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Here's a quick update.  -Our new friend Nonkoliso is so powerful. We are teaching her and her kids. They are really so prepared for the gospel. She told us how she's really hasn't ever been a church person but when she came she described to us the difference she felt. Told us she felt something she has never felt before. God is blessing us with the prepared, I'm confident she and her kids will be baptized very soon!  -In our finding and teaching this week we have really been focusing on how we can improve our desire. To show God we are ready to teach the prepared. As we have exercised this desire by following the small promptings we've been able to find so many elect people. God grants to those with the greatest desire, which is something Elder Aidukaitis taught us. It works!  - All 5 of our recently baptized friends were confirmed this past Sunday. It was special to get to be apart of each one!  - We got transfer news I will be staying here in Mdantsane 1st for my ...

-This week was really powerful! We saw so many miracles in our area and zone. We had 5 baptisms this past Sunday! Onam, Live, Zukhanye, Unathi, and Andile all got baptized on Sunday. Also, Thando was confirmed as well. God Is good! -We started the week by having an MLC with Elder Aidukaitis in Cape Town on Monday and Tuesday.  He was really fired up on us to increase our finding efforts. Something he said that stuck with me was: "Why would it happen to you if your desire is 0?". Elder Roberts and I took that back with us to our area this week and man have we been blessed because of just our desire to find those who are prepared. So many new friends to teach this coming week! On Friday we had a mission tour with Elder and Sister Aidukaitis. Which again was powerful. Elder Aidukaitis gave us a really great way to find and connect with family and friends. He taught us to find through those who are being baptized. To sit down with each of them with a pad and pen and write down al...

-The last 2 weeks have been busy but fun! This past Sunday our friend Thando was baptized! He's a funny guy, idk how to explain him. But he has really been changed by the gospel from when we first started teaching him during my first week here in Mdantsane. When he just walked into church until now, there is a huge difference in him. It's amazing to see the Atonement work in the lives of our friends.  -2 little miracle we saw this week was with our friends Andile and Unathi. Andile has been waiting and waiting to get baptized. Finally, this week he was interviewed by a member of the mission presidency and he was approved. He was beaming and wanted to get baptized as soon as possible. So next Sunday will be his baptism! With Unathi she had been wrestling with baptism for a while. We invited her again to really pray about when is the right time for her to get baptized and to get back to us on Sunday. So, on Sunday she came up to us and asked if she could be baptized that day! Unf...

-On Wednesday we flew to Cape Town for Mission Leadership Council. It was a ton of fun and super powerful as usual. We discussed a lot about these new standards that have been set for all South African missions.  -Onam, Live, and Zukanye are doing great, they're progressing really well.  - Rebecca and Sizwe we are still waiting for them to get legally married. Same with Borin, except the problem with him Is he's from Zimbabwe. So he'll have to go back to get the legal papers, which won't happen until December. However, we are working on a faster solution with the Bishop.  -Unathi and Washington should be baptized on the 12th! We also put our friend Dimakatso on date for Baptism on the 26th of May. The Lord is blessing these wonderful people!  -On an exchange this week our bike lock broke, it wouldn't unlock. We were just stranded in the middle of these shacks lol. So Elder De Villiers, our Senior couple missionaries, had to come save us. He came with his big bolt cu...