Elder LaHue

Elders Larsen, LaHue, Simayile & Chaparadza doing a service project in Bloemanda! Merry Christmas!!!!! I won't write very much or reply to people because I will being calling my family later today. That leaves no time to email. I'll respond next week! Hope you understand! Last night we went Christmas caroling at a retirement home complex in Bloem. We sang carols for over 2 hours with all the missionaries in our zone. The people loved it!!! They kept giving us candy, but we gave away everything to other people. We felt that they deserved it more. I had a great time singing, and it really brought the spirit of Christmas in my heart! This morning we handed out Books of Mormon to families for 3 hours. We went to our area and gave out 20 of them as a gift! We met so many families that warmly welcomed us! We even set return appointments with 8 families!!!! Giving out those Books of Mormon was such a joyful experience.  This has been the most spiritual Christm...

Elders Hicks, Burlaka, Atkinson; President & Sister Thompson; Elders LaHue, Larsen, Chaparadza, Simayile, Peck, Lopez-Pelaez, Nielsen, Huff I have a ton of pictures for you all!! A lot happened this week. I'll go in the order in which events occurred. First, we had our zone Christmas party on Monday! I conducted the event. We held it at the Hicks' home from 11-3pm .  We watched a Christmas film, heard from President Thompson, had an amazing lunch (ribs from a restaurant named Rocomama's), played a game, and finished by watching the 2017 Christmas slideshow. The APs put together a collaboration of pictures of all the missionaries from this year. The party was a success and we all had a great time!! On Thursday we drove to Thaba'Nchu for exchanges and interviews. We did a service project in the morning where we cut down some cacti. The place reminds me of Texas! The weather was dry and I got sunburned. Solid day and we were close to Maseru so it made ...

I'll be brief because I don't have much time to email. Today is our zone Christmas party! It will be held at Elder and Sister Hicks' place. They are our beloved senior couple missionaries here in Bloem. Last year we had a huge multi-zone Christmas party, but this year they split the parties by zone to create a more intimate spiritual environment. Elder Simayile and I made great progress in Rocklands this week! We set a goal to prayerfully seek to find father-led families. We also established an area near the chapel where we do 80% of our work. This will allow us to get to know the people in the area well and save travelling time. During the week we were blessed to find many potential priesthood holders and a few families! We have been fortunate enough to work with many different members throughout the week. One of them is William, a 26 year old guy. He was baptized 3 months ago and he has already read all of the Book of Mormon and most of D&C!! Working with him...

Elders LaHue, Mnisi, Hoopes, Lowe, Nu'usa December is here!! Things are going well in South Africa. I'll never get used to having Christmas in the summer... just kidding it's always summer in Florida. We have a new Christmas initiative this year: 12 days of service.  We are so excited for this holiday season and for what is represents - the birth of our Savior! This Christmas we are turning our hearts to Christ, and doing acts of service for 12 DAYS! THE GOAL: TO LIFT AND UPLIFT OTHERS WITH THOUGHTFUL PURPOSE & TO LEAVE AN IMPACT ON SOMEONE'S LIFE On Thursday we left for the leadership counsel in Durban. 3 of us were crammed in the back of a truck for 10 hours! It was horrible! Anyways we got to Durban around  5 pm and I got to see 2 of my former companions, Elders Hicks and Dos Santos. There were 18 total missionaries there representing different areas of each mission. We are representing Bloemfontein Zone. The meeting began on Friday and las...

Thabang with Elders Blamoh, Mnisi, LaHue & Nielsen! Transfers are here!! Elder Mnisi is leaving to a high baptizing area named Ezakheni. I am getting Elder Simayile, who is in the same group as Mnisi and I, and is also from South Africa. I have heard many good things about him so I'm excited! On Thursday I'll be traveling over to Durban for MLC. I haven't been there since March! Missionary work is improving here. A challenge that we will face pretty soon is the holiday season. People are either drinking or out of town around this time of year. We have found quite a few new investigators recently so let's hope they stick around! We should have a baptism during the middle of the month, maybe a few more as well. November has treated us well. I am almost done with the Book of Mormon challenge we were given in August! We were invited to read it in 100 days and record any spiritual impressions we have. I am almost at Moroni, the last book. This will be the...