Greetings!

It sure was nice chattin with everyone on Mother's Day. I remembered when I got off the phone that I didn't even wish you(Mom) a happy mother's day, so, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, MOM! How was that? How was your mother's day? I hope it was great!
We didn't really do much on the P-day after mother's day. We were suppose to go paintballin in Witbank but they postponed to this Monday, but for some reason, they postponed that as well. I'm not complainin because I dont have much money to go paintballin, although I would like to shoot some people with it, just to set them straight.
So this week was probably my most favorite week ever!! We met a family, the Zweni family, and they have been prepared for the gospel, I know it. We met with the fam on Tuesday and left a BOM with them. That night, we ran a Zulu BOM over there for the mom to read and we came back on Thursday night. The mom was speaking Zulu to Wandile and showing him the BOM. I was trying to follow and I was picking up the jist of things, but didn't understand everything. She had a bookmark in 2 Nephi 9 and was talking about her reading. I thought, "that's cool she read some," but when I looked at Wandile's face, I realized it was more than "some". She started from the beginning and read all the way to 2 Nephi 9, IN TWO DAYS! I asked her if she prayed to know if it was true, and she looked me straight in the eye and said, "it's true. I know the book is true." Holy COw!! The dad(Simon) and son(Khaya-7) and the daughter(Sasa-17) came to the movie night on Saturday and came early to church on Sunday. When church was over, Sasa asked what class to go to next. She wanted more! We went over there last night to begin the Plan of Salvation and they said they loved church! Oh yeah, the mom had to go somewhere for some family stuff so she couldn't make it. We taught up to the Atonement and when I mentioned the 5 things we need to do here in this life, Sasa spoke up with a question. She said she had done something and doesn't know if it was right or wrong. Now I got a little nervous because she has a baby that is about 5 months old and I was thinkin that that's what she was going to ask. She said, "I got a tongue piercing and dont' know if its bad." I shared the scripture about our bodies being a temple and I gave them a picture of the SLC Temple and asked if she would graffiti on that. She said she'd never do something like that. She took out her tongue ring and gave it to her mom to throw away right there on the spot. That girl is amazing! I am loving mission when we teach people like them! The family is so warm with us and they are gaining a testimony. We are seeing the whole family on Saturday and the game plan is this: if the mom continues reading, she'll run across 2 Nephi 31(baptism) and they will be reading the pamphlet we left where I circled the principles and ordinances of the gospel, and when we see them, we'll put them on date for baptism! I love that family so much! I'll take some pictures with them and send them home.
We took everyone that was on date off baptism date because they all are jokers and now we have 3 people who are serious on date. We had 8 people come to church yesterday and 5 of them was their first time to church. Rita, the girl that was baptized last month, came with her brother who we are teaching. He's about 25 and was a big time drinker and druggy, but he's stopped lately and is listening to us. Before he'd run away and avoid us, unless he was drunk. He's startin to come around so that's way cool! There are two girls, (20's) that are on date now and they are doing good. The one, Lovelight, was taught by missionaries before but wasn't too serious about it. Now she has stopped smoking and doesn't go clubbin and comes to church with her cousin, Wandile. The work is going AWESOME! I love mission so much! I just wish I got this spark of love at the beginning of my mission. Blessings come to those who are obedient.

Another blessing that came our way on Thursday morning was a call from the police saying they have our car. We got our car back but the bags and everything else is still gone. Wandile said he saw the gun man yesterday so they never caught the guys, I guess. I'm afraid to drive that car in the township so we are switching cars with some other missionaries. I couldn't sleep the night after we got the car back. The car just brought back a flood of bad memories and I was terrified of all the possibilites of what could've happend that day. I just keep thanking God that I'm alive and well. I have been sick lately though. I wear two coats sometimes because it gets freezing at night in the area and it gets dark around 5:30. The freaks come out at night!

Well, dearest family, this is my report of how things are going here in Tsakane. Oh yeah, that reminds me, we got to go to the temple on Friday and that was nice. I gave some socks to a member who recently had a baby and told her they were from you. She said she'll write a letter of thanks. They are the same socks that you sent a long time ago when I was in Thaba Nchu. Thanks for the socks.I'm gonna end this now so I can write a short one to Jeanette before I have to get off. I love you all and can't wait to see you.

Oh yeah, I haven't gotten an exact date of when I'll be home but I'm thinking maybe the same time as Jeanette. I'll go to the office on Thursday to switch the car and I'll chat with Pres. then to find stuff out. I dont know if I'm being transfered yet, but I asked him to let me just stay till I go home because I want to see all these people baptized to finish my mission off strong. Ok, I think that's all that is poppin into my head at the moment. I love you all and thanks for all your support during these hard times on my mission.

Take care and CTR!
Love, Elder Jordan Langston