“to the weak of heart I say this: once Africa has hold of your
heart, she will never let go.” there's a quote... Trent.
(Elder Trent Jensen is serving in Lesotho, a small country up in
the mountains, completely surrounded by South Africa. It is part of the South
Africa Johannesburg Mission. )
other than almost hitting
several dogs and eating tons of food, life is usual here
we had a funny spiritual thing
happen, we went to the fish and chips shop and ordered. I had my card but no
cash, and all the small stores here use cash. the guy behind the counter was
Pakistani and said:
"sit, eat and at your earliest
convenience, you can bring cash!" I asked him why he trusted me so much, he said
any man who would serve man and God in our manner for as long as we do, deserves
respect and trust. touching truly.
We havent had any baptisms
since two months ago. this week was interesting. Mabali M.
got baptized yesterday, such a
nice girl. it was awesome. it was a powerful expirience. shes about 23 and is
now the only member in her family. she was baptized by her Boyfriend/fiancee his
name is Mueti. they are currently trying to figure out the big problem of
Labola. which is payment either in the form of livestock or money to the girls
parents. its a pretty interesting love story which i will tell everyone about
upon my arrival home.
we went to a funeral. i never
met the man. His son is a R.M. and they live in my Z.L.s area in Maseru. i was
on splits tuesday with Elder Lepodise, (Tswana for police), and we went to the
funeral. they fed us so much food. i love food. i felt abused when i left.
Lepodoise was even in pain.
its custom here for everyone
who goes and views the deceased to wash their hands in a big vat of Aloe juice.
the wild Aloe grows everywhere down here. big plants too. my hands smelled like
aloe for 3 days. another tradition is a funeral drink called Matoho. its a
sorghum porridge. since the family is part
member they had fermented and
non. its a kind of sour drink but i like it.
Thanks for the letter, I got
the one with the pics exactly 1 month from mailing date. one
of the elders sent a pkg of
souvenirs home and it took 9 months! It wieghed 25 lbs and had US$5 of postage.
not bad unless its a heart transplant...
yes we drink water. so far we
haven't had any symptoms yet. Our boardings have filters. nice ones too. some
elders don't use them and they've never been sick. we also have worming and
debugging pills
just in case. most of the time
elders get sick on the coast eating at members homes.
and holidays? we have such
limited access to local knowledge here that we don't even know about holidays
til they're over.
also hopefully today we will
have a Braai (BBQ) at a members home here in
Maseru. weve been there before,
they pull out all the stops. last time
there was a stack of meat about
16' tall and a big pile of wors.
Love ya'll!
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