April 22, 2012

the district i'm in right now is great. it is full of six americans

elder epstein from mes arizona
elder richardson from logan
elder sparks from some tiny town in utah
elder young from roberts idaho.
and us.

we went on a game drive this morning. that was fun, we saw a million impala, wart hogs and ostriches. some kudu, a zebra, and an ostrich egg! pretty sweet eh? all on a nice pday morning. later today we are planning on having a waffle eating contest. wish me luck, elder young is a HUGE man, and elder richardson has a tape worm and can eat everything, usually he helps all of us finish our dinners at da's.

it is nice to have a united district, all of them are so willing to help and support. it is easy to feel like we are just one. the two new elders (sparks and young) are white washing their area. they had a baptism yesterday and it just went so well cause the four of us knew the investigator really well due to the past unity of our district. we counted it as a district baptism.

the young ambassador's are coming to botswana. they will be here on may 2nd. yesterday, due to my companions amazing musical talent, the bishop of the ward asked her to be in charge of the choir for the pre-show... i am just amazed at how talented she is. i almost wonder if she sort of knew something like that would happen cause it seems like she just knew exactly what to do. she had a song chosen, sheet music and everything within two minutes of the assignment. moral is, we will be singing on may 2nd... rumor has it there will be some dignitaries there (whatever that means).

missionary work continues. our area is doing so well at the moment. god has been blessing us a lot. our people progress so slowly, but they are progressing. the best part is, they will be gems in building the kingdom once they are converted. I like how this week seemed to be a break through week for a lot of them. they are showing fruits of conversion. they are becoming happier, more united with their family members, and independant in their testimonies of christ and his church. God has rewarded us so much these last transfers. i think more than at any time on my whole mission. i love this work.



Love sis Blum