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| Me and my comp Elder Sibeko |
Date: November 23, 2015
Area: Amanzimtoti, South Africa
Companion: Elder Sibeko
Week 22
Wow today I turned 5 Months! I'm just getting out of my pampers!
It was a great week, I
am really starting to settle in the area and get to know people which is
awesome! Love for the people is the most important thing in this work.
So a question was
posed and a meeting we had as missionaries on what does God find joy in? The
answer is us, when we do something good that makes him happy, He is our Father.
just like any parent find joy in seeing the success of their children our Father
in heaven is the same way.
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| Water in interesting glasses. |
I had the awesome
chance to go on exchanges with Elder Knight in Margate which is further south
from Toti. I had such a fun time with him, sadly my camera died at the
beginning of the day so I didn't get to take many pictures of the beautiful are
we were in. He is such a great guy our personality's just clicked and I had a
super fun day! we got the chance to explore an abandoned house that was super
creepy but cool, ended up finding two people that are living in this unfinished
house. We taught a baba who lives two hours away from the chapel but he drove
all the way to come and visit us and have a tour of the church, It was
power!!!! Later I found out that Elder Knights grandpa is Elder Cook the
apostle so that was cool too!
I have been so happy
this past week because I feel like I am myself again, I was struggling to bring
my personality into the work of salvation but this week I just felt more like
myself, was able to laugh and smile more which just makes everything so much better.
this week has just flown by!!! the work is still tough and we work a lot, I
sometimes have to do some jumping jacks or something before we go into a lesson
to make sure I don't fall asleep in someones house while teaching haha. so I
have definitely been tired lately, more than usual so maybe I need to get some
more sleep.
We had ZTM (zone
training meeting) this week and one lesson I enjoyed was about brotherhood, and
how us as missionaries need to have a sense of brotherhood. Something I have
shared with investigators is this: Ill ask "why do we refer to each other
as brother and sister?" Yes because we are all sons and daughters of God
and literally are brothers and sisters but to me I think of my family, I would
do anything for my fam and when I call you brother it means that I got your
back no matter what. That's how it should be, we call each other brothers but
yet we don't do the action to show it. as brothers we stick together, go through
pain together and go through joy together!
I am loving my mission,
its fun, its hard, and so so good!
Love you all,
Elder North
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Toti beach!
In my boarding is me, Sibeko, Kaitoo, and Dean.
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| on the rocks at the beach! |
1. When was the last
time you laughed with your companion and why? What makes you laugh in your
area? How do you stay light hearted? Um I think the last time me and my companion laughed we were at a member’s
house and we were just talking and making jokes. I love just trying to make others
laugh and so Ill dance my silly little dances and just have fun. Something that
Elder Agyman would always say was no one will make your mission fun for you,
you have to do it yourself. so I always just try going into people’s house to
make them smile, if you get to actually love them then the work just comes
naturally, this gospel is about love. Like Joseph smith says you could call our
religion kindness.
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| My first bunny chow. Mutton and curry!!! |
2. What
has your mission president been doing to inspire the mission? What do you love
about your mission president? I love our mission president, President Z! is the best he just
encourages us to be a creative mission to think outside the box to get people
to see the joy of the gospel, he encourages us to go forth with zeal and
enthusiasm!!!
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| Future missionaries! |
3. Are there any
inside jokes in your mission? What is your current mission theme right now? Um, Inside jokes about mission, Im not sure, we call those
females that get missionaries in trouble snakes. you need to be careful... they
bite
our them or mission
vision is 2nephi20:13
4. What was your favorite meal from
members during the mission so far? um back in Kimberley we had just some nice chicken it was cooked so good
and we had the best mashed potatoes. we dont eat mashed potatoes much so it
made me think of home which is why I loved it so much!
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| See there really are monkey's everywhere. |
5. What is your favorite smell in
your area right now? Least favorite? my favorite smell haha um probably my deodorant haha but actually I like
the smell of the ocean or if it rains. The worst smell is the burning of trash
in the township, that smells terrible.
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Me and Elder Kaitoo (K2), He is way chill.
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6. What are some
of the local sayings and interesting things people say in your area? well the best one is what they call white people if you are in
the township. its gqongqa. thet q's are clicks and so its hard to say but its
awesome haha Ill go to people and just say in zulu that my name is gqongqa, I
have learned quite a bit of Zulu now and can ask a nice handful of questions, it will be cool to tell you some during Christmas!
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| Elder Knights mom sent him this blanky. He told her in an e-mail one day that he wished he could just give her a hug. HAHHA :) |
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| Tree swing in Margate :) |
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| Another picture from outside my window. |
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