Family -
Hello! How has your week been? Mine has been pretty uneventful! It actually just flew by so quickly, nothing had time to happen. Oh wait, there are a couple of things. One of the Elders who had only been here for a month went awal. He was, I guess having problems adjusting. I don't know the details about that, but on Tuesday he just grabbed his backpack and ran out of the flat. It took 2 days to find him. Pres. Hinckley was even involved. They finally found him in a hotel in downtown Durban. He was interviewed by Pres and given the option to stay or to go. He decided to go home. Shame, man! He was a good guy and would have made an excellent missionary.
One of our investigators who hasn't been progressing at all gave up smoking this week. We were pretty excited. She goes running with us every morning. I'm excited for her. She really wants to be baptized but now she just needs to live the law of chastity.
Ok, so it actually has been an interesting week! :)
Hey mom, I got you some material. Actually I was talking to a less active family and I was telling them how I was looking for material for a table cloth. They asked me kind of what I was looking for and then they said that if they ever came across anything that they'd let me know. 2 days later we phoned them for something and they said that they had bought some material. I was really scared because I didn't want to waste money on something I don't like or something you wouldn't like, but when we went and looked at it, I really liked it. It was also a really good price $12 for 6 meters. That's probably more material than you need, but it was all that was left on the roll so they finished it.. You can use the extra for something else. I'm not sure when I'll send it, probably this week or next and it will probably take about 6 weeks or more. If you don't like it just let me know and I'll find something else and I'll keep that, just let me know what you think.
I got a letter from Sondra this week. She is so cool. I love her to death! I even read her letter to my district leader. :)
How did the Y.W. Sacrament meeting go? I guess Mom and Sondra both were chosen. That's great! It sounds like that would have been a nice program.
Yesterday at church there was an American guy visiting from Utah. He asked me if I knew Wendy Cope. He used to date her. Small world! It was really funny because Elder Jones (from Paradise) was standing there as well and so we both knew her. It was funny!
I got a letter from Wendy this week. She is excited to go on mission. I'm excited for her. She will be an excellent missionary.
We have our 3 day elections conference this week, starting tomorrow. I think it will be fun. I don't think that these elections will be unusually violent. I'll tell you, being here sure has made me appreciate the US and even the government there. I know that it sounds crazy, but it is so true! No one can afford to have more than 3 children here because it costs thousands of Rand each term to send them to school. It is very rare to find mothers at home because they can't afford t have children and not work. It's just really sad.
It sounds like Matt's wife has him tied around her little finger! That's great! Matt needs it! :)
One of the members here who's daughter is on mission in Johannesburg told us that we need to draw a layout of our flat for our mothers. I don't know, I don't see the importance, but she promised that it was important, so anyhow, here it is (a sketch of our flat)
So, anyhow, that's our flat! I don't know how long I'll be staying here. I may be transferred next week, but I may stay for a while also. Who knows? We'll have to see.
Well, I had better go! I love you all! Take care!
Love,
Sister Zenger
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