Feed us please!

We have had weather in the 90's the last couple of days.  It is suppose to go down to the upper 60's this week.  It will get cold eventually, very cold, might snow.

My companion is Elder Magoffin from San Diego.  We are the only two Elder's in Rocklands. Our apartment is like a small house.  It is very nice with 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, kitchen and dining/sitting room.  We have a car (White Chevrolet Aveo). 

This area is more Westernized and there are enough members to have a church building.  The people speak Basutu so I am learning another new language!  The members do not have us over for dinner much...no invite for Easter dinner yet. 

Elder Shipp

On a side note...Elder Shipp was asked this question by someone in an email...here is the dialogue:

Q- Do they celebrate Easter over there?  
A- I don't know...is Jesus' resurrection just an American thing??? Hahaha  yes of course!

Love that he still has his fun/sarcastic personality!!

College town and So. Cal Companion

How is your new area? 

Pretty flippin sweet. It's a college town so tons of young people. Easy to get along with.

Who is your new companion and what is his name?

Elder Magoffin 

Where is he from?

San Diego, Cali :)

Does the area look the same or is it greener or browner?

 Ummmm browner and theres actually like sky scrapers. Kinda like LA.

Have you met very members yet?

Ummmmm a few. There's like 143 that come to church so idk if i'll know them all.

Do they feed you?

No not much...

Have you found any one to teach?

Yea. hahaha theres investigators from before hahaha

How far away from Ladysmith is it?

Ummm well I took a 7 hour bus ride to here... idk the distance tho.

How do you get from one place to another?

A car, and some gas.

Do you have the same kind of food in your new area?

Yea very similar. A little more westernized here tho.

Is the weather the same as it was in Ladysmith?

No wayyyyy colder hahahaha

Do you need anything? 

-hahahahahahaha my 6 month/ easter package :)

-Pics of fam friends and such                                    -

-Anything you feel like sending. ha love you guys!

Transfers!!! Rockland, Bloemfontein, RSA

Sooooooooo lets start with the good news. haha Last Sunday we baptised 2 people. Was supposed to be 3 but unfortunaly baba is a jdub and doesnt like the bible..... idk haha and that was the one that I was going to be performing. but I was a witness for the other 2. It was a good day.

Now the bad news. I'm leaving the cozy home I've know and loved to go to Rocklands. Thats right my first transfer. I'm going to be serving in rockland. new Zone new companion. new people even. I've been with zulu's my entire mission and now im going to a sutho. New language and new customs hahaha fuuuunnnn....

So this transfer has been fun. Loads of work but loads of good times and joking around. We doubled the states from my transfer before and we expanded the area about 50% and also got the branch large enough for a chapel which is coming soon. Sooo I'm really bummed that im leaving but life goes on.

Thanks for all the support and mail. I'm really trying to get back to everyone. Just haven't had any free time. Hopefully next area. :)


Elder Shipp

Here are some recent pictures:

My comp and Nozibosiso before he baptised her:

Molio and his future wife before he baptised her:

Me eating Amasi. Wiki it if you want to know my expressions meaning or what it is.

Elder Kekana and I holding a kudu head.... or whats left hahaha:

Elder Mokena and I at the quagma senior primary school covering books. haha I was tired: