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| Elder Truscott and Elder Carnieletto |
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| Elder Kupka and Elder Carnieletto |
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| Elder Ndlovu and Elder Truscott |
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| Elder Welsh is Elder Truscott's new comp from Wales, UK |
My time with Elder Carnieletto flew by. Haha. When I was
writing in his journal on Tuesday night it made me realize how quickly the past
3 months went here in Uitenhage! We had some great times and memories.
Last Monday of course we found out transfer news, so Tuesday
we were out saying goodbyes to each of the families that Carnieletto wanted to.
He packed and we said goodbyes throughout the whole day. It was nice, but sad
at the same time for him, the people here are great. The Frans house turned
into another goodbye like Kivleys, and after that we went back home so
Carnieletto could finish up packing and stuff.
Wednesday was a loooong day. Haha. We had to be in PE to
drop Carnieletto at the bus stop at 6:30, so we had to wake up around 5 and then
leave soon after to make it safe. So we
dropped him off fine and then Kupka and I were in PE hanging out until our
comps came in from Cape Town. Haha, we were super hungry cause we figured we'd
just eat breakfast in PE, so we went out to find a place. We didn't really want
Mcdonalds cause we had just had it, and Spur, a pretty big restaurant chain
here, was closed. We were at a big hotel called boardwalk, so we walked in
cause we saw the sign for their restaurant. We went in, and when they told us
the breakfast buffet was 185 Rand each....we left and waited for Spur to open.
Hahaha. We had breakfast finally and then met up with Elder Tennant who was
dropping off Ndlovu at the airport....he's home now.....and then waited around.
Picked up Sanders, picked up our new companions, and then went back to Uitenhage.
After that we got Tennant and went back to PE to get his comp, Elder Creech
(remember him!?) who came in by bus at 6.....then back home again. Made for a
loooong day that is for sure. Haha. I was exhausted.
But ya, I'm with Elder Welsh. He's from the UK, and lived in
Wales before coming here! He's a quiet guy, who's been on mission for 4 ½ months
now.
Thursday onwards we just had some good appts, it was a nice
week of teaching and stuff. A few dropped appointments, but it's part of it I guess.
Here's a cool story though. So a few weeks ago Carnieletto
and I were eating at Mcdonalds, and this guy just came up and was like
"hey Elders" and then explained that he was almost baptized but then
work transferred him to an area called Jeffrey's bay. We asked if he still had
that desire and he said yes and gave us his details, and his name is Melvin.
Well this week on Thursday he invited us to his house to sit with him, and he
is awesome. Was scheduled to be baptized on the 17th of some month long ago,
but then moved on the 15th! He said he doesn't care if he has to start all over
he'll do it. So we are just going through the lessons again, but he remembers
lots! It was sweet, we taught the restoration, and then asked when we could
come back....."tomorrow". That is the first time someone has invited
me back the next day! He wants to sit with us like every day! It's been super
good so far and I can easily see him being baptized soon!
So we taught some good appts this week, and then Saturday
night we watched the morning session of conference live. It was really nice actually.
Sunday for some reason we had normal church, so we had
church at 9, and then we were supposed to watch the priesthood session at 11....technical
difficulties and we ended up sitting there for an hour and a half, never
watched it. But then Sunday night we got to watch a session at 6, and it was alright.
I didn't like it as well as the other session we watched, but whatever.
Phelicia of the Big 5 came, and from the
other side of the Big 5, who now stay in the other guys area, Valentine came.
So it was nice! Sacrament was alright too, and we had Claudia, Phelicia, and Busi
there, and the other guys got Valentine and Nadia to come, so all but one of
the original big 5 were home at church :) haha. Claudia really wants to be
baptized as well, which were happy about!
The work is going on I guess. New companion and new
transfer, and I'm sure it will be a good one!
Love,
Elder Truscott
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