Bob's Safari to South Africa

HEY!

HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYED THE REUNION :) sounds like you all had a lot of fun.

Id just like to add something to what R.J. said- In 1 Nephi chapter 8

and 11 in talking about the tree of life Lehi says that when we

partook of the fruit of the tree of life it was SO GOOD and SO

DESIRABLE ABOVE ANYTHING! and we know what the fruit is the love of

God and i know we have all felt the love of our Heavenly Father in our

lives and that great joy which the gospel brings, and so just as Lehi

says after he partook his greatest desire was for his family and those

he loved to partake also, when we think about the bigger picture

EVERYONE IS OUR BROTHER OR SISTER - We should have the same love for

them as we do for our own brothers and sisters. because what we have

is so great! the gospel is such a blessing and the knowledge that we

have from is brings such peace and joy, so why do we keep it to

ourselves?

Hey,

sounds like the reunion went well :) thats awesome, haha hope everyone

had a good time. its a miracle that all the grandkids got along and no

fights at all??? wow :)

haha but ya the work is going good here in the Roodepoort area, Elder

Fagg and i made a goal to teach at least 10 lessons a week and this is

our 3 week together and we are just on the border of 15 lessons a week

so its exciting.

Pieter- Bro. Pieter is such an amazing guy, he is a poor white

africkans guy who is living with his girlfriend and her family, he is

41 and is just so humble and so kind, he looks kinda scary the first

time you see him but as soon as he smiles and opens his mouth he is

just so nice and gentle, but anyways we have been teaching them for a

few weeks now, and his girlfriend Maria didnt really seem to like us

very much but we got them to come to church and talked to them about

somethings that were going on in their lives, and she opened up to us

and really changed, anyways long story short they have decided to get

married so that they can be baptised. its incredible what the gospel

and the spirit can do. Pieter had a Word of Wizdom problem but we

gave him a blessing and its been 2-3 weeks and he seems to be over it

so thats really cool, this last sunday though the people who were

supposed to give him a ride to church were confused about it and didnt

get him, so we went over after church and he was crushed, we asked him

how he was and he said he was really sad and he was waiting all day

and we felt so bad. they are renovating the house right now so we

shared a quick spiritual thought with them by the light of an led head

light because they dont have electricity, it really was a good night.

so for the PACKAGE- i think if you send it to the 3 phillips ave.

address it will be best,

and ya i sent you and grandma a letter for mothers day - guess they

got burned in the post office raid or something? mail here is horrible

takes FOREVER!

anyways love you lots hope you have a great week