So a pretty sweet week here in Africa. elder Rodrigues is in his final days and so we've been fed a ton and we're just blazing out teaching and having fun. just this week our tanzanian brother George was saying goodbye to Elder Rod and was like "ugh you should have told me sooner you were going I could have arranged a jift (gift) haha man I love george. I guess it has been pretty cool to have him as a companion at this point and time. I really got to see where I wanna be in another year and its been awesome he's a stellar missionary.
So unfortunately this week I believe I was afflicted with swine flu.. but since its africa the warthog flu... I got pink eye and have been congested hard core but things are finally getting better. Elder Rod got sick as well and has like crazy ear infection so its kinda funny we go out teaching and on exchanges and we're all sick and drugged up and we teach about the word of wisdom haha and how it keeps us healthy.
Also awesome was teaching gospel doctrine yesterday we were like so crazy on nyquil, cough syrup, mucinex, and antibiotics I'm sure we were hilarious because I felt so funny.
this week once again all I can say is I love our zone, I love working with these guys and its sad to see our zone splitting into soweto east and west and so many getting transferred but it'll also be sweet to see all the new guys.
But yeah I'd say the most spiritual experience this week was hearing about grandma. President called me around 9 at night and it was sad but really more of a relief. She is free from all that sickness, pain, and stress, and is with grandpa again... I just felt really good and a peace came over me that everything was cool. God's plan is a perfect plan and if we do what's right we can be with all our loved ones, friends, and family again.
But yeah it's gonna be a crazy few weeks. New missionaries, New Zone, New companion, New office couples, new mission president, 8 current zone leaders dying, and the whole mission being turned up side down. stay tuned.
Elder Robinson
Monday, June 20, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Just like Michael Jackson, 11 baptisms, She bought us sweaters, new scar!, I love our investigators, Oh my goodness it needs to be this month!
Another awesome week here in Florida, the Soweto Zone, and Mzansi fo sho. A funny thing happened this week while teaching Jason McKenzie. he's an awesome capie colored who is progressing really well and will probably baptized next month. He stays with his aunt and uncle who are members and there little boy is crazy. He loves to shake the missionaries hands and I always give his arm a wiggle but this week I shook off his glove and he was like OH no! now I only have one glove just like michael jackson. this kid is like 3 it was so funny!
so something I really realized this week is how much I love our investigators and how awesome they all are. for example at church we had 11 which ties my all time record of investigators at church. they participate, the members are asking when they are getting baptized. they bear their testimonies in class of how glad they are they have found the church, and they love us its so awesome. I loved the work in Benoni and Nelspruit but there is just a different feeling here... like we're just missionaries, the people are receiving us like no ones business, people keep commitments and get burning testimonies, and I love every minute of it.
Two really cool experiences happened this week. One was with Joyce. She is a 50 something year old Indian woman who has been through a ton. loss of her husband, divorced from her 2nd husband who abuses her, starving at home, heart attack, and kids very far away. When we first met her she just cried and cried. now she has changed from night to day. She is happy healthy, positive, is throwing parties for members of the church, sharing the gospel with her neighbors and even though she has next to no money she bought me and Elder Rodrigues Sweaters. she said we needed them more than she needed the money and just kept saying God bless you, Thank you. It seriously brings tears to my eyes to see how much she has changed and how the Gospel has literally brought light and hope into her life.
Also awesome was George. Our "Holy Ghost gives you warmth" awesome guy. The church is at the mission office on 3 phillips avenue right up from UNISA (University of South Africa) and he has made it to UNISA twice and couldn't find the church. So we hunted him down and finally got him to church. When we got there he was instantly fellowshipped and taken in by our awesome ward. Afterwards he just kept thanking us like crazy. He was a bit late so we showed him around the church afterwards. When we were wrapping up he just said "So when am I baptized!" and we told him the end of this month. so We showed him the font and he just got so happy he was like "It needs to be this month! please please. I need to baptize!" man I love East Africans haha. George is such a cool guy.
