to answer your chaco question.... don't even think about sending them. that would not be a good move, i am not allowed to wear them proselyting but i would if you sent them. so don't, i will wear them when i get home.
the christmas season is very slow as far as teaching goes. there is a tradition where all of the people who stay in the city go home to the village to be with their families. most people who stay here came from a place in the bush and so they go back there for the holidays. we had a full day planned on saturday... we ended up only actually seeing one of the people we planned on. it is just slow.
i love the christmas ornament. when it is 10:00 am here, i think it is 1:00 am there... i will be calling via skype on christmas day at around 6 pm here. the people who told me the time difference are from arizona so i am not actually sure what time that actually is. i hope i can remember my skype account. i must go, i love you and will keep up the good work here.
keep praying, reading, and building your faith in the gospel. this church is SOOOOOOO true! :)
peace and blessings MERRY CHRISTMAS!
ke aleboga (THANK YOU) for the prayers
Monday, December 20, 2010
Monday, December 13, 2010
***************VERY IMPORTANT!!!**************
my address for packages has
changed as of 5 minutes ago. it is now as follows...
Your Name as Elder or Sister
Postnet Kgale
Box AD 172 ADD (PH:7132-0394)
Gaborone, Botswana
i hope to be sending some things in the mail as well. although i don't know
when they will arrive.
miracles are happening here all the stinkin time! whenever sister randri and
i plan at night and we say we need to get new investigators, or we need to
increase our number of people who are on date for baptism, or whatever, the
next day people flock to us and say "can you teach us?" or "i need to get
baptized into your church, i know it is true" or "can you tell me, who we
are, why are we here, and where are we going?" or my personal favorite
(which happened today), "are you lds?, i need you to teach me about your
faith. i have read your book and i know it is true!" this mission gives a
whole new meaning to the word "golden investigators" it seems that everyone
we talk to is a golden investigator. there are very few who are not willing
to listen. there are challenges though, the main one being lebola (which i
think i told you about), the next is that some of the most golden people
don't speak any english, therefore we can't teach them. i have made it my
goal to speak setswana so that i can become a better instrument in the hands
of God to invite all who will listen to come unto Christ. i don't know how i
am going to accomplish this, the language is HHHAAARRRRDDDD! and boy do i
mean that. there are no clicks in it but it sounds like jibberish and all of
the words sound the same, but they aren't because there is different
emphasis on one of the letters in the word. the emphasis is the difference
bettween hello and some other bad word that when you say it, people don't
like you anymore. i know 4 words... hey i guess that means i have al ot to
learn. i know that God has all power (mosiah 4:9) and i know i don't
comprehend all he can. i also know he brought the jews out of egypt, he
parted the red sea, he made water come out of a rock, he created the
stinking earth and the heavens and all things in them. i also know he has
perfect love, and i know his will will be done no matter what and if he
wants those people to join the church, by george, they will join the church
and language will not stop that. miracles happen when we put faith in
christ, if it is Gods will that i learn the language, so i can help them
come unto him and receive everlasting life, you better believe i will. if it
is not, i know that the way will be provided that they will come. no one can
stop that.
"the standard of truth has been errected, no unhallowed hand can stop the
work from progressing; persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may
assemble, calumny may defame; but the truth will go forth boldly, nobly and
independent until it has pierced every continent, reached every country,
swept every climb, and sounded in every ear. until the Great Jehovah shall
say 'the work is done'"
-the standard of truth (i don't know who wrote it and i don't think i quoted
it all the way right.)
"...the field is white, allready to harvest and he that thrusteth in his
sickle with his might, the same layeth up in store that he perisheth not but
bringeth salvation to his soul."
D&C 4:4
i am not sure when i will be able to call you!!! it may not be on christmas.
i need to find out more about that. i hope i get to talk to you soon. you
will know before i call.
sister k blum out
keep the faith and keep reading the scriptures. they will bless your life.
changed as of 5 minutes ago. it is now as follows...
Your Name as Elder or Sister
Postnet Kgale
Box AD 172 ADD (PH:7132-0394)
Gaborone, Botswana
i hope to be sending some things in the mail as well. although i don't know
when they will arrive.
miracles are happening here all the stinkin time! whenever sister randri and
i plan at night and we say we need to get new investigators, or we need to
increase our number of people who are on date for baptism, or whatever, the
next day people flock to us and say "can you teach us?" or "i need to get
baptized into your church, i know it is true" or "can you tell me, who we
are, why are we here, and where are we going?" or my personal favorite
(which happened today), "are you lds?, i need you to teach me about your
faith. i have read your book and i know it is true!" this mission gives a
whole new meaning to the word "golden investigators" it seems that everyone
we talk to is a golden investigator. there are very few who are not willing
to listen. there are challenges though, the main one being lebola (which i
think i told you about), the next is that some of the most golden people
don't speak any english, therefore we can't teach them. i have made it my
goal to speak setswana so that i can become a better instrument in the hands
of God to invite all who will listen to come unto Christ. i don't know how i
am going to accomplish this, the language is HHHAAARRRRDDDD! and boy do i
mean that. there are no clicks in it but it sounds like jibberish and all of
the words sound the same, but they aren't because there is different
emphasis on one of the letters in the word. the emphasis is the difference
bettween hello and some other bad word that when you say it, people don't
like you anymore. i know 4 words... hey i guess that means i have al ot to
learn. i know that God has all power (mosiah 4:9) and i know i don't
comprehend all he can. i also know he brought the jews out of egypt, he
parted the red sea, he made water come out of a rock, he created the
stinking earth and the heavens and all things in them. i also know he has
perfect love, and i know his will will be done no matter what and if he
wants those people to join the church, by george, they will join the church
and language will not stop that. miracles happen when we put faith in
christ, if it is Gods will that i learn the language, so i can help them
come unto him and receive everlasting life, you better believe i will. if it
is not, i know that the way will be provided that they will come. no one can
stop that.
