Still Striving To Find

Hey Guys,

      So, what do I say this week?  We definitely did a lot, and are still very busy. On Tuesday and Wednesday we were in Kimberly on exchanges with the four Elders out there.  We had a good time, and were able to help them some.  

      The rest of the week we were proselyting in our area.  We are still striving to find more and more people to teach.  It’s coming along.  Our ward was just assigned a new Ward Mission Leader.  He is a fireball!  I feel that he will be great to help the ward move forward in its missionary efforts.  In church yesterday the bishop announced the goal to split the ward by the end of the year.  The ward was shocked, and I think that is why this Ward Mission Leader is now where he is.  He served as a missionary in the Capetown Mission about five years back so he understands the importance of the work.

      How is the M------ Family??  GREAT!  Ma M------ now has a calling as a visiting teacher and is Super excited about it.  The boys Jarom and Matthew (not their real names) passed the sacrament yesterday, and they passed with such reverence and class.  It was amazing.  Their mother was so, so happy to see her boys exercising their priesthood to serve the ward.  We likewise were very happy.

      My companion and I are doing really well together.  We haven't always seen eye to eye and there have been a few bumps in the road, but it’s all worked out.  Just know that when I come home, I will be a changed person, but not a perfect one.  I might have grown a lot in the last two years, but I still have a lifetime more of growth ahead, and I’m looking forward to it :)

      Next week, please don’t mention anything about me coming home.  To be 100% honest, I don’t feel at all like I’m going, and I don’t want to.  My mind is on my mission right now.  Of course we are having some fun in the process, but I’m not thinking about home.  Today seeing the flight itinerary, release date and temple trip kinda freaked me out.  But I pushed it out for now.  If there is anything you want to ask me about home, ask me after next week's Monday emails.  You could ask from Tuesday on, and I’ll probably see it later in the week before I go to Durban.  Thanks :))

I love you guys a lot.  I'll see you soon.

Elder Gold

Editor's Note:
      With all the adventures and experiences Landon has had on this journey the one thing that shines above many is his obedience to the Lord and and his willingness to act upon those things he knows to be true.  His willingness to serve down to the last step and detail is seen even in the finite of actions.  His tithing is accounted for in his home ward back here in California and in needing to be complete with his accounting he sent his dad this message. 

     

“Could you please give another dollar to tithing for me?
 A few months back I caught this huge spider, which actually

 wasn’t a spider but a close relative.  I think you remember

 the photos.  Some other elders wanted it so bad they gave
 me 40 rand for it.  I just want to round up to a 

dollar if you could.  Thanks!”