Rocklands 2 Area - Week 54

We worked closely with Elder Kevin S. Hamilton of the Quorum of the 70!

It's back to being hot in Africa!!! We reached 34°C (93°F) this week. The weather is dry as usual. That doesn't stop the missionaries though!!!

Work this week has picked up quite a bit. Our teaching pool is slowly broadening. We had 12 new investigators, and 6 investigators at church. We walked 1 hour to church in the heat with a woman named Palesa. After church we talked to her and she said it was great! I felt so good after walking with her. We had offered to walk with a mother named Brenda and her kids as well, but they ended up getting a ride from her brother and came to church as well! We also met with the Bishop yesterday and talked about working with some less active priesthood holders to help them come back. We passed around a sign up sheet during Elder's Quorum yesterday and many of the brethren wrote their names on it. Next week we are working with and meeting with the stake president.

On Monday, we had zone conference at the Bloemfontein chapel. Elder Hamilton of the 70 came to address us. I was given the opportunity to conduct the leadership meeting we held before the conference. Counseling with Elder Hamilton gave us a great opportunity to learn and grow. His wife spoke to us about what it means to bear pure testimony: keeping it brief and stating truths you have come to know. Elder Hamilton taught us about how teaching people is about more than preparing them for baptism. It is about preparing them to enter the temple and make sacred covenants with Heavenly Father. Looking at others with an eternal perspective is the right way to be able to feel God's love for them.

With love,

Elder LaHue

Elders Chaparadza, Larsen, Atkinson, Sala, Nielsen, LaHue, Blamoh, Bringgold, Burlaka, Mbangi, Keyes, Jones, Peck, Mnisi ft. Elder & Sister Hicks, President & Sister Thompson, Elder & Sister Hamilton
Bloemfontein Zone!

Brother Sigcu & Ma Qinisile

Elder Larsen

The infamous "red bull girls" car.