"the standard of truth has been errected, no unhallowed hand can stop the
work from progressing; persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may
assemble, calumny may defame; but the truth will go forth boldly, nobly and
independent until it has pierced every continent, reached every country,
swept every climb, and sounded in every ear. until the Great Jehovah shall
say 'the work is done'"
-the standard of truth (i don't know who wrote it and i don't think i quoted
it all the way right.)
"...the field is white, allready to harvest and he that thrusteth in his
sickle with his might, the same layeth up in store that he perisheth not but
bringeth salvation to his soul."
D&C 4:4
i am not sure when i will be able to call you!!! it may not be on christmas.
i need to find out more about that. i hope i get to talk to you soon. you
will know before i call.
sister k blum out
keep the faith and keep reading the scriptures. they will bless your life.
Monday, December 6, 2010
I am in Francistown, Botswana this city is large but it is developing. we have been busy with appointments and preaching the gospel. people here love God and talk about him as often as they can. we have 7 baptisms on Saturday and there are about 20 new investigators at church every week. this week we are excited to keep up the good work.
the person who was the first baptism was in my MTC president's ward.
i saw a warthog crossing the road the other day. there are a lot of
crazy spiders and bugs. the birds are beautiful and it is very hot and
humid here.
i am glad you asked the lord for help, i know that he helps us when we
ask in faith.
that is a lot of pounds of food. i hope one day the branch here will
have enough people to have that much food. speaking of a lot of food,
i went to a wedding my first day here, traditionally there is a
wedding feast on the day the bride and groom get married, i have never
seen more food in my whole entire life! and that is saying something
because i live in utah and have seen many weddings and social events.
do you remember Johny Lingo? 7, 8 cow woman? there is a law here that
really makes missionary work hard, it is called lebolla. it is the
price a groom pays to the father of the bride, for the bride, almost
always it is paid in cows. because of that, no one is married but they
have a lot of children together and they have lived together for 30
years! because of that, there are not very many priesthood age men
baptised. there are however many young children. that means in about 5
years the church will go crazier here. but for now, we are searching
very hard for father led families who are married.
marlayna will be happy to know, we eat a lot of food with our hands here.
mom, most people sleep on the floor.
karli, it is wierd to most of the members here that i have a twin who
is not on a mission. i always have to tell them it is ok, you are
doing what god wants you to do, they ask about you all the time and
are concerned for you because you are not on a mission.
this area is the fastest growing area in the world right now! only the
best of the best sister missionaries have been sent here (i sort of
exclude myself because i have a lot i still need to learn) but all are
very hard working and get along very well. i have been sent to the
best mission in the world.
sister blum
keep the faith and follow the spirit
the person who was the first baptism was in my MTC president's ward.
i saw a warthog crossing the road the other day. there are a lot of
crazy spiders and bugs. the birds are beautiful and it is very hot and
humid here.
i am glad you asked the lord for help, i know that he helps us when we
ask in faith.
that is a lot of pounds of food. i hope one day the branch here will
have enough people to have that much food. speaking of a lot of food,
i went to a wedding my first day here, traditionally there is a
wedding feast on the day the bride and groom get married, i have never
seen more food in my whole entire life! and that is saying something
because i live in utah and have seen many weddings and social events.
do you remember Johny Lingo? 7, 8 cow woman? there is a law here that
really makes missionary work hard, it is called lebolla. it is the
price a groom pays to the father of the bride, for the bride, almost
always it is paid in cows. because of that, no one is married but they
have a lot of children together and they have lived together for 30
years! because of that, there are not very many priesthood age men
baptised. there are however many young children. that means in about 5
years the church will go crazier here. but for now, we are searching
very hard for father led families who are married.
marlayna will be happy to know, we eat a lot of food with our hands here.
mom, most people sleep on the floor.
karli, it is wierd to most of the members here that i have a twin who
is not on a mission. i always have to tell them it is ok, you are
doing what god wants you to do, they ask about you all the time and
are concerned for you because you are not on a mission.
this area is the fastest growing area in the world right now! only the
best of the best sister missionaries have been sent here (i sort of
exclude myself because i have a lot i still need to learn) but all are
very hard working and get along very well. i have been sent to the
best mission in the world.
sister blum
keep the faith and follow the spirit
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