Today we had the awesome experience of going to the Rhino and Lion Park and I got some crazy sweet pictures and #1 Saw lions mating, #2 pet a siberian tiger #3 was bitten by same siberian tiger through shirt into hip #4 pet a cheetah and cubs, and had an awesome day with the zone... pics to come.
So to sum up it has been another incredible week and I love our investigators and every minute of every day. This place is awesome. There are too many stories to tell, so much to say, but for now... no time... haha Rodrigues dies soon which is really sad I love that guy and will miss him a bunch but we'll see each other around and there's always the next 10 days.
Nzari Zhakanaka
Elder Robinson
so something I really realized this week is how much I love our investigators and how awesome they all are. for example at church we had 11 which ties my all time record of investigators at church. they participate, the members are asking when they are getting baptized. they bear their testimonies in class of how glad they are they have found the church, and they love us its so awesome. I loved the work in Benoni and Nelspruit but there is just a different feeling here... like we're just missionaries, the people are receiving us like no ones business, people keep commitments and get burning testimonies, and I love every minute of it.
Two really cool experiences happened this week. One was with Joyce. She is a 50 something year old Indian woman who has been through a ton. loss of her husband, divorced from her 2nd husband who abuses her, starving at home, heart attack, and kids very far away. When we first met her she just cried and cried. now she has changed from night to day. She is happy healthy, positive, is throwing parties for members of the church, sharing the gospel with her neighbors and even though she has next to no money she bought me and Elder Rodrigues Sweaters. she said we needed them more than she needed the money and just kept saying God bless you, Thank you. It seriously brings tears to my eyes to see how much she has changed and how the Gospel has literally brought light and hope into her life.
Also awesome was George. Our "Holy Ghost gives you warmth" awesome guy. The church is at the mission office on 3 phillips avenue right up from UNISA (University of South Africa) and he has made it to UNISA twice and couldn't find the church. So we hunted him down and finally got him to church. When we got there he was instantly fellowshipped and taken in by our awesome ward. Afterwards he just kept thanking us like crazy. He was a bit late so we showed him around the church afterwards. When we were wrapping up he just said "So when am I baptized!" and we told him the end of this month. so We showed him the font and he just got so happy he was like "It needs to be this month! please please. I need to baptize!" man I love East Africans haha. George is such a cool guy.
Today we had the awesome experience of going to the Rhino and Lion Park and I got some crazy sweet pictures and #1 Saw lions mating, #2 pet a siberian tiger #3 was bitten by same siberian tiger through shirt into hip #4 pet a cheetah and cubs, and had an awesome day with the zone... pics to come.
So to sum up it has been another incredible week and I love our investigators and every minute of every day. This place is awesome. There are too many stories to tell, so much to say, but for now... no time... haha Rodrigues dies soon which is really sad I love that guy and will miss him a bunch but we'll see each other around and there's always the next 10 days.
Nzari Zhakanaka
Elder Robinson
Monday, June 6, 2011
FLORIDA!!!, matchmaker matchmaker, KZN, bomb sunday, "Penneslavia", the zone, testimonies, and other awesome... stay tuned.
So after several complaints of shorter emails haha we're bringing you shibombo! so lets begin with investigator updates... we currently have 13 people on baptismal date 9 of which are looking almost guaranteed. boom I spelled that right always a toughie... anyway... we are teaching 3 legendary families...
1. Leopeng family of Kgomutso, Matsie, and Neo...
They are so dang cool man its like the coolest thing. So they've been having difficulties deciding to get married or not so Kgomutso went back to Limpopo to talk with his family and it went awesome so they were super fired up about that. But our lesson cancelled friday because the power grid blew. But we washed their dishes in the dark and caught up on the past 10 days. we returned the next day and watched Elder Scotts talk on eternal marriage... now beforehand they were having a total engaged couple argument about the kind of music he listens too and how she thinks it chases away the spirit and how he thinks it is just her personal problem. then afterwards they were just like so changed. "I just feel touched..." the next day at church Kgomutso bore his testimony on just how thankful he was to have found the church. and the truth. AWESOME to say the least we just need to get them married now... look out July 10th!
