MiSsIoN PoSsIbLe II: OuR MiSsIoNaRy In SoUtH AfRiCa: October 2026

Wow! Caleb actually sent an email 2 weeks in a row!!!

That is something. Some of the news I shared here last week,

but this week was exciting for him

as he saw three new members enter the waters of baptism.

He's been playing a bit more volleyball which he loves, of course!

He didn't really have a net or ball to play with in his other areas,

so he's loved having a church building with those things.

Here is his email from this week (the emojis are cracking me up),

along with a picture from the baptism:

Hello Everyone! We hope you are well! Last time I emailed I had just reaffirmed that I was the Social Media Leader in Mayville 2 area....but i got transfered again so you can forget that

I am now serving as a zone leader in the Mayville 1 area! So i pretty much am serving in the same area but i moved down the hall from my previous apartment and now I don't have access to the internet

My new Companion is Elder Herd

he is pretty cool, he is from Orem amd has been serving mission for 15 months just like me

This week I had the opportunity to go on exchange with some other Elders, while we were on exchange we had a very special interaction with a dude on drugs

, he made sure to tell us that he wasn't racist but he didn't like Zulu people, but he isn't racist. And that he has to sacrifice someone to the Roman Catholic Church

. Sooooo that was cool.

I tried making brownies this week, I needed butter and 4 cups of sugar. But i had 0️⃣

butter so I used oil. And then it apparently only had 1½ cups sugar, so i used some brown sugar. But i was still a cup short, so I used powdered sugar

but they turned out pretty good, no one complained about them soooo.

We had 3 baptisms this past Sunday! All of them were children of members, it was pretty awesome, it has been a while since i performed the ordinance so I felt privileged to participate!

I think thats about all that happened this week, I love hearing from you all so feel free to reach out!

Love,

Elder Roskelley

Caleb sent an email on August 3rd titled "So, It's Been A While."

That was the last email he sent out until last week October 4th.

What was that email titled? "So, It's Been A While!"

So he's in the same boarding complex he's been in since he was transferred to Berea

from Bluff several transfers ago. 2 transfers ago he got moved from Berea to Mayville,

but still lived in the same boarding. It was at that time he was assigned to be

a social media elder. Well, transfers happened again last week and he got to move...

down the hall to another boarding in the same building!

He's in the same area (Mayville) but has been given a new assignment.

He was called to serve as a zone leader.

I think he enjoyed his time as a social media elder, but I think

he was ready for a change so this will be a great opportunity for him.

He has not personally baptized anyone since moving to Bluff,

but the ward he's in right now has had several join the church in the last year

so he's meeting with a lot of new members.

I love to hear that he doesn't care if he is the one that baptizes people. He's just happy

to see so many make covenants with our Heavenly Father

and become members of Christ's church.

Here's the email he sent last week:

(this was typed a day before he found out about his new assignment)

Hello Everyone! Sorry its been a while, I've been terrible and remembering to send emails

I really don't remember really what i said most recently so here are the quick updates

- I'm currently serving my 2nd transfer as a Social Media Leader for my mission,

- I'm also serving in Mayville area, its petty much the heart of Durban! Its a blast.

- Messenger is not an approved app for the Africa South Area anymore, so if you have tried reaching out on messenger, that will no longer work

I'm about 15 months into my mission its a total blast in my current area, there are many cool people and members that we've had the privilege of meeting.

Our chapel has a volleyball net and I've managed to convince the other Elders in our district to go play in the mornings as our exercise, its been so awesome

I'm definitely a little out of practice

Our mission is getting so BIG over the past 2 transfers our mission has grown by 30 or so missionaries, and this up coming week its gone grow another 30 more

its super exciting to see what is happening here.

In our mission there are currently 4 districts and 2 stakes, however there has been a large push to help build STAKES

of Zion here in the Durban Mission. Over the course of my mission this has been an over arching goal. Recently our mission president told us that pretty much each of those districts now qualifies to be a stake

As I watched general conference is was touched by the thoughts of Elder Dale G. Renlund as I've reflected on my mission experience i realized there were many times where I disregarded the miracles and mighty works of the Lord that I had seen, and focused on the unpleasant circumstances which were right in front of me. But truly the times when I feel the most joy and see the hand of the Lord are when I focus on that, seeking Him and his might strength.

Thats all for now, I'll try to right more uyathembisa