What's up everybody. Sorry I missed last week. Wild lions
roamed into the chapel and Elder Benissan had to fight them with our bare
hands. Long story short I have a new suit made of lion skins..
There actually wasn't any trouble in paradise this week, it
just sounded like an interesting subject. This was actually a really great
week!! The following is a piece of my email to my weekly email to Presdient
Zackrison that I wanted to share with each of you as well!
"This week was an excellent week for growth. I truly
believe that this was the greatest week for my own personal development. It has
been frustrating to work so hard for so long to see so little fruits from our
labours. Elder Benissan and I have worked so hard to bring every progressing
investigator to a baptismal date and to help them to prepare to make covenants
with our father in heaven as much as we possibly can -- and although we have
seen very real and very genuine growth in the majority of our investigators and
less active members, we are really struggling to get them to the waters of
baptism. We have 9 people on a baptismal date and ( I believe the Holiday
season LARGELY contributes to this ) but we can only see 3 of them actually
being baptized by the end of 2015.
I allowed myself to become discouraged this week, and in so
doing, my mind and my heart were not nearly as involved in this work as I know
they must be. However, I am so glad to report that prayer, repentance, faith,
and true love for the people in Newcastle and love for this work have enabled
me to come back fighting! Although I may have hit an obstacle in my
expectations, I am so grateful that my Father, my Saviour, and my companion
were able to help me hurdle over it and continue forward in achieving all of
the goals and hopes that I have for Newcastle!
I look to the future with a brightness of hope and a joy in
sharing this gospel! I know that as we continue to act in small, simple
obedience, we will begin to see greater growth than we ever have before!"
I feel like that was the biggest lesson and the greatest
experience I had this week! However, there were definitely some other really
great and really fun days this week as well!
On Wednesday I went on an exchange with Elder Canamala! He's
from Mosambique and he is the zone leader along with Elder Faganello! I really
really enjoyed teaching with him! He is a very powerful missionary!
The transfer ends this week and Elder Benissan and I are
biting our nails to see what's happening... the odds are like one in a million
that we stay together ( "SO... you're saying there's a chance?") So
we are waiting in very anxious anticipation! 15 missionaries are leaving this
transfer! Which is sooo sad but I am also so excited to have so many new missionaries
in the mission! President Zackrison says that new missionaries are the greatest
blessing to any mission! I am shedding a few tears because Elder Faganello is
going back home to Canada on Friday -- we have been the best of friends in the
past 3 months!!
This week Elder Benissan also found ourselves teaching
Primary at church!! We were walking to the toilet during third hour and we
heard absoute commotion in the primary room, so we poked our heads in only to
find that none of the teachers showed up for church!!! #BranchLife
So we ended up teaching about 1 Nephi 3:7! It was actually
really fun!
All in all, this was a really great week! I am so grateful
for the Atonement of Jesus Christ; and that each of us can be enabled to
overcome any trail that we face!!
I love you all!!
Shap shap!!
--
Elder Weiler
Real men play with bubbles
There is an abandoned nuclear plant in Ngagane, it's so eerie,
I just had to take pictures of them!
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