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Well this week was actually a really good one!
Last Monday I had
another "first" here in South Africa....ha ha ha. So the one thing
that I have been avoiding like the
plague to eat is tripe...which is the intestines of an animal, and they have
like ox or sheep tripe that they make here. Well ya, its pretty nasty to think
that you are eating what is used to make crap....but last Monday at the Frans
FHE that is what they prepared for us! I was super hesitant...pretty much ate
everything around the tripe before the tripe itself, and they were laughing, cause we
were pretty much all doing the same thing and in the same boat.....but then
with pressure I ate all the tripe...it is pretty weird. It's kind of like a
hairy texture...which is pretty gross honestly. That is the worst part.....but no
major sickness happened so I must be fine ;) ha ha.
Tuesday was actually a really really good day for Elder
Carnieletto and I. We had a few
appointments, and they ALL held! Not only did all of them hold, they were
pretty good ones too. We started the day by visiting a brother Wally. He's an
investigator who has had a stroke and isn't in great condition. He's a referral
from his friend, Bro. Freddy. Well we only usually spend about 30 min. There
cause we take it slow and then leave. So on Tuesday we were there in the
morning, and we were asking how his prayers have been to find out if the church
was true. He told us that he prayed and
received his answer! Well we had been telling him not to focus on getting a
dream, but rather through thoughts and feelings, and every time he was thinking
he'd get a dream....well apparently he got one! He said in his dream that a
voice told him that these things were true, and to beware of false prophets. He took that as an answer to his prayers and
said the church was true! But then we
start teaching the plan of salvation, and up pulled Bro. Freddy to join and he
had no idea we were there! It was great. Then we saw Eldridge, who is super progressing
towards his baptism date on the 31st and were super excited for him! After that we had a few other appts and they
were all nice. So this Tuesday was muuuuuch better than last week.
The slowness had to
catch up to us though....cause Wednesday only one appt held, so we found some less actives to
visit that day, and then just went on
for appts Thursday.
Saturdays are always
a bit slow, but we had an appt that held in the morning and then went out to
set appts and make some visits before church. Ha ha, this is just a funny thing
that happens often here .....
But we went to see an
investigator and set an appt, she wasn't home, but her mom was there drunk. She was all
dressed up for a funeral and was dancing hard core when we walked up. Hahahaha,
she was just dancing and trying to tell
us how great God had been to her. So we left. Haha. You always get some funny
people around township on the weekend.
Sunday we had church as usual, and we had Eldridge there,
and two investigators named Valentine and Phelicia. They are 2 from that family
of girls that just walked in the other week. The others couldn't make it I
guess, but they are all really progressing!! We have high hopes for them, and
the one guy who stays at that house, Sylvester. He is hit and miss cause his
mom is sick so he visits her at the hospital a lot, but he's super cool and
enjoys our visits and reads, so we are hoping the best for him too! Our most
progressing is Eldridge here for sure. He's a champ. Super preparing for baptism and still doesn't
smoke and drink and stuff, so we're really happy! The 31st is the day for him
as it sits and he wants it really badly.
This is the last week of the transfer, it's gone by pretty
quickly!! I love and miss you guys. This week I have been missing you a lot....
Love, Elder Truscott
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