Hey hey

Hey hey,

Ha-ha my hand is fine now and I think I will soon get over the trauma. Well, the week was a bit stressful with everything we had going.  We just barley dropped off my companion (elder Makosa) to the mission office in Bots.  It will probably be the last time I see him unless I ever go to Zim.  Now I and Elder Richeson are officially companions.  He is from Grantsville.  I am not for sure where that is but he says it’s close to Salt Lake.  He is a really cool guy, I think we will get along really well. He actually reminds me a lot of Jordan, it’s kind of weird.  And Swaziland is not part of our mission anymore they changed it right when I came out on my mission.  They do not allow us to go out into different countries.

And yes, I heard aids is very bad there.  I think it’s also extremely bad in Botswana.  My last companion said that it was 90% of the population and I told him in no way is that correct.  I was kinda wondering if you guys knew anything about that.

Oh, and I did add up my baptisms.  I have 25 now and I think we should get 3 more next month.  So the work is going pretty well.  The crazy thing is that 25 baptisms is actually not that high in this mission. So far all of my areas have been some of the hardest in the mission. Mochudi is a very small village with many people who do not speak any English. Nelspruit was considered the hardest area in the mission and now I’m in G-west which is also a town.  I love it though and I have really enjoyed all my areas. There are places like Francis town which baptizes like crazy.  I mean like sometimes they will get 20 baptisms on just one Sunday, it’s really crazy. Africa is prepared to hear the gospel. 

 That really stinks about BYU.  Hopefully they will do better next time. I don’t really have too much to say today just because it’s been kinda crazy lately. It’s hard with lots of Elders staying in the same flat but its back to normal now so it should be better this week. Are baptisms also went really well with Winnie and Ikenna.  They also got confirmed this Sunday. I love you guys a lot!  Tell everyone I say hi and take care.

Love

Justin