MiSsIoN PoSsIbLe II: OuR MiSsIoNaRy In SoUtH AfRiCa

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