HI Family!
Ok, so I have been
neglecting you guys by not giving you enough detail of my life here in
Africa. To start, Elder Ncube and I got
the Easter package last week, :) which we were very excited and happy to have. We love all the fun things in there, the
kites, the frogs, the long letter from you mom, the recipes :) thank you guys
for thinking of us. It brightened this
week for sure.
Well, I’m not
starving. We are given 745 rand every 15
days (about 100 dollars) to spend on necessities. I don’t really buy other things so I get to
buy good food for myself. I eat a lot of
tomatoes and onions, carrots, pumpkin, eggs, wors (german sausage things)
potato’s, and pap. Pap is just white
corn meal. We call it maize meal. You cook it up with water and keep adding
more of the dried maize meal until it fluffs up and steams itself. It looks like mash potatoes but tastes
nothing like it. You eat it with other
things like meat and veggies in whatever sauces you make, and you HAVE to eat
it with your hands, no exceptions! Also,
occasionally I buy some candy. You know,
because its from you guys :p We don’t
really get fed here. At least Elder Ncube
and I don’t. The other guys get fed
heaps though!@ They will come home and
complain they had 3 dinners back to back.
I’d rather starve than feel the way they look though, so its all good :)
We walk everywhere in
our area. My shoes are getting trashed. It’s pretty funny. There are chickens and dogs
everywhere!!! I always chase them and what
what. Also, there is a fair amount of
cattle that roam the roads. It’s funny
to see traffic stopped because cattle think there is grass on the roads. It’s beautiful, especially at night. The stars are so bright, and like Ed said, “The
skies are different.”
Ok, so to be honest, our
boarding is a trashy place:) It doesn’t stay clean. I think there is a curse on it. Like I said, “we have many guests in our
house.” They like to eat in our kitchen
but they don’t clean up their mess. So,
we are always sweeping poop off the counters and out of the cupboards, and squishing
all the maggots from the flies and what what.
There are tons of wild
pigeons and doves everywhere. Elder Ncube
and I talk often about eating them. It’s
probably gonna happen soon.
I kick everything
while we walk. It’s really fun. We have only six or seven members in our
area, and half are hard to get to church.
This last week, though, we began turning our efforts to the
members. And to our delight we had 67
people at church!! (included: our 11 investigators, us, branch presidency, and
leaders from the district :p).
So, next Saturday we
will be traveling to Bleaumfontein for zone conference. Bleaumfontein is a township about 5 hours
east from where we live. I’m so excited
to go because the zone conferences typically bring powerful learning
experiences.
I love, love, LOVEEEEEEEEEEE you guys, HEAPS!! I pray for you often :)
Keep it up, and don’t get ELIMINATED!!!
Love,
Your Elder Gold
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