2. Patty, Mike, and Nonkululeko. another sweet family we contacted in Gautrand.. Mike is their nephew and Nonkululeko and Patty have been together for quite a while but once again not married. they know its true and came into contact with the church by buying a book of mormon at a yard sale like 3 years back. They accept everything and so we watched President Monson's talk during priesthood session with them, about seeking the spirit, doing good, getting married, and working things out... it was powerful too. they are all out of work now other than selling potatoes but we just told them everything would work out because its a righteous desire to get married and baptized and they seem to be willing to make it happen.
Just one problem... Labolla... which is no joke Jonny Lingo stuff. a tradition going back like 200 years all the african cultures pay cows...or a huge sum of money to get married to buy the bride... but everything will work out...
Also this week we found a new family in Gautrand... Sonny, Lillian, Kutsi, and gogo (Anna) crazy how we contacted them. we just kinda gave Kutsi a passalong card about a free DVD and when we came to give it to him the first night there was this crazy indian guy there who seemed like super angry we were there because he thought we came for Lillian (his wife) anywho turns out he's awesome and so ridiculously prepared for the gospel. to be continued we're seeing the tomorrow afternoon.
Also awesome is George from Tanzania... he's a super humble guy who works like 15 hour days every day. Last night we talked about the gospel with him and I lately have been picking up a little Swahili so it was super powerful... he explained the holy ghost in the coolest way... we talked about it being like a comforter and he said " I know that God and the Holy Spirit keep you warm. if you do what's right. I was homeless living on the street in the winter but any time I read or prayed I just felt alright. that's how I feel when you guys come." man I love that guy its so awesome.
Also we're teaching Jason from Cape Town who is having a hard time quitting some hard drugs but he came to church for the first time yesterday and just kept saying how alive he felt and wants to be baptized.
So it has been an incredible week and I already love Florida so much. funny story yesterday during sacrament they talked about the church opening a harmony Pennsylvania site. and our bishop couldn't pronounce Pennsylvania and he was like... in Penne Slavia where many important things happened... we should be willing to contribute to the church in this project... so funny but only really to us because no one knows what Pennsylvania is haha.
This week I got to go on an exchange with Elder Sithole who is from Kwazulunatal or KZN... and he's still pretty new but he's got a lot of love and fire for the work and it was a lot of fun... I'm really getting to love our zone a lot.
also sweet was testimony meeting yesterday where we heard Kate a recent convert bear testimony about how the ward is like a family even when everything is going wrong and how she drank tea and felt so guilty she just wanted to throw it all up. its so powerful to see the gospel change lives and honestly I think my favorite part of missionary work is hearing investigators pray and bear testimony it is just so awesome to contrast the change that has come...
Well yeah it has been a great week and I guess I'll echo president Monson to sum up... If you have a testimony don't let it dwindle... if you don't have one... get one... if you haven't read the book of mormon... read it... and pray about it... if it is true... and it is... you know you're on the right track.
Much love from Mzansi...and enjoy your weeks.
Oh and BTW the office is in my area and I can get dear Elder letters every other day if you're thinking of writing any time soon haha... and its free!
Andy Gleave... this is a call to you what is happening man?
Sala Kahle.
1. Leopeng family of Kgomutso, Matsie, and Neo...
They are so dang cool man its like the coolest thing. So they've been having difficulties deciding to get married or not so Kgomutso went back to Limpopo to talk with his family and it went awesome so they were super fired up about that. But our lesson cancelled friday because the power grid blew. But we washed their dishes in the dark and caught up on the past 10 days. we returned the next day and watched Elder Scotts talk on eternal marriage... now beforehand they were having a total engaged couple argument about the kind of music he listens too and how she thinks it chases away the spirit and how he thinks it is just her personal problem. then afterwards they were just like so changed. "I just feel touched..." the next day at church Kgomutso bore his testimony on just how thankful he was to have found the church. and the truth. AWESOME to say the least we just need to get them married now... look out July 10th!
