MiSsIoN PoSsIbLe II: OuR MiSsIoNaRy In SoUtH AfRiCa: November 2025

Monday, November 24, 2025

Zone Conference!

The work continues to move forward in Eswatini. Caleb had another baptism this week,

3 for the district. He said their chapel is full and he doesn't know how many

more will be able to fit!

What a nice problem to have! If they can get a few more Melchizedek Priesthood holders,

they'll probably be able to create another branch.

He didn't have a lot to report on this week other than the baptism and zone conference.

I think he really enjoys seeing other missionaries. A new zone was created last transfer so

there aren't as many as there used to be in their zone, and Caleb basically lives in

the "boonies" of his area, if you will. He really enjoyed the message from

his mission president's wife.

He's put his thoughts on that in this week's email, and we indeed have witnessed many miracles!

Here are some pictures and this week's email:

Caleb with his two companions. Their names are hard for me to remember,

but he's enjoying getting to know them.

Sister Laguna, the mission presidents wife, often shares about miracles, stating that missionary work is a work of miracles. So she encourages us to share our miracles that we see. This week I will not share about miracles I've seen as a missionary but instead of a miracle thats been on my mind recently. In January of this year, my mom had a medical emergency, to the point that we weren't sure she would live much longer. At the time I was at college two and a half hours away. But the first small miracle was that I had packed bags already because I was planning on going home that weekend, and unlike usual I packed ahead of time instead of the day I left. And then right before losing service in the canyons leaving ephraim, my sister called me and gave me more information and let me know that I needed to pick up my brother-in-law. And when I arrived I found much of my extended family already there with loving arms. And of course the largest miracle of all is that my Mother lives to this day. There were many miracles in this experience both large and small. I have a testimony that the Lord is still a Lord of Miracles today, they didn't cease in the scriptures.

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Transfers Already?

Lots of changes for Caleb this week.

Transfers happened. Caleb is staying put and will be helping to train

a new missionary with the help of another.

So, three Elders serving together. Caleb says it will be

interesting to see how they all fit in the kitchen in their boarding!

(They call it boarding rather than apartment).

Caleb will miss Elder Christensen. He really enjoyed having him

as a companion, and Elder Muncey as his district leader.

Both have been called to be Zone Leaders in another area.

More baptisms, but there's one individual he's hoping to baptize.

It's a brother named Mel, and he wants to be baptized but is struggling

with some of his habits, so we're praying he'll be able to overcome

those cravings for certain things. So, maybe say a little prayer for Mel.

Here's Caleb's email for this week and a couple of pictures:

Hello everyone!! I hope you are all doing well. For me I'm doing great, we had a couples friends make covenants with our Heavenly Father this past Sunday, and we have many more preparing! Its wonderful to see the Lords hand in the work.

We also recieved news about transfers this past Saturday

and I'm going to be staying in Nhlangano! However Elder Christensen will no longer be my companion, he will be joining Elder Muncey. I will be training Elder Mahlalela, an elder from eswatini, with elder Randriananamanana, an Elder from Madagascar. Im so excited to have this new experience with different elders from very different backgrounds than me!

I love making baked goods and i love hearing from you all! So if you have any baked treats that you think i should try, send me a recipe and as long as i can get the ingredients, I'll try to make them and let you know how it went! (With photos of course)

Love,

Elder Roskelley

This is Mel with Caleb and Elder Christensen.

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Raining and Baking!

So, Caleb eluded to driving for the first time last week.

This week he shared video of driving in a rain storm.

He let me know he was not the one driving in the video! He does think the storms there are really cool!

His adventure with driving

was less exciting, only driving to their church house on a clear day.

It looks like he enjoyed baking this week. Caleb does like to try to bake and cook,

and is willing to eat what he makes even if it doesn't really turn out.

He didn't have any baptisms this week, but does have more lined up for this Sunday,

including an adult brother! He is the first adult male that has committed to baptism

since Caleb has been out, so Caleb's pretty excited about that!

He has mentioned how he doesn't always like the end of the month because that's when

people get payed and the first thing they do is go and buy alcohol so they can get drunk.

This is the first time since he's been there when payday fell on a weekend,

so he said it was even worse! It's hard to teach in those circumstances.

They do get approached a lot by drunks, but fortunately they are friendly.

So, here's Caleb's email from this week along with some pictures and video:

Hello Everyone! I hope you had an amazing Halloween! As for me i spent my Friday evening teaching other elders how to make Peanut Butter Bars, and attempting to make no bake cookies without a recipe all in all it was a great time.

This week i also got my master scriptorian! For those that don't know, in the South Africa Durban Mission, we have whats called the Master Scriptorian, which is an award given to missionaries that are able to learn 174 verses from scriptures that align with what we teach every day + some scriptures that our mission leaders love. To earn it, a Zone Leader asks us 30 questions about any scripture within the 174 verses. Its intense, and it took me some time to learn all the scriptures but I'm proud of my accomplishment! And President Laguna says the next step is to memorize all the standard works

maybe someday I'll be able to do it.