Love the pictures of baptisms. Jordan with Siphiwe, Rita and Wandile. 
Hello again to all my friends. I'm glad you came to play. The fun and learning never ends! Here's what I did today(this week). A little quote from Barney, if you will.
How is everyone? I'm doing great. No, I'm not getting transfered this transfer, so that means in my last area I'll only be there for three months. I'm still here with Morris and things are getting better between us. We are getting along and have good times together.
I made the mistake to mention to people that I KINDA know how to play the piano. Everyone thinks that I'm some pro now and they want me to play in Sacrament Mtg. That's not even the worst part! One of the previous missionaries use to teach piano to the people here and he's long gone. The members are now wanting to me to teach them how to play. At first, I thought it was just for people who know notihng about piano so I thoughts to myself I thought, "ok sho. I can do this." Only to find out that the people that are in the "class" are gooder than I thought. One of the ladies, yeah a 28 year old lady, said "I'm ok, I just struggle with my left hand sometimes." "Struggle with the left hand?!?" I have a hard enough time with the right hand, nevermind the left! They all think that I can play cuz I just say, "I took lessons when I was younger." (failed to mention that I never practiced) and they think that I'm just being modest when I say, "I"m not that good." Man, I'm an idiot.
Sunday was nice. Rita and Siphiwe got baptized and it all went well. When I baptized Siphiwe(big kid) they said it was like a tsunami that came out of the font and it wet the carpet about two feet out from the font. When I was in the bathroom changing and he was in there, he said, "Elder Langston?" "Yeah?"I asked. "Thanks." He'll be a good priesthood holder. He'll be 16 in June. Rita is 26 and was baptized by her neighbor, Wandile, who introduced us to her one Sunday evening about two months ago. The other picture of me was taken by Wandile yesterday while we were in the car.
So my party has been moved to the actual birthday date since I'm staying longer. One of the members accidentally slipped something about a party when she was talking to me and her sister got mad and said "its a surprise!" I pretended I had no idea what is going on, but I knew. I knew.
My knee is doing better. The one that was operated on is starting to hurt more though, my and wrist and sometimes my shoulder will hurt. I dont know what's going on but I dont like it. The weather is still being crazy. It'll be way cold in the mornings and in the evenings, but its hot in the day still. The leaves are starting to change colors and its making me trunky.
I sure love you all! I love this gospel. We were talking with Agent about prayer because we noticed he never prays while we are there and so we were wondering if he even knows. We taught him and asked if he'd pray and for the first time in three months that I've seen him, he offered a simple but powerful prayer. It was just awesome! About the whole HIV AIDS thing, yeah. Almost everyone has it. Not really, but I'd say a safe guesstimate would be 65% of all South Africans are HIV+. Honestly. We are teaching a couple of them. It's almost not a big deal anymore. Like if you were to hear about someone at home with AIDS, I'm sure people there would flip. It's kinda just a common thing to find here. Same with deaths. So many people die here, and it just kinda flows like a natural thing. Sad, I know.
I'll send home some pics on a DVD and also the flash drives. I also got me a suit. There are some young girls that are members and we are teaching their mom, but their father wont even let them come to church when the mom isn't around. He's being a real bum. I went to his business that he's got, and I ordered a suit. I chatted with him for a bit and I'm hoping that it'll lighten the tensisity between us so he'll listen what we are teaching his family. I hope it'll all work out.
Well, I'm going to quit typing because the more I type, the more angry I'll get when myldsmail loses my letter. I love you all so much! I hope everyone is doing well! Know that I"m doing fine and I am thankful for your many prayers. I hope the best for Dan. I'll keep in my prayers! Love ya'll! Take care and CTR!
Love,
Elder J. Langston
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