2. Patty, Mike, and Nonkululeko. another sweet family we contacted in Gautrand.. Mike is their nephew and Nonkululeko and Patty have been together for quite a while but once again not married. they know its true and came into contact with the church by buying a book of mormon at a yard sale like 3 years back. They accept everything and so we watched President Monson's talk during priesthood session with them, about seeking the spirit, doing good, getting married, and working things out... it was powerful too. they are all out of work now other than selling potatoes but we just told them everything would work out because its a righteous desire to get married and baptized and they seem to be willing to make it happen.
Just one problem... Labolla... which is no joke Jonny Lingo stuff. a tradition going back like 200 years all the african cultures pay cows...or a huge sum of money to get married to buy the bride... but everything will work out...
Also this week we found a new family in Gautrand... Sonny, Lillian, Kutsi, and gogo (Anna) crazy how we contacted them. we just kinda gave Kutsi a passalong card about a free DVD and when we came to give it to him the first night there was this crazy indian guy there who seemed like super angry we were there because he thought we came for Lillian (his wife) anywho turns out he's awesome and so ridiculously prepared for the gospel. to be continued we're seeing the tomorrow afternoon.
Also awesome is George from Tanzania... he's a super humble guy who works like 15 hour days every day. Last night we talked about the gospel with him and I lately have been picking up a little Swahili so it was super powerful... he explained the holy ghost in the coolest way... we talked about it being like a comforter and he said " I know that God and the Holy Spirit keep you warm. if you do what's right. I was homeless living on the street in the winter but any time I read or prayed I just felt alright. that's how I feel when you guys come." man I love that guy its so awesome.
Also we're teaching Jason from Cape Town who is having a hard time quitting some hard drugs but he came to church for the first time yesterday and just kept saying how alive he felt and wants to be baptized.
So it has been an incredible week and I already love Florida so much. funny story yesterday during sacrament they talked about the church opening a harmony Pennsylvania site. and our bishop couldn't pronounce Pennsylvania and he was like... in Penne Slavia where many important things happened... we should be willing to contribute to the church in this project... so funny but only really to us because no one knows what Pennsylvania is haha.
This week I got to go on an exchange with Elder Sithole who is from Kwazulunatal or KZN... and he's still pretty new but he's got a lot of love and fire for the work and it was a lot of fun... I'm really getting to love our zone a lot.
also sweet was testimony meeting yesterday where we heard Kate a recent convert bear testimony about how the ward is like a family even when everything is going wrong and how she drank tea and felt so guilty she just wanted to throw it all up. its so powerful to see the gospel change lives and honestly I think my favorite part of missionary work is hearing investigators pray and bear testimony it is just so awesome to contrast the change that has come...
Well yeah it has been a great week and I guess I'll echo president Monson to sum up... If you have a testimony don't let it dwindle... if you don't have one... get one... if you haven't read the book of mormon... read it... and pray about it... if it is true... and it is... you know you're on the right track.
Much love from Mzansi...and enjoy your weeks.
Oh and BTW the office is in my area and I can get dear Elder letters every other day if you're thinking of writing any time soon haha... and its free!
Andy Gleave... this is a call to you what is happening man?
Sala Kahle.
Monday, May 30, 2011
ZLing, the black mamba, retrospect, killing, baby bear.
So everything is sweet in Soweto zone... this month we got 34 baptisms the highest in the mission and everything is just blazing up out here... we have some of the best missionaries in the whole mission and honestly everything is just awesome... in Florida we are currently working with 2 super cool families... the Leopeng family (Kgomutso, Matsie, and Neo) and also Ndlovu's (Mike, Patti, and Nonkululeko) and of course the man the myth the legend George from Tanzania who is just like Nelson which is awesome... The Leopeng family is totally ready for baptism apart from one thing... getting married... they've been living together for 10 years but no rings so its just kinda crazy like honestly just sign the papers its a done deal haha... but yeah everything is looking really good for them and they should be baptized in June... also Mike Nonkululeko and Patti stumbled on the church in a really cool way they bought a book of Mormon at like an open tent yard sale and 3 years later we tract into them... haha just awesome the way things work sometimes.. and also George is just the most humble dude staying out in Durban deep and for sure he'll get baptized soon as well... so Florida, the zone, and mission are on fire and I think we're going to set a new mission record of like 225 baptisms...
