Thank you so much for the letter! I got a letter from Dad the other day when we got post. I love Dad's letters so much! I need to write him back so I will! I live kinda far away from the office so I dont get post very often. Even if I did live close I still wouldn't get post! :) So Nosisa, the blind lady, came to church yesterday and she even spoke to the bishop about some stuff so hopefully she'll be on baptism date soon. We taught her the Gospel of Jesus Christ and she said, "I love it becuase it just makes sense." I love it so much when people realize that! This week went kinda slow. We just checked on a lot of people that we tracted into in the previous weeks and we've given out a lot of BOMs and got a lot of promises but no one showed up at church, just Nosisa. We are teaching a couple interesting people. One girl is 19, pregnant, has a nose ring and tongue ring, and she checks out Elder Smith! haha, not really though. I just wanted to throw that in. Another lady owns a tavern and goes to a church called ZCC(Zion Christian Church). It's the biggest religion in South Africa, I'm sure of it. They dont' really like any other religion either because they "feel the spirit" there. I like to tell them that they are wrong. For example, when they are "overcome by the spirit" they fall backwards, in the Bible when people are overcome by the spirit, they fall on their face(forward). I like to show them that and tell them the difference between a rock concert and church. I love being a part of the only true church because when anyone has questions or anything, I can usually give them an answer because we have a true living prophet on the earth today. We found a guy that we are going to visit again that didn't believe in the Bible or God. He thinks religion was made up by a white man to control people. I asked him a few questions, as directed by the Spirit, and got him thinking. I told him to read the pamphlet and think about the questions I asked him. He seems excited to see us again.
On the 29th of this month, we are doing something special in church. We are getting everyone to invite a friend or a less active member and us missionaries are going to give the first lesson about the Restoration in Sacrament meeting. I'm really excited for this! I also got an idea to have our ward mission leader hand out a BOM every other or every Sunday to someone who knows someone interested about gospel. I remember we did it in Spanish Fork and I think it might work here. We'll see how it goes. Lately, I've been just trying to think of ways to get people more involved in missionary work and also ideas to help Elder Smith and I teach better. I haven't thought about work when I get home, or who I'm going to marry or anything like that. I love it! Work, work, work! There is no satisfactory substitute, especially in missionary work!
Answer time! We have a ward with about 500 members but only about 150 active. The chapel is full every sunday though, so its cool! I live in a place called Dinwiddie. It has a lot of stuff around to do, like shop and eat. We get donuts sometimes in the mornings as we head out to our area. The area we work, though, has some paved roads and some not paved. A lot of the paved roads have pot holes the size of a dead cow. The Poulsons are coming on the 28th and the Bowdens are leaving the 29th. I talked to Sister Bowden and she said she's going to miss it but she's excited to see her family. Her maid was the Bishops wife in my first area so I know her. The only food places are Kotas or members houses where we get rice and chicken. There are some places like KFC and Chicken Licken in the township, but I gots no money for that. My knee is still there but it kinda hurts every now and then. Thursdays we get to ride bikes because I'm nice and I'm giving the car to the other guys that day. I hope I can make it. Being a "father" makes me want to be a better person. I've got someone looking up to me for answers and as an example so I'm more careful what I do and what I say so I think its good for me. Is that what its' like being a real dad? We clean people's yards for service. They just have dirt yards and the weeds start to grow if they dont walk on it so we go chop down the weeds. I tried digging them up so they wont grow back but i got yelled at for messing up their dirt. Ooops!
Well, I love you all and I hope you have enjoyed my letter. My wrists are hurting becuase I have no support on them and I'm sitting at a wierd angle on the comp. Thanks again for all you do for me and for Jeanette! I wish you all love and peace there in the land of the free!
Oh yeah, I got a quote for you: "Teach the Gospel always, and when necessary, use words." May we all strive to live more righteous lives and be examples to all who see us each and every day! I love you all with all of my heart! I know the Gospel is true and love its teachings! I'm learning to grow and love my Savior even more and love the people! Take care and, as always, CTR!
Love,
Elder J. Langston
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Elder Langston: This is Bryce's mom. Bryce says it is getting cold. His mission president is leaving also and Bryce said he always hoped he would be able to serve in CapeTown before they left but he is inland in a little place called King ( up from George). His newest companion that he is training is from Madagascar. Before him, his companion has been from Lesotho. He said he was the only Elder serving from there. He has basically had alot of companions from Africa and has been impressed by their circumstances ( parents gone, raising brothers and sisters, etc.) I really enjoyed reading your letter. I gave Bryce the blogspot but I don't know if he remembers to check. You are doing a great job. I would like to hear how Jeanette is doing. Does she have a blog? The end Sister C.
Hi Elder Langston! It's so nice to see pictures and read letters from your mission. What a wonderful thing for your cousins and nieces and nephews to see!
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