South Africa Saints

  Guys, why is it so hard to write these emails?! I hope you’re reading them! It seems there’s just not enough time in the day! I have zone conference in the morning and found out I gotta write a talk still. MISSION IS SO COOL! But I love you all, so here's a quick update. Anyway, I'm skipping the whole week other than transfers. First off- I was the envy of all when I walked up to the packages and grabbed the Dr pepper everyone was eyeing- thanks mama! I'm finally out of the undesirable place that is Stanger, South Africa! My new area is called uMnambithi. This area is what made me realize a mission can be fun, especially since I got a new companion! His name is elder Fenn and he's from St. George UT. Definitely gonna hang with him when I'm home! Everyone says we look like brothers so that’s cool. Maybe I’ll have a pic with him next week. But seriously, your companion changes your mission experience. If I told you all the things that happened the last 6 weeks, you ...

  That's what you're going to hear if you pass by a group of high-school kids lol, apparently, I'm a gentleman so.. that's cool. I know you've been deprived of joy in your life for a while, (I didn't write an email last week) Let me tell yah, this whole weekly email thing sucks. It makes me do stuff like thinking and remembering. I'm not all about that life, but honestly the days just get away from me too fast to write stuff down in an email. I'll keep it short and just tell you guys about some cool people. Isiphile: On date for baptism next week! Maneli: November 24th! Gilbert: November 24th! So, there are 3 baptisms coming up, but guess what? Your boy Elder Cottrell is getting transferred on Friday, so I won't see any of these wonderful people get dunked. I was pretty surprised that I'm getting transferred because it's only been 12 weeks of me being in this area and people usually stay for 6-ish months. So, I guess the Lord has other people...

  Hi!  Something I didn't mention to you last week was I had to speak.. I mean I got to speak in church. It's a lot different when there's only 20 people you have to talk to.   Last Monday, Pday! Guys I had an absolutely delectable time out on the golf course hitting some bombs (meaning I whiffed the ball).   The course was so sick and it only cost 350 rand, a whopping 20 bucks back home! That was for a cart, rental clubs and green fees. And the course was just absolutely beautiful. Well, I was there, so it kind of helped it out, but that's beside the point. MONKEYS   I know hell isn't a place, but these creatures came from it.  They're so annoying, and they know how to take a golf cart. I'm not just saying that as if I didn't experience this firsthand. They also know how to steal wallets!   So, it ended up costing 400 rand if you're counting the missing 50 rand that was in Elder Fergos wallet.   Don't fret.  We got the wallet ...

Hey guys, I'm back!  Took a bit of a break from the whole email thing because the emails were about to break me, and there's no shot I get three weeks in one email. The past two weeks were pretty rough so I'm not really trying to remember them lol. Monday: Pday!! This consisted of sitting at home the entire day, waiting for someone to come fix our water heater, the water was ice cold for a few days  Tuesday: can't really even remember this day but I'm sure it was cool (Water got shut off to the whole city) Oh we had a service project as well, working on our Branch President's farm. Wednesday: I had to give a training to the other elders in my district, don't ask me why a greenie has to come up with a training, I have no idea. I was bashed for the first time as well, they invited us over and we were waiting for forever, they finally showed up and we were like hey we have like 5 minutes, and they were like ok no problem. Fast forward 30 MINUTES and we are s...