This week I also got to go on exchanges with Elder Mamba from Swaziland and we had a lot of fun in Pimville... that night we bore testimony so many times with just some struggling investigators and man it was powerful... that night I kinda went back through my journal and the change from last July to now is just crazy... I don't really know what to say other than if you let the change come, and you work at it, and you don't stop it by being stupid, you achieve more than you can imagine...
So Elder Rodrigues is coming to his final 3 weeks and we just sent Elder Walsh and his parents to the airport today... which is a really weird feeling.. it seems everywhere we go "how long til you leave Rodrigues? 3 weeks... What another dying missionary!?!?! and you Robinson? a year... oh good lots of time left... which honestly I'm thankful for but it is just a weird feeling... like it does not feel like a year has gone... and seeing walsh with his parents was just kinda weird haha... but yeah loads of time left... and no trunkyness here...
BTW I love our zone haha we all live super close so we do a ton together and Elder Moloi just got a letter from a special lady friend that said "I miss you like jelly, you are my baby bear..." oh man I laughed till I almost soiled myself haha... but yeah everything has just been super fun and I'm excited for these next 3 transfers or so... well not much else to talk about but the church is true, God answers prayers, just not always how you expect it, and south Africa is awesome...
Peace
Elder Robinson
This week I also got to go on exchanges with Elder Mamba from Swaziland and we had a lot of fun in Pimville... that night we bore testimony so many times with just some struggling investigators and man it was powerful... that night I kinda went back through my journal and the change from last July to now is just crazy... I don't really know what to say other than if you let the change come, and you work at it, and you don't stop it by being stupid, you achieve more than you can imagine...
So Elder Rodrigues is coming to his final 3 weeks and we just sent Elder Walsh and his parents to the airport today... which is a really weird feeling.. it seems everywhere we go "how long til you leave Rodrigues? 3 weeks... What another dying missionary!?!?! and you Robinson? a year... oh good lots of time left... which honestly I'm thankful for but it is just a weird feeling... like it does not feel like a year has gone... and seeing walsh with his parents was just kinda weird haha... but yeah loads of time left... and no trunkyness here...
BTW I love our zone haha we all live super close so we do a ton together and Elder Moloi just got a letter from a special lady friend that said "I miss you like jelly, you are my baby bear..." oh man I laughed till I almost soiled myself haha... but yeah everything has just been super fun and I'm excited for these next 3 transfers or so... well not much else to talk about but the church is true, God answers prayers, just not always how you expect it, and south Africa is awesome...
Peace
Elder Robinson
Monday, May 23, 2011
and the winner is.... Zone Leader.... killing a companion, winter, Kota, all the joys of Gauteng
So right about now you may be sitting on your respective chairs/
sofas/ beds/ with your computer screen and trying to find out if your
lucky pick won transfer news... and the winner is... Florida in Soweto
zone! so go pick up those chicken nuggets 5 for a dollar at wendys! So
yebo I'm in Soweto zone which covers Soweto or (South West Township
SO.WE.TO.) which covers about 7 million people and we have 22
missionaries in the zone... boom.
Our zone is pretty dang awesome and I'm back around Elder Kelly the
Aussie, Elder Onsongo My Kenyan brother, Maweje, and Elder Lindsay
from my group plus a whole lot of other awesome missionaries...
My new companion is former AP Elder Rodrigues from San Jose California
and he is dying in 5 weeks so yes... I'm killing a missionary... its
super cool though to be the junior companion again because I have so
much to learn and he honestly is the man perfect mix of Spiritual and
fun and its gonna be a rockin 5 weeks...
