Dear family,
Sounds like you are all doing well! church yesterday was crazy! There are
three wards in Gabarone, two of which meet in a different chapel. due to
construction on that chapel, the two wards joined us on our side. It was
basically chaos! there were so many people. It sort of reminded me of being
at home. our ward started at 9, the ysa ward at 11 and the other family ward
at 1. plus, there were baptisms after church and our poor new investigators
had no idea what was going on... neither did we... which probably added to
the confusion. what i do know is that this church is amazing and it is made
of people who keep the commandments. that makes people happy so it is made
up of happy people who keep the commandments, and it shows in their faces
and how they act towards others. our investigators did feel very loved and
fellowshipped which was great, and the spirit was strong in sacrament
meeting, and at the baptism. i love the baptisms here because there is
always a lot of singing, the ward here has a great way of taking the hymn
book hymns from so-so, to incredible gospel music. i mentioned in an email a
while ago how the music is, these people sing parts, and it comes from their
soul. Africans feel the music deep inside of them and it is powerful. these
people are amazing. The saints are so devoted to the truth and they do an
amazing job at bringing everyone along for the ride.
another advantage of having so many people at church was that the MTC
president and his wife, and all the other senior couples who normally work
in South Africa came and visited, and all of the missionaries got to see
them! the mtc president and his wife also spoke in the ysa sacrament
meeting. listening to them really took me back to the days in the mtc. i
remember sitting there (in the mtc) listening to their words and thinking it
would be hard to find more excellent people in this world, they really got
us so excited to kick the door down with both feet and baptize the whole
country. hearing them again stirred those feelings of love i had for them
and for missionary work. We are excited to go and kick all the doors down
and baptize these people! i can only imagine how they were feeling as the
missionaries they helped train were in the congregation, sitting with their
investigators, once again being taught from them. the president is just as
funny as ever, he said this statement that is my most favorite one yet,
"so do you believe in the bible?
well sure we do, it was members of our church who wrote it!"
love that man! he reminds me a lot of my own dad!
anyway, i hope my rambling made some sense.
until next week, we will keep working our buns off, don't worry.
sister blum
mom, sadly, my watch broke. and i was wondering if there would be a way i
could get some more cd's like the pride and prejudice cd, the emma smith
soundtrack, selections from august rush (not all the songs because some are
not missionary approriate) maybe selections from other amazing movies like
master and commander, forrest gump, etc. etc. even brown sugar... love you
with all my heart, please let me know if you want anything from here.
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