Dumelanga!
First and foremost, mission is flying by! I felt like I was
sitting here, rushing to type a weekly email, just yesterday!
We had a great week! Here are a few highlights:
On Wednesday we drove to a little town called Bethlehem
(lame reference to a hymn) and had a Mission Leadership Conference! It was
suuuper nice to roadtrip (the round trip was 500 kilometres (RIP to our monthly
K allotment)) and the meeting was incredible! As I left the meeting I felt
somewhat crushed by the weight of all that I need to change as a missionary,
the meeting really opened my eyes to a lot of my shortcomings and weaknesses,
however, the next day I read a quote that I LOVE -- it says: To gain knowledge
we must recongise that we lack knowledge first" -- and that really brought
everything into perspective for me, I realised that me seeing all of these
things that I needed to change wasn't supposed to discourage me, but it was the
Lord showing me where I can grow! I am so grateful for the constant
opportunities we have to spiritually grow and mature, provided through the
Atonement of Jesus Christ!
This week I have found myself saying "The Church is so
true" more often than usual hahaha, Elder Mcopela and I have been blessed
with so many faith building and testimony confirming experiences!
Unfortunately, lack of time prevents me from sharing all of them, but it
sufficeth me to say that we have had so many tender mercies this week! The
Church is most definitely true!! I have pondered a lot Christ's advice
concerning false prophets -- He said "By their fruits ye shall know
them" -- as I have really considered and pondered the "fruits"
of the Church I realise (more logically than spiritually) that the Church
really is true!!! The Lord really is communicating with us through our beloved
Prophet, certainly miracles have not ceased!!! I'm sorry that this is so
scatterbrained but I'm literally racing the clock right now ahaha
Also to explain the subject our electricity went out again
last night but I think I've become well acquainted with dark, cold showers
hahahah TIA (This is Africa)
Lastly, when I first got here, I was very satisfied with the
weather -- cold mornings, warm afternoons, cold nights -- but now... It's
literally Freezing mornings, numbing afternoons, and hypothermic nights
hahahaha however, Elder Mcopela and I have managed to survive! it's good to be
back in Utah winters!! (That was sarcastic) (I still use parenthesis too much).
Sala Kahle!!
--
Elder Weiler
Pics: This is an area called "Beans" ( I have no
idea why ), I also think the stray dog really really brings the reality of what
it's like here hahahah
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