After leaving Nelspruit I've also had the distinct privilege of
returning to winter from nearly 80 degree nelspruit to the probably 50
at best Gauteng and man I haven't been warm in 5 days haha... but in
terms of manly news my body is reacting because I have to shave twice
a day now to meet mission standards because of the growth to defend
against the cold... so what up!
I also was able to enjoy some Kota again arriving back in the city of
Gold and man I've missed Gauteng... I've been away for 6 months and
its good to be back in the mix...
So Florida my new area covers the area around the mission office to
roodeport, durban deep, Gautrand, and some other awesome areas... its
a really cool area because we have town and township just like Benoni
which is really nice for the work and we are always super busy which
is even better... We're also finding and teaching a lot of sweet
families and I really think we're gonna get this place cooking...
Elder Walsh who was here has just died and is touring with his parents
and now I'm killing my companion typically this is a place to die but
I guess for now I've got some killing to do first.. haha... but I'm
still learning about a lot of our investigators so I'll get to them
more next week...
But yeah being a ZL is sweet its pretty intense and a lot of work and
I'm always super finished at 10:30 every night but I love it... I love
seeing our zone do work, I love interviewing for baptism, and I
totally dig gauteng and life on mission...
So to sum up everything is sweet. I've got a ton to learn but that's
what mission is all about. But I feel I may finally be on the right
track haha but that's what mission is all about to keep you guessing
and never stop getting better....
Well yebo gogo that's about it... but as crazy as it sounds this
transfer will mark a year... and I can't believe it. Well off to buy
some thick socks and another funky sweater... oh... and food... that's
always nice...
Sala Kahle
ElDeR rObInSoN...
Mzansi fo sho'
sofas/ beds/ with your computer screen and trying to find out if your
lucky pick won transfer news... and the winner is... Florida in Soweto
zone! so go pick up those chicken nuggets 5 for a dollar at wendys! So
yebo I'm in Soweto zone which covers Soweto or (South West Township
SO.WE.TO.) which covers about 7 million people and we have 22
missionaries in the zone... boom.
Our zone is pretty dang awesome and I'm back around Elder Kelly the
Aussie, Elder Onsongo My Kenyan brother, Maweje, and Elder Lindsay
from my group plus a whole lot of other awesome missionaries...
My new companion is former AP Elder Rodrigues from San Jose California
and he is dying in 5 weeks so yes... I'm killing a missionary... its
super cool though to be the junior companion again because I have so
much to learn and he honestly is the man perfect mix of Spiritual and
fun and its gonna be a rockin 5 weeks...
After leaving Nelspruit I've also had the distinct privilege of
returning to winter from nearly 80 degree nelspruit to the probably 50
at best Gauteng and man I haven't been warm in 5 days haha... but in
terms of manly news my body is reacting because I have to shave twice
a day now to meet mission standards because of the growth to defend
against the cold... so what up!
I also was able to enjoy some Kota again arriving back in the city of
Gold and man I've missed Gauteng... I've been away for 6 months and
its good to be back in the mix...
So Florida my new area covers the area around the mission office to
roodeport, durban deep, Gautrand, and some other awesome areas... its
a really cool area because we have town and township just like Benoni
which is really nice for the work and we are always super busy which
is even better... We're also finding and teaching a lot of sweet
families and I really think we're gonna get this place cooking...
Elder Walsh who was here has just died and is touring with his parents
and now I'm killing my companion typically this is a place to die but
I guess for now I've got some killing to do first.. haha... but I'm
still learning about a lot of our investigators so I'll get to them
more next week...
But yeah being a ZL is sweet its pretty intense and a lot of work and
I'm always super finished at 10:30 every night but I love it... I love
seeing our zone do work, I love interviewing for baptism, and I
totally dig gauteng and life on mission...
So to sum up everything is sweet. I've got a ton to learn but that's
what mission is all about. But I feel I may finally be on the right
track haha but that's what mission is all about to keep you guessing
and never stop getting better....
