Well I get to email today because on monday I was in CAPE TOWN. Yep that's right, I got to go to the Mother City.
My second home.
We flew out Sunday night because it was Zone Leader
Council this week. All the Zone Leaders from all over the mission came
down for an epic three days. A lot of my transfer are zone leaders so it
was a great reunion of some great people. We got in late on Sunday and
stayed the night with some Cape Town Zone Leaders then Monday morning we
all met at the office for the activity. It was great walking back in
the office, everyone was happy to see me and I was glad to see them too!
As soon as I walked in I actually got asked to help with some things
and ended taking care of a few things that I knew....it felt great. The
Pday activity was a hike with President and Sister Wood on a trail
called Steambird...it was a nice hike, we stopped halfway and president
gave us a little devotional and inspirational thoughts. After the hike
we went back to the office for lunch and then we split up into two
groups....one played sports and the other went downtown.....bet ya can't
guess what group I was a part of? In fact I was the one driving the van
to downtown....no way was I going to play sport unless it had four
wheels haha. The next day was full of instruction and discussion. We
went over the vision of the mission and what we need to work on and
leadership instruction from President. We started at nine and ended at
nine...it was a long, but amazing, spiritual day. I loved every second
of it! Elder Simpson (a zone Leader) and Elder Pearson (current office
elder) were both there and it was great to catch up with them. Oh and by
the way, I ate so much food I can't even think straight.....it was an
incredible three days. We got back yesterday afternoon and right from
the airport went to work with appointments...we both were very tired
last night but it was worth it all!
As for other things, Baxolele was baptized! It was a
great service and he was very much ready. He had asked me to baptize
him and it was a great spiritual experience to use the Priesthood of God
that He has entrusted me with. Baxolele is going to make an amazing
member. One of his first things he said to me after Church on sunday is
"when you see me again, I need to know about the priesthood." Powerful
young man. I LOVE MISSION!!!!
Alright, well that is my update for the week. Things
are going well. Elder Giles and I are getting along well together and I
think that this leg of my mission will be one of my most memorable
ones.
LOVE YOU ALL!!!
theELDERNAYLOR
