Things are going well here in Glenview. The people are very nice. Elder Sefatsa is cool. We get along well, I enjoy being around him. But Dad, he is not native, he is from South Africa. It is much different here in Zim. He has been out on his mission for like 7 months. He was in Zambia until last transfer when he came to Glenview. He knows how to get to all of the areas, but we are trying to rebuild the teaching pool because they just had a lot of baptisms so finding the people's houses is a problem. It isn't as bad as in Chi-town though. The houses are easier to find. We have had quite a few referrals from members so it has been nice. The week went well and we have quite a few who we are teaching now. We meet in a chapel here so it is pretty nice. Yesterday was the first time that I have been in a real chapel since the Sunday before I left. In Chi-town we held baptisms at the Church (tent) in a portable font. The houses are about the same size as the ones in Chi-town but the roads are much nicer though. I have a different bike than the one in Chi-town, they just leave them at the houses. This one is much better. It actually somewhat works and it actually stays put together. Our house is pretty nice. We have a shower which is nice, but the problem is that they just moved in so we don't have much furniture. But they are working on that for us though. We don't even have shelves for our stuff yet, so we are living out of our suitcases. But as soon as they get us our new stuff it will be a nice house. We still don't have power all that often though.
I talked to Elder Roberts today and he said that Brother Jena is still doing well. So he should be getting baptized on Saturday. He said that Brother Jena talks about me a lot. I'm going to try to keep in contact with him as much as possible. He was one of my favorite people to see in Chi-town.
I got an email from President Rasmussen today. He told me about all of the other missionaries from the stake. It is crazy that some of those guys are already home. But it was cool to read about some of the other guys on missions.
That's good that things are starting to work out with the vehicles and even out in Milford. It will come together, just have faith, and the Lord will provide. That's good that Jaxon is dealing with it well. It's even good for him to have a calling. I'm sure that he likes having something to do. Tell him to email me, I want to hear from him.
That's crazy that Auburn beat Oregon, it sounds like it was a good game. It seems weird that things like that are still happening because we are so secluded from it all here. I always had heard that the clothing from the teams that lost in the championship games is sent to Africa, but I never really thought about it. But I see people wearing them all the time, and I think, "They didn't win that game." But then I realize what the shirt is from. Thing are just so much different here. For example, the people here in Africa don't have "national pride" they have "continental pride". I did want to tell you that I have now eaten some spiny caterpillar. It tasted kind of like burnt popcorn.
I received packages from Grandma and Chris. Tell them that I appreciate them very much, the candy really helps a lot. Also tell Parker that I love the picture that he drew for me. It made me happy. I hung it on the wall by my bed. Elder Sefatsa wants to see some pictures from me wrestling and playing baseball. I also need a picture of our family to keep in my scriptures. President Dube wants us to have one to show to some of the investigators and members that we teach. And you don't need to send my glove, I don't want it to get stolen. But no, I haven't gotten to play catch again, because the APs have their P-day on Saturday.
I love and pray for you all.
Love,
Elder Cecil
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