Well yebo gogo that's about it... but as crazy as it sounds this
transfer will mark a year... and I can't believe it. Well off to buy
some thick socks and another funky sweater... oh... and food... that's
always nice...
Sala Kahle
ElDeR rObInSoN...
Mzansi fo sho'
Leadership call for Elder Robinson
Dear Brother and Sister Robinson,
Your son, Elder Kenyon Robinson, has been called to serve as one of the two Zone Leaders in the Soweto Zone. He was called after prayerful consideration and because of his obedience, his hard work and his teaching and leadership capabilities.
Zone Leaders direct the missionary efforts within their Zone, carry significant responsibility for training and motivating missionaries and serve as role models for all missionaries. They are among the best teachers of the Gospel in the Mission. They communicate and enhance relationships between their Zone and the leadership of the Stake or Stakes covered by their Zone. Their efforts are essential in building the Kingdom of God in the South Africa Johannesburg Mission.
I thank you for your role in preparing and guiding such a fine young man. I appreciate the sacrifices you have made to help support him in the mission field.
Sincerely,
President David E. Poulsen
South Africa Johannesburg Mission
Your son, Elder Kenyon Robinson, has been called to serve as one of the two Zone Leaders in the Soweto Zone. He was called after prayerful consideration and because of his obedience, his hard work and his teaching and leadership capabilities.
Zone Leaders direct the missionary efforts within their Zone, carry significant responsibility for training and motivating missionaries and serve as role models for all missionaries. They are among the best teachers of the Gospel in the Mission. They communicate and enhance relationships between their Zone and the leadership of the Stake or Stakes covered by their Zone. Their efforts are essential in building the Kingdom of God in the South Africa Johannesburg Mission.
I thank you for your role in preparing and guiding such a fine young man. I appreciate the sacrifices you have made to help support him in the mission field.
Sincerely,
President David E. Poulsen
South Africa Johannesburg Mission
Monday, May 16, 2011
Last days in Nelspruit, Zone Conference, Goodbyes, Converted Converts, Mbiza family, (Transfer news the game.... with a new twist in the story...) sta
Well lets just begin with saying... yes... I am getting transferred wednesday... Now as you all know it has been 6 months in Nelspruit and that is no surprise I'm leaving... but haha there was a pretty big surprise in that phone call saturday morning... and I quote.... President Poulsen: "Elder Robinson... how is Nelspruit? it was great to see your district at Zone Conference yesterday... well as you know you've been in Nelspruit for quite a while now and have done great things as its District Leader and we're calling to let you know you'll be leaving wednesday..." Elder Robinson: "awesome president it'll be tough to leave but I'm excited for wherever I go...." President Poulsen: " also Elder Robinson we'd like to give you a new assignment as a Zone Leader starting wednesday... you'll meet your new companion and go right to work and I'm sure you'll do a great job..." Elder Robinson: "thanks president (all kinds of thoughts rushing through brain) we'll see you wednesday."
So... yeah haha I'm a zone Leader now after 2 transfers as a District Leader and 10 1/2 months out... crazy... haha there is so... I repeat SO much to work on... but as they say out of the frying pan and into the fire... looks like Nelspruit was refining me for just this...
So as you now my guess this throws a different twist to transfer news... I now am going to one of 10 places in charge of one of 10 zones with my next companion they are...
Bedfordview Zone : Germiston
Joburg Zone: Sandton (fourways)
Benoni Zone: Springs
Bots West Zone: Broadhurst
Bots East Zone: Kanye 1
Pretoria Zone: Pretoria Central
Centurion Zone: Centurion
Roodeport Zone: Krugersdorp
Francistown Botswana Zone: Francistown
Soweto Zone: Florida
So everything is narrowed down quite a bit take your lucky picks now!
