May 22, 2012

 Today we met the people of our FM (facilities management) group at the church to go over things needed at the building and it seems they will do all we want done!!  More primary space, chairs, tables, paint, TV and sound system in the classroom off the chapel to give more room for people for sacrament meeting as we are sometimes maxing out our present chapel area. 

We also went with the missionaries to a few investigators homes today to help to get to know them and bear testimony that what the Elders taught was true.  The first investigator we went to, Sister Vuzivdlu,  knows she wants to be baptized but really wants her family to join her. So far they show little indication that they desire the Gospel in their lives.  There was a great spirit present as she prayed to have her family desire the Gospel in their lives, we all hope for this too.

The Moore family was next. 

The Moore Family

They have been investigating the gospel for some time now. They had some problems that needed to be overcome before they were ready to progress. They are making great progress and I think they will be baptized soon.  Unknown to us they had prepared dinner for us, as a birthday present for Elder Scicluna.

The custom here is to have the guests of honor sit down and eat while the host family waits. This was very uncomfortable for us but we honored the custom. They are very sweet people and will be good to have in the branch.  We didn’t actually get to teach the lesson though because the time was gone and we needed to go to our next appointment.  We then went to a couple of  member’s homes just to get better acquainted with them and for them to know more about us.

The Nteyi family is the first members of the branch to be sealed in the temple as a family. They did this in April of this year.







Next we visited Nomvula Chambala. She is a 12 year old girl who was abandoned by her mother and living alone.

 

President Robinson found out about it and arraignments were made with the Ngcibi family to have her board in their home.

 
She was very frightened living alone as can be expected but is now doing much better. I asked her to speak in Sacrament meeting three weeks from now and she accepted with a promise from me that I would help her if needed.