Hello Friends and Family,
It was another great week out
here in SA (South Africa). Elder Siale and I have seen the Lord bless us with
many new people who are ready for the gospel. One of which lives in our flat
complex. She saw us missionaries outside one day so she came over and told us
she wanted to meet with the missionaries and that she had met with them in
2012. We went and visited her on Tuesday and discovered that she was about to
be baptized about 6 years ago but life got crazy and some concerns about the
church came up. She expressed to us that she believes the Book of Mormon is
true. Her and her husband are looking for a church now. We invited her to
baptism and her and her daughter both accepted. They were suppose to come to
church but her Mother-in-Law was admitted to the hospital so they were unable
to make it. We are excited to visit them this week again and to meet the
husband as well.
On Friday we held a Zone
meeting where we discussed our upcoming plans for the Light the World campaign
and watched a video where we received some insights from Elder Nielsen of the
Seventy. It was a great meeting and it was fun to have our whole, rapidly
growing, zone together (we added to our zone another area and companionship).
Friday evening I celebrated Halloween
for the first time on my mission. Halloween is celebrated here but is not very
common. It is celebrated mostly by members of the church who live in town. No
one goes out Trick or Treating because it is dangerous. However we did have a
Ward Trunk or Treat that evening. So that was fun.
Also on Friday Elder Siale
and I tracted for 2 hours in Rynfield town. The very first door we knocked we
had someone throw the F bomb at us lol. It was 2 hours filled with rejection
but also 2 hours filled with success because we were doing what we were supposed
to be doing. On Saturday we did 3 hours of tracting in Northmead town. Well, we
had basically the same outcome. We had someone throw the F-bomb at us again as
well as people yelling at us to get away from their gate, and people yelling at
us telling us we were annoying them. Once again it was a successful day and
Elder Siale and I were proud of our efforts. (Matt 10:22)
The Church is true. I will
continue to share that with others whether they accept me or not. For I am not
ashamed of the gospel.
Love, Elder Rash
note from mom: No pictures this week. He said that the internet café service was running slow and his pictures wouldn't download. I'm expecting LOTS of pictures next week!
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