So yeah haha there is a lot of responsibility on my shoulders now... but that kinda brings me to Zone Conference, my time in Nelspruit, and life in general... Now life is all about choices, decisions, actions,and attitude. and this was the point of zone conference. if you let yourself grow... it will happen... if you choose to work hard, weed out the bad in life, and just do it with positivity... you will always succeed... there will be friction but your drive will be the catalyst... so just like we learn... Be ye therefore perfect even as I.... good luck right? but no we get qualified if we simply work at it and eliminate anything that slows you down... (The refiners fire/ Nelspruit) so yeah haha I'm still fairly young on mission and now I am gonna be over 20 or so missionaries... and honestly that's intimidating crap... but there is a lesson to be learned and so much to grow... so bring it baby!
Also with transfer news always comes goodbyes... which is always tough but brings lots of good pictures... and I will be back someday to the Lowveld...
Cool thing this week also was the Mbiza family... so Bongiwe was baptized last week and we are now teaching her family... they are doing really good but we didn't know how into church her husband was... until yesterday :D... so we're teaching our new investigators/member class and doing introductions... "Hi brothers and sisters I'm Sibusiso... as of now I'm just visiting but I'm planning on joining and becoming a member very soon...." BAM! so Nelspruit branch will be getting a new family soon awesome icing to the cake of leaving Nelspruit...
Well not much else to talk about... but I've loved my time in Nelspruit, but its just time to go... just like Benoni I'll be back someday... and well the adventure continues as you're aware of now... haha
Pulumbo out...
have a sweet week the winners this week of "transfer news" will get a hypothetical hi five and if you go to Wendy's 5 chicken nuggets for a dollar!
Hamba Kahle
Elder Robinson
So... yeah haha I'm a zone Leader now after 2 transfers as a District Leader and 10 1/2 months out... crazy... haha there is so... I repeat SO much to work on... but as they say out of the frying pan and into the fire... looks like Nelspruit was refining me for just this...
So as you now my guess this throws a different twist to transfer news... I now am going to one of 10 places in charge of one of 10 zones with my next companion they are...
Bedfordview Zone : Germiston
Joburg Zone: Sandton (fourways)
Benoni Zone: Springs
Bots West Zone: Broadhurst
Bots East Zone: Kanye 1
Pretoria Zone: Pretoria Central
Centurion Zone: Centurion
Roodeport Zone: Krugersdorp
Francistown Botswana Zone: Francistown
Soweto Zone: Florida
So everything is narrowed down quite a bit take your lucky picks now!
So yeah haha there is a lot of responsibility on my shoulders now... but that kinda brings me to Zone Conference, my time in Nelspruit, and life in general... Now life is all about choices, decisions, actions,and attitude. and this was the point of zone conference. if you let yourself grow... it will happen... if you choose to work hard, weed out the bad in life, and just do it with positivity... you will always succeed... there will be friction but your drive will be the catalyst... so just like we learn... Be ye therefore perfect even as I.... good luck right? but no we get qualified if we simply work at it and eliminate anything that slows you down... (The refiners fire/ Nelspruit) so yeah haha I'm still fairly young on mission and now I am gonna be over 20 or so missionaries... and honestly that's intimidating crap... but there is a lesson to be learned and so much to grow... so bring it baby!
Also with transfer news always comes goodbyes... which is always tough but brings lots of good pictures... and I will be back someday to the Lowveld...
Cool thing this week also was the Mbiza family... so Bongiwe was baptized last week and we are now teaching her family... they are doing really good but we didn't know how into church her husband was... until yesterday :D... so we're teaching our new investigators/member class and doing introductions... "Hi brothers and sisters I'm Sibusiso... as of now I'm just visiting but I'm planning on joining and becoming a member very soon...." BAM! so Nelspruit branch will be getting a new family soon awesome icing to the cake of leaving Nelspruit...
Well not much else to talk about... but I've loved my time in Nelspruit, but its just time to go... just like Benoni I'll be back someday... and well the adventure continues as you're aware of now... haha
Pulumbo out...
have a sweet week the winners this week of "transfer news" will get a hypothetical hi five and if you go to Wendy's 5 chicken nuggets for a dollar!
Hamba Kahle
Elder Robinson
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