Editor's Note: Here are the updates from the last two weeks. Jackson was able to visit a big game park. It looks like his lens is cracked or has something on it but the pictures are still pretty neat!
A village in Mafikeng
Visit to Pretoria
My companion--Elder F from New Zealand
Me after a hole-in-one
A little braii in the backyard
Trying to find an investigator in the game park
A giraffe taking a bow
Pumba at the waterhole
My companion on the phone with the rhinos
Baby rhino!
Rhino Family
September 18, 2017
Dear Family,
This week was good. We put this girl Gape (gargle the g) on date yesterday. My companion and I get along great, he played professional rugby back in New Zealand for the Chiefs. The new area has a lot of potential. We are seeing things progress. The new place is nice. We are actually moving today. The office couple is coming up to help. They are the Owens from Arizona. I will take some pics when it is all done. We stay in a separate flat from the other companionship.
Love,
Your Son
September 27, 2017
Dear Family,
I went on some adventures this week. I hope you enjoy the pics. I am feeling old, both in age and mission. I don't really know a lot of the missionaries here in South Africa because I was in Namibia so long. It is weird to see all those people who were younger than me on mission now. I am emailing today because Monday was a public holiday and all the email shops were closed and yesterday when I was emailing the mission president made a surprise stop up here in Mafikeng. Me and my companion are doing great. We pass the rugby ball around here and there. We go to practice with some rugby players at the university when occasion permits. From the looks of it we are going to get a few investigators out of it as well. We have two on date for baptism- Gape (mentioned in last week's letter and Stanley. Gape is a student and she had met with missionaries when she was young. Her mom was a member but had passed away. She is on date for the 8th. Stanley is in his late 40s and is VERY knowledgeable about the church. He was taught about 5 years ago and was on date. We don't really know what happened but a few weeks ago he came back to church and now wants to be baptized. We are finding a lot of success at the university here. I hope you have a good rest of your week.
Love,
Your Boy
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