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Rocklands 2 Area - Week 9

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Elders Mnisi, LaHue, Maughan (MTC Group*) I nstead of a White Christmas I had a Brown Christmas. Merry Christmas!!!!! I can't believe I have been out on my mission for 2 months. Sometimes it feels long and sometimes it is really quick. I got to skype with my family on Christmas Day. It was only for an hour and it went by too fast! I love and miss them so much. It was really nice to be able to see them and share stories and experiences. This has been my favorite Christmas present ever. We had a fantastic Christmas party last week. Lots of food, fun, and games. We made fools of ourselves on stage but it was worth it. I met up with some of the guys who started missions the same time as me so we are in the same group. They are in the picture with 3 of us. Cool guys! So much food has been ate in the last week, but I do my best to keep in shape so everything is okay.  This Christmas I have felt the love of Jesus Christ. More so than other years. Although I received few p

Christmas Mission Party

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Bloemfontein Zone with President & Sister Thompson and Elder & Sister Roberts On the 19th of this month, President and Sister Thompson had their 2nd Mission Christmas Party in Bloemfontain. Their mission area is so large they needed two parties to accommodate all the missionaries.    Singing a traditional Christmas Hymn..... ...which turned into a rap! On the 10th Day of Christmas! Playing games and more games and even more games. Elders Trapnell, Dos Santos, Benissan, Mnisi, LaHue Merry Christmas!

Rocklands 2 Area - Week 8

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Sibongile Feza's Home This week was all about service!  Mosiah 2:17 "When ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God" On Saturday morning we went over to the home of Sibongile, a woman we are teaching. We spent 3 hours raking her yard, clearing it of excess weeds and using a shovel as well. I'm not going to lie, it was hot, but I felt so happy afterward! She fed us a huge lunch to show her thanks. The rest of the day I was happy. Sibongile is going to be baptized along with her 2 daughters on January 7th!! One day Elder Dos Santos and I were walking along a dirt road. We saw a woman struggling to hold up a fence post while putting it in the ground. Immediately we ran over and held it steady for her. At first, she just thanked us and we went along our way. When we were walking she called to us and walked over. She said, "Who are you?". We explained that we are missionaries and that we go around teac

Rocklands 2 Area - Week 7

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Nkopane (an investigator), Elder Dos Santos & LaHue Matthew  20:28  "Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many." Today marks one month of being in Bloemfontein, South Africa! Here is a general rule of thumb. When we are teaching lessons, the time flies by. When we are knocking houses, it drags on forever. Some strange things have been occurring in my first transfer. The other 2 elders in our boarding were emergency transferred  on Friday , meaning that it's now just Elder Dos Santos and I. Things are quiet now and we have much more work to do now that there are 2 instead of 4. Second, all of our plans for our investigators to be baptized this transfer have gone as wrong as they possibly could have. We went from having 6 with a date set to 0 now. Thankfully, we have been able to see the efforts of our hard work and many should become baptized come January. One important thing to

Rocklands 2 Area - Week 6

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Elders Dos Santos & LaHue, plus the Radio Announcer! Each week seems to be more challenging, but more rewarding and fulfilling at the same time. Sunday  morning Elder Dos Santos and I went on the local radio station, Motheo.fm, for the first time. I thought I would be nervous but we were on air at  6am  so I was too tired to notice that I was on the radio. We taught the Gospel of Jesus Christ  in 30 minutes ; By having faith in Christ, repenting of our sins and mistakes, being baptized by immersion, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end, we are able to fully follow the example of Jesus Christ and strive to perfect ourselves. It was a unique experience that I won't forget! On Thursday, December 1st, we were issued a challenge by the APs. We were asked to spend the day sharing a message about Christmas. Our challenge was to receive 40 contacts this day, meaning name, number and address. We set out to work with a member friend na

Thanksgiving - Week 5

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This week flew by!! Missionary work is so awesome. For thanksgiving we ate lunch as a zone, with 18 missionaries total. We had chicken and other food, plus tons of pie! Also, I really enjoy African food. For some reason I like vegetables now. I used to hate them. Anyways, Thanksgiving was a blast. We have a list in our home of what we are thankful for and we write on it each time we walk past it. I think what I am most grateful for now is my family and all of you. Thank you for your love and support. I mean it when I say I wouldn't be here without you. We committed 3 people to baptism this week, all women. Their names are Thandeka, Nati, and Sibongile. The first 2 are planned for  Dec. 11th  and the next is  Dec. 18th . They came to church yesterday and luckily the other missionaries were having a baptism so they were able to watch. They loved it and are anxiously awaiting their turn to be baptized. As missionaries we are thrilled, but we know the work does not stop

Rocklands 2 Area - Week 4

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Hello again! I don't have very much time but I do have pictures and an uplifting message.  A scripture that I really like is in Ecclesiastes 3:1, "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose in heaven". Patience is one big thing I would like to work on. There is a time and a place for everything, and we often want it to be now. But Heavenly Father has a specific plan for us, and he will keep us in good hands. It has been a very busy and long week. We teach several lessons a day, and talk to people we see when we don't have lessons. It is very tiring. Luckily, I seem to always have just enough strength to keep going. Right before I want to give up God gives me that extra ounce of energy. Right now, two years seems like an extremely long time. But if I look at it in the eternal scheme of things, it is just a small dot on the road of life. The people here are beyond wonderful. They let you into your homes without eve

SOUTH AFRICA - Week 3

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Elder Dos Santos and Elder LaHue in the Rocklands 2 Area I am safe!! This has been the craziest few days of my life. Let me tell you all about it. It took me 3 days to make it to my house. I flew from Salt Lake City to Atlanta. Then I took a 15 hour flight from Atlanta to Johannesburg, South Africa. My flight to Durban got delayed so I arrived at the mission home at around  midnight  of my second day traveling. First of all the airports are super sketchy. People walk up to you and follow you around and ask for money. I was scared out of my mind when I first arrived. The city of Durban is huge. Several million people live there! I got there at night so I could see all the lights and it's nothing like what you would expect Africa to look like. Before I left in the morning, my mission president, President Thompson, took me driving. Since they drive on the left side of the road here it was both awesome and scary at the same time. I drove on the freeway as well. I don't

Durban Mission Home

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From Sis Thompson's blog: Our new missionaries meet their companions! Elder LaHue is going to Rocklands. He will travel by bus with a former missionary and they will meet their companions later. Tomorrow we'll hear from Elder LaHue about all of the traveling he's done the past few days. Mama LaHue

Arriving in South Africa

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Elder LaHue flew to Durban, South Africa on Thursday, November 10th and late Friday, November 11th. Total traveling hours = 26. Here is more info from Sis Thompson's mission blog. Elder LaHue finally arrived after flying approximately 26 hours. His flight from Johannesburg to Durban was delayed by about three hours, which meant our office's Elder Wood made two trips to the airport to pick him up. We are finally glad to have him with us in Durban. President Thompson got to take this Elder driving for the first time on the left side of the road! I admire these young men driving their first day. I got to do the orientation! Welcome Elder! When our grandsons would come to have a sleepover, they would help grandpa make a full breakfast in the morning. We decided to carry over that tradition with the missionaries! President and the Elder's make pancakes, bacon, potatoes, scrambled eggs, and I made buttermilk syrup!  Three of our Elders got a packed bag of food