Elder LaHue

I love Maseru!! I cannot stress enough how much I love this area. The people, the culture, the kindness. It's all there. The only problem is it's COLD. Florida boy can't handle this haha. From what I hear it's only going to get worse. The main problem is that we don't have central heating in our boarding. So when we get back home at night it's just as cold as outside!! Luckily we have heaters that work somewhat well, but they burn through electricity so we don't turn them up much. This week we tried to find more people to teach. One new thing we tried was picking a spot and walking around. We just talked to people for about an hour, learning about who they are and giving them cards with our number on it. We were able to get a few appointments from it so it worked out! Sharing the gospel is great because there are different ways to do it. President Thompson has asked us this week to focus on finding through less active members. Because of the im...

Thato & 2tah! Another solid week! This week we were blessed with zone conference, plus a special treat  on Saturday . Elder Ronald A. Rasband from the Quorum of the 12 visited our mission!!! Sadly I couldn't see him because I am too far from Durban, but we did have a live video feed going. Hebrews  11:13  " These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of  them,  and embraced  them,  and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth." I learned a ton about faith this week. This scripture in Hebrews talks about how we can exercise faith by embracing the promises God has given us. Another thing I learned is that we can have faith in Christ by doing things we have never done before. Like how when Joseph Smith prayed in the grove of trees, he had never uttered a prayer out loud before! And yet he received a very clear answer, which led to what we kno...

Sorry I'm not writing much, I talked to my family yesterday so we didn't email much today. But hey I love my family :) Mosiah 27:14 " And  again,  the  angel  said:  Behold,  the  Lord  hath  heard  the  prayers  of  his  people,  and  also  the  prayers  of  his  servant,  Alma,  who  is  thy  father;  for  he  has  prayed  with  much  faith  concerning  thee  that  thou  mightest  be  brought  to  the  knowledge  of  the  truth;  therefore,  for  this  purpose  have  I  come  to  convince  thee  of  the  power  and  authority  of  God,  that  the  prayers  of  his  servants  might  be  answered  according...

We have been working hard this week! My new companion is Elder Hicks, he is from Idaho Falls, Idaho. His last area was Thaba Nchu and he has been on mission for 14 months. Also, he loves Star Wars. In my last 2 areas I was the first to leave so I never had to worry, but this has been my first time leading the area. Meaning that I've had to go around and set all the appointments, call people, initiate all the lessons, etc. It was intimidating at first but I think I have gotten the hang of it. I have never talked so much in my life!! Mom will laugh when she reads this but not learning how to cook has finally caught up to me. Food here is more expensive here because it is imported. Also in Lesotho we aren't fed often. So now I need to learn to cook! I made mince and noodles this morning, admittedly in the microwave though. Haha I'll add that to the list of skills I have needed to learn out here. Our area is doing solid. We had 8 investigators come ...

Sister Makutoane's Rastafarian brother! We are teaching some cool people!! The 3 most promising investigators are all related to members. It is important for them to have that support system because otherwise there is potential for them to get baptized and then go less active. One woman we are teaching has a photographic memory! Each time we visited her we would give her something to read and when we would come back she could remember everything. Last time we saw her she perfectly recited 1 Nephi 1-7. That is 7 chapters in the Book of Mormon!! There have been some cool miracles in Maseru. Proverbs 3:11-12 "My  son,  despise  not  the  chastening  of  the  Lord ;  neither  be  weary  of  his  correction: For  whom  the  Lord  loveth  he  correcteth ;  even  as  a  father  the  son  in  whom  he  delighteth." I...