Baptisms and Zone Conference!

This weeks was a really good week! It started out pretty normal nothing to crazy! On Tuesday we had the chance to have zone conference! We got to hear from President Dunn, Sister Dunn, The APs as well as some other missionaries. It was a great conference and very inspiring! We learned a lot of the Book of Mormon in conversion and how to help people read it. We also had some good seminars with just a lot of stuff! Then we just had a normal week after that! We got some really cool new Investigators named Melody and Alice. They are sisters and really powerful! I met Alice on the road the other day coming from delivering a Book of Mormon to some person. I talked with her about the Book of Mormon and she said we can come and share more. When we were there she said that she has not been going to church cause she does not know what is truth and what is lies. She said her last church/pastor asked for like 1 million rand or something like that. She said she did not like that so she left. Then we found her and I knew the verse in D&C 123:12  For there are many yet on the earth among all sects, parties, and denominations, who are blinded by the subtle craftiness of men, whereby they lie in wait to deceive, and who are only kept from the truth because they know not where to find it—

Hopefully we will make some good progress with her in the next coming weeks. She was very happy and said she would read the Book of Mormon. This we also had two baptisms!! Ruby and her daughter Funeka. It was so nice! They were very ready for it! It was a very spiritual service especially when they bore their testimony after the baptism! They have finally found a home of a church and they really are loved in this ward!! It was such a great day, and such a great week! I am so grateful to be here on mission doing the lords will! I know that his will is help his children find joy in this life and the life to come. It is such a great experience to be here and I love every moment!! I hope you all have a great week! I love you all!! 

Elder Cowan

Zone Conference

Exchanges!

This week was not the best but it was not the worst either! We had on Tuesday and on Wednesday exchanges! On Tuesday Elder Tima came to Rustenburg! So that was really fun he is a really funny guy! We did not have to much success but that is fine we did have a few good lessons as well! Then we had the Zone Leaders come for splits but then Elder Phiri was sick so the Zone Leaders came with Elder Chirwa and I so we went on splits with them. It was a good day we contacted a lot of people and met some cool people. But yeah we actually had a lot of lessons with Less active members! We did not see any at church but that is fine maybe next week! I also yesterday got a speeding ticket! But It was my fault we were trying to get the other guys to church but oh well it is not that pricey! Anyways this week wasn't the best but it was good! I hope everyone has a good week!

Elder Cowan

Zoning in!

This week was a very good week! We had a lot of good teaching appointments and a lot of lessons taught! We actually hit double digit lessons to investigators so a very good week. We also got in contact with tons and tons of people during zoning in. Zoning in is where President Dunn and Sister Dunn come to the zone and sit in with certain companionship's. So they came up here to Rusty Dusty and studied with the Phokeng Elders and then we all did street contacting in town. So that was really awesome. We then went with them to Spur and got lunch! It was also Elder Chirwas birthday so they bought us all Ice cream and all of us lunch. We are also progressing very well with Ruby and her daughter! They are still so cool! I am excited for the 26th of this month for them!! I can not wait! But yeah this week was good and powerful! We had a pretty big bible bash with this 18 year old kid! He is powerful and we will work him to know the truth! Anyways I hope you all have a great week!! 

Elder Cowan

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Good Week!

Well this week was really good! We had the Confirmation of Moven yesterday as well as his sister in laws baby blessing that we got to take part in. Plus there was a child of records baptism yesterday which was really cool because her sister just got back from mission!! We had some really awesome lessons this week was well. We have been teaching a women whose name is Ruby!! She also has a daughter who is super powerful! The daughter has some of the coolest questions ever and she is super willing to learn the gospel. They will be baptized on the 26th of June which will be awesome. I am really really excited!!  She scared us last night though. She came across some stuff online and almost decided to drop us but we cleared it up with her and she is all good! hopefully this will be a good transfer! Everything with the new companion is great here which is great! We will hopefully have a great week this week as well! I hope everyone is is well! And that everyone is staying safe. I love you all!

Elder Cowan