Thanks for the emails!
So Elder Bednar, ( One of the Twelve Apostles), is coming
this month on the 25th. I might get to watch General Conference before then. I
have heard about Elder Edward Dube a lot here. (He is a Seventy that spoke in General Conference). Zimbabwe is
just next door. (He’s from there).
Having a BBQ sounds weird haha. The
people here are really into that but it's called Braai ha. We have braais a lot
to get families to come together and listen to us. Nothing like food to get
people to gather together :P
So this Sunday will be the baptism
of a boy named A…. and he wants me to baptize him. He is realllllly smart and
is only 12 years old. In the interview he asked the District Leader if, when he
is older, his car runs out of fuel on the Sabbath what should he do to not
brake the Sabbath :P Good question ne? District Leader said, fill it up just enough to get
through the day if you have to haha It stumped him for a bit though. ( This reminds me of s famous Primary song, "Saturday is a special day it's the day we get ready for Sunday...") Haha. He is also
realllllllly good at soccer. He beats most the older kids here on the streets.
Ok...story time :) So there is a
girl named N…. who we know. We have been trying to teach her ma but she is
always gone!! So we taught her gogo but she is so used to her church. Anyways,
the ma brought her daughter to church one Sunday and they loved it! The next Sunday
only the daughter (N….) came to church. She loved it! She said she wanted to be
in the primary program which was in one week (this last Sunday). We were given
the job to teach her the songs and help her to get a testimony and give a talk.
In one week! I got the CDs and went to work. We taught her one time and I felt
like she needed friends in church so I thought of the girls her age in the ward.
I got the perfect family and the next day we went to teach we went to the member’s
house and got three sisters to walk with us to her house. When we finished that
day, N… and the sisters were like best friends. We went again the next day and
then we all went to church Saturday for a practice and (She had to walk to
church by herself which is about 3 miles.) I helped her with her talk and her
testimony. It was amazing the things she already knows. Anyways, her mom said
she would come to church to watch her sing and talk. She came but her ma did
not....I played the piano (recordings :P) for the program and every time
she got nervous she looked at me and gave me a huge smile and I smiled right
back. She did sooooooo well! All of the children did! But as cheesy as it
sounds, I was soooo overwhelmed with joy as she gave a talk and sang. It felt
like Heavenly Father had allowed me to feel His love for her through me. We
will start teaching her discussions this week. Well that's all I got time for
this week! Love you all! :)
Love,
Elder Petrie
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