PDay with the young Elders - Wild Life in South Africa

Hi everyone, 

We just wanted to tell you about our Pday with the young missionaries. They wanted to go to Addo which is about 45 minutes from our flat in Port Elizabeth. They are not allowed to go to places like this without a senior missionary couple. So they called us and asked us to go with them. We were really excited, so on Monday we went to the Elders flats and picked up 14 young Elders and headed to Addo. We had Sherberts another senior couple with us. They are from St George. So we had a caravan of missionary cars following us. Addo has miles and miles of wild animals.The best place to find them was at the water holes. It is so incredible all the animals Heavenly father created. We saw Elephants, Zebra's, Black backed jackal, Lions, Warthogs, Bush Buck, Water Buffalo, So many more  It was a wonderful day. Look at the attached pictures. We love and miss all of you. 

Love Elder and Sister Van Sickle

New Years Elephant Ride

We got to ride elephants for our p-day today. It was so much fun.

Inspiring Temple Experience- Jan. 2013

I JUST WANTED TO WRITE AND TELL EVERYONE ABOUT OUR TRIP TO THE JOHNANESBURG TEMPLE WITH 10 MEMBERS FROM THE KWANOBUHLE WARD.

THE TEMPLE IS 12 HOURS AWAY FROM US. BOY, DID WE TAKE IT FOR GRANITE BACK HOME WHEN THE TEMPLE WAS 20 MINUTES AWAY. WE WERE SO EXCITED THAT WE COULD GO BECAUSE JOHANESBURG IS NOT IN OUR MISSION. THESE PEOPLE ARE REALLY POOR SO IT IS HARD FOR THEM TO GET TO THE

TEMPLE MOST OF THEM CAN'T AFFORD IT. THEY WAIT YEARS TO GO TO THE TEMPLE AND BE SEALED AND HAVE THERE FAMILY SEALED TO THEM. SUCH A

WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. THE FIRST COUPLE THE MBUSI'S DID THERE ENDOWMENTS THEN WERE SEALED THEN HAD THERE FOUR YEAR OLD SON SEALED TO THEM. THEN BROTHER MBUSI HAD LOST HIS FATHER A COUPLE YEARS BACK SO HE DID HIS TEMPLE WORK. SISTER MBUSI'S PARENTS HAD PASSED A WAY

A LONG TIME AGO WHEN THEY DID HER PARENTS TEMPLE WORK SHE SAID SHE FELT SUCH A WONDERFUL FEELING.  WE ALL JUST KNOW HER PARENTS ACCEPTED THE GOSPEL. MTBELLI AND HIS WIFE GOT THERE

ENDOWMENTS. HIS WIFE GOT REALLY SICK AND WAS THROWING UP BEFORE THEY WENT IN TO THE TEMPLE.SO ELDER VAN SICKLE AND I DECIDED TO VENTURE OUT AND GET SOME STOMACH MEDICINE FOR HER AND BOY WAS THAT A VENTURE IN THE BIG CITY OF JOHNANNESBURG WITHOUT A GPS FIRST WE CAN'T FIND A PHARMACY. THEN WHEN

WE DID WE COULDN'T FIND OUR WAY BACK.OUR GPS HAD BEEN STOLEN. SO WE HAD TO BREAK DOWN AND BUY ANOTHER ONE.ONCE WE GOT

BACK AND GAVE HER THE MEDICINE WHICH DIDN'T STAY DOWN FOR LONG BECAUSE BY THE TIME SHE GOT INTO THE TEMPLE SHE THREW UP AGAIN. SO ELDER VAN SICKLE AND HER HUSBAND MTBELLI GAVE HER A BLESSING. SHE FELT FINE AFTER THAT. ANOTHER COUPLE GOT THERE ENDOWMENTS AND GOT SEALED. THE FIRST TIME WE MEET THEM WAS AT THE TEMPLE. ALL THESE MEMBERS

ARE  PIONEERS IN THE GOSPEL.THEY ARE THE FIRST TO BE MEMBERS IN THERE FAMILY. SINCE THE LIFE EXPECTANCY IN THE TOWNSHIPS IS 45 MOST

OF THERE PARENTS HAVE ALREADY PASSED AWAY. IT REALLY MAKES ME WANT TO DO TEMPLE WORK FOR MY ANCESTORS INSTEAD OF JUST GETTING

A NAME AT THE TEMPLE WHEN WE GO THERE.

 

BE SURE TO LOOK AT THE ATTACHED PICTURES