week #18

Tuesday was a a good day! First of all Bah and I made a very nice lunch so that was good ha. But we taught this lady named Irene she is very nice! Her sons name is Onthatile and he's adorable so whenever we go there we play with him for like 30 minutes ha. Hopefully she'll come to church soon. We also saw Lindoguhle he is still on date and will probably be baptized in October! 

Wednesday was also a good day! We taught Baba Senene his grandson is about my age and he's a member! But Baba Senene has a hard time with some of the things we teach him. Things like . He's so close to being there just not quite! We taught him about Isaiah 29 (prophesy about the Nephites and B.O.M) and he committed to pray about if it really was the Nephites he prophesied about, so that was awesome! Then we saw Thembile. She is 20 and doesn't speak English very well so it's always hard to teach her. But she's super cool and came to church on Sunday! All our other appointments fell through so that was a bummer but we always have people to visit so we still had a busy evening! 

Thursday, aghhhh the beloved weekly planning! Every Thursday we plan for the next week. (who were teaching and what well teach them).

Friday, District Council is every Friday! Had a powerful lesson about using our time wisely and setting goals! We taught Musa and the triplets today! Last week we taught them how to pray. I told them that if they can all practice their prayers and next week each pray then they can earn a CTR ring. They were so excited and I'm happy to say, they all passed! (Shouts out to Lauren for the rings! The kids love them).

Saturday we had exchanges! Elder Garcia came to my area and we had some powerful lessons! We taught Phindile first but she said she would come to church so that was a bummer! Then we taught Gogo Sekakane she doesn't speak English nicely so we brought Mduduzi with us to help translate! We met her grandsons Kosinati and Tabhelo and we are going to start teaching Tabhelo! He's 17 and he's a cool kid! Then we taught Wandile, he's going to be baptized on November 3! So that will me awesome! Then we played soccer again but sadly I had to sit out so I may have took a little snooze at the chapel Haha.

Sunday was a great day! Elder Bah gave a talk in church for 35 mins! Yo the two speakers before him were very short so he spoke for a long time. But he did great! Sundays we just go and visit people who didn't come to church and some less actives so not much happening! 

My spiritual thought for this week comes from Come Follow Me! 

What would you do if you heard that a congregation of Saints in another area was struggling in poverty? This was the situation that Paul described to the Corinthian Saints in 2 Corinthians 8–9. He hoped to persuade the Corinthian Saints to donate some of their abundance to Saints in need. But beyond a request for donations, Paul’s words also contain profound truths about giving: “Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver” (2 Corinthians 9:7). In our day, there are still Saints throughout the world who are in need of help. Sometimes the most we can do for them is to fast and donate fast offerings. In other cases, our giving can be more direct and personal. Whatever forms our sacrifices take, it’s worth examining our motivations for giving. Are our sacrifices expressions of love? After all, it’s love that makes a giver cheerful. Serving here in Etwatwa really has humbled me and shown me how grateful I should be. But more than that its taught me how to give. If we cheerfully give to those in need God will bless us! 

This is Sister. Mynah, yo she is an angel sent from heaven haha. Shes a very powerful member and so are her kids! She feeds us when she can and agh I cant say enough good things about her! 

This is Lucanda and Golden! They're both members!