Week #76 - We Get to See the Durban South Africa Temple Dedication!
It has been so crazy this week! Sometimes doing the work of the Lord means doing a lot of run around! The secretaries came and we have been looking for homes for all the new missionaries that are coming in a few weeks. There will be 22 new missionaries in the Beira Mission area and we have to get everything prepared! The secretaries are doing a bunch too. We have found 2 more places and we are setting up mosquito nets, refrigerators, and Sister Senna wants medical supplies in there too. The next transfer there will be another 34 missionaries. I think they will be split between both of the missions.
The missionaries will be coming straight to Beira. They are not stopping in Maputo. There is no mission home or nice place for them to come to yet. I will be picking them up from the airport and President Senna wants it to be as nice as possible so we are getting a big feast and trying to have it look and feel good for the new missionaries. February 26th we have a training with them with Preach My Gospel, Safety, etc. So we are doing preparation for that as well.
There is an American couple that have been called to be secretaries for the mission. They are coming in April. I hope they are ready for these living conditions. The last set of adult missionaries left after 3 weeks. It will be great to have them here and so good for this new mission.
I must of eaten something bad because I was sick for 3 days. Wednesday, I just had to stay home and the secretaries had to go without me that day. I am feeling better now. Sometimes a sick day is not a bad thing as a missionary.
There is just lots of rain and we got our car stuck in the mud. All 4 tires. We knew we had to just solve it quick so we asked around and paid a man to help pull us out that had a truck. We broke the ropes we tied up to it. We had to get a chain and then it finally came free. We solved it fast enough that we did not have to call President, luckily.
One of the newer missionaries showed me that he had a big cyst on his back. I have never seen anything like it and not sure how he got it. President Senna asked me to drive him to get it taken care of. The only hospital I have been to is the public hospital. So I dropped him off there. After he told me it was the worst experience ever. I guess they did not know what was on his back so they were screaming and making a bunch of noise. Then he paid them $.75 American cents and they did surgery on him and cut it out! I felt so bad. I think he is ok and it is all gone now, but he does not want to go back again. We reported back to President Senna and he said there is a private hospital that costs more money, but does a better job. Good to know.
You were wondering about what we can just eat when we are not at home? Our snacks are pineapples and coconuts. We pay the kids to climb trees to get coconuts for us. When Rees came home from his mission he showed me how to open one. That has been good to know. We eat pineapple all the time. It cost about $.25 for one.
We have 2 cool young men from our ward that are leaving to serve missions in Ghana. Crimado and Fidalgo are their names. We were helping them get prepped to go. They usually don't have enough clothes to go so missionaries give them what they can. I have some extra shirts and pants that I gave to them and some ties. My companion gave them some items too. I hope to keep in touch with them, especially Crimado. He is a great guy. I will be driving them to the airport this next week.
We had 2 Baptisms on Saturday! It was great. We are finding more people and working with 10 more who we hope can progress and be prepared this month. We are doing well on our goals as a zone. Our Stake set up to do a Helping Hands Project. This will be the first time it has been organized as a whole stake. We also get to watch the Durban South Africa Temple Dedication. We are going to be able to watch it at our building. Our stake center is a nice building. Most of the churches I have been in only have chairs they set up for sacrament meeting. This building has benches and it is just built better than the others.
I am the oldest missionary that has been in the Beira Mission area for my whole mission. I never served in Maputo, that is where most of the other missionaries are or they have served over there. I know all the roads and where everything is. With all these new missionaries coming I may be training, or going to a new area that has not been opened. Who knows. I am enjoying my time. I am grateful to be serving here. I hope to bring you back here one day - maybe when we get a temple! I am so grateful for the Saviors gospel and the strength it gives me. When I was sick I read a bunch from the Liahona and scriptures. The Word is Good!
Com Amor,
Elder Rees
The missionaries will be coming straight to Beira. They are not stopping in Maputo. There is no mission home or nice place for them to come to yet. I will be picking them up from the airport and President Senna wants it to be as nice as possible so we are getting a big feast and trying to have it look and feel good for the new missionaries. February 26th we have a training with them with Preach My Gospel, Safety, etc. So we are doing preparation for that as well.
There is an American couple that have been called to be secretaries for the mission. They are coming in April. I hope they are ready for these living conditions. The last set of adult missionaries left after 3 weeks. It will be great to have them here and so good for this new mission.
I must of eaten something bad because I was sick for 3 days. Wednesday, I just had to stay home and the secretaries had to go without me that day. I am feeling better now. Sometimes a sick day is not a bad thing as a missionary.
There is just lots of rain and we got our car stuck in the mud. All 4 tires. We knew we had to just solve it quick so we asked around and paid a man to help pull us out that had a truck. We broke the ropes we tied up to it. We had to get a chain and then it finally came free. We solved it fast enough that we did not have to call President, luckily.
One of the newer missionaries showed me that he had a big cyst on his back. I have never seen anything like it and not sure how he got it. President Senna asked me to drive him to get it taken care of. The only hospital I have been to is the public hospital. So I dropped him off there. After he told me it was the worst experience ever. I guess they did not know what was on his back so they were screaming and making a bunch of noise. Then he paid them $.75 American cents and they did surgery on him and cut it out! I felt so bad. I think he is ok and it is all gone now, but he does not want to go back again. We reported back to President Senna and he said there is a private hospital that costs more money, but does a better job. Good to know.
You were wondering about what we can just eat when we are not at home? Our snacks are pineapples and coconuts. We pay the kids to climb trees to get coconuts for us. When Rees came home from his mission he showed me how to open one. That has been good to know. We eat pineapple all the time. It cost about $.25 for one.
We have 2 cool young men from our ward that are leaving to serve missions in Ghana. Crimado and Fidalgo are their names. We were helping them get prepped to go. They usually don't have enough clothes to go so missionaries give them what they can. I have some extra shirts and pants that I gave to them and some ties. My companion gave them some items too. I hope to keep in touch with them, especially Crimado. He is a great guy. I will be driving them to the airport this next week.
We had 2 Baptisms on Saturday! It was great. We are finding more people and working with 10 more who we hope can progress and be prepared this month. We are doing well on our goals as a zone. Our Stake set up to do a Helping Hands Project. This will be the first time it has been organized as a whole stake. We also get to watch the Durban South Africa Temple Dedication. We are going to be able to watch it at our building. Our stake center is a nice building. Most of the churches I have been in only have chairs they set up for sacrament meeting. This building has benches and it is just built better than the others.
I am the oldest missionary that has been in the Beira Mission area for my whole mission. I never served in Maputo, that is where most of the other missionaries are or they have served over there. I know all the roads and where everything is. With all these new missionaries coming I may be training, or going to a new area that has not been opened. Who knows. I am enjoying my time. I am grateful to be serving here. I hope to bring you back here one day - maybe when we get a temple! I am so grateful for the Saviors gospel and the strength it gives me. When I was sick I read a bunch from the Liahona and scriptures. The Word is Good!
Com Amor,
Elder Rees
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