. But thank you very much and tell everyone I say hi. Love all of you and have a good week.
Love, Justin
Nelson, Nolwazi and Frick
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