Aa!! Ninjani??
This week was super DUPER great!! Zone Conference was a very
refreshing and motivating couple of days! I could not be more grateful to be
serving the Lord at this time in my life! Especially here in South
Africa!!
(It was so nice to see
a couple of the Elders from my MTC group at ZC! Elder Lesuer and Elder Thorson!)
On the drive to Durban, we received permission to stop in
Hillcrest and visit some of Elder Faganello's converts from his first area! He
really wanted to see them before he went home and it was so awesome to meet
them! And I FINALLY met nice white people!! The Van Brugens. I found out that
Hillcrest is where all the white people live, so a little part of me hopes that
I will be assigned to serve there!
The only down side to Zone Conference was that it took us 6
HOURS to drive home. We didn't get home until 1 am; and I have not stayed up
that late for a loooooong time, so that was a struggle. On the drive home,
there was a crazy traffic jam and people running up towards where the stopping
seemed to begin, and Elder Benissan says "Whenever you see black people
running, you know there's trouble." So we were afraid that there was going
to be some crazy mob justice going on... hahaha it turned out to be
construction. Thanks the heavens.
I hope that you all had a great Thanksgiving!! Obviously, we
don't celebrate the coming together of the pilgrims and the native americans
here... But the Hind's hooked us up, BIG TIME! We got our district and the
Madadeni Elders together and had an amazing Thanksgiving dinner and
celebration! Thank goodness for the Hind's.
At Zone Conference they also showed us the new initiative
for this Christmas season! HOLY MOLY. I love it so much! I am so grateful for
this Christmas season! It is such an amazing time to reflect on the life of
Jesus Christ, his attributes, and His sacrifice! I could not be more honoured
to wear his name over my heart! I have grown so much during this opportunity I
have to work as his servant!
I think one of the funniest experiences we had this week was
being humbled in a very.. unexpected way... When allotment runs thin, the
struggle becomes more and more apparent to every missionary in the mission.
Because of Thanksgiving in the USA, our allotment was postponed, and Elder
Benissan and I began to worry... We made the best of what we had and, with a
little bit of hesitance, and hoped that the Lord would provide. WELLLLLL
obviously the Lord saw our doubt and decided to show us his ability to provide
for his servants; we were fed like 5 times throughout the day!! Oh my days I
have never been so full in my life!!
Amongst those 5 meals, we had a braai ( a BBQ) with a
brother named Sbu in Madadeni! It was a blast!! We had half of our zone there
as a farewell to Elder Faganello and Elder Payne!!
Amongst our braai-ing we
were interrupted by some drunk guys looking for something to do on their lonely
Saturday night. Fortunately ( and unfortunately), Sbu is a very very giving and
loving guy, so he brought all 10 of them into his home and we rationed our
spoils. It made for some awkward conversation when we told them that we were
missionaries, sent to share the message of Jesus Christ... hahaha! But it
turned out to be a very successful Braai!
One of my favourite lessons that I learned this week was
that choosing to follow the commandments from our Heavenly Father is choosing
to receive the blessings of Heaven!!
It's not a matter of what we can and can't do -- but rather,
do you want to receive answers to your prayers and blessings from the Lord?
I love you all! And I am so grateful for the support and the
prayers!
Sale kahle!!
--
Elder Weiler
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