A foundation Built of Christ (5/3/13)

Tonight was a cereal night because we got home at 10:00 P.M. We had such a full day. So I am so thank-full to Heavenly

Father for all our experiences this day.After we dropped off Wendiswa and

Chamoni. We went back to the church so Elder Van Sickle could give a young girl

 a blessing. She has been a member for two years.

     My heart is so full tonight for our lord and Savior of the world for his  atonement and repentance. Xolewa had been beaten

up by her boyfriend. She seems to choose the wrong friends to hang out with. She had a big bandage wrapped around her

head. He had put a big cut in her forehead. Elder Van Sickle said to her that she was blessed that she was alive and he did

not kill her. She and her boyfriend had both been drinking. We spoke to her about consequences for our actions. If we make

good choices in our life we get good consequences but, if we make bad choices we get bad consequences. We get to

choose what we will do. We talked to her about building our foundation on a rock. The rock is Jesus Christ and the ten

commandments but if you build your foundation on sand which is bad friends and not following the commandments.

Then you will have a sandy foundation. So when the rains come the floods and the wind which is the devils temptations.

The sandy foundation will cave in. You won't be able to resist the devil. Your sandy foundation will not stand. She was very

repentant and she knew she had done wrong. Elder Van Sickle gave her a blessing to give her strength and

power to be strong in the gospel.

     We then asked her how she was doing in school. She was taken Math Literacy. She is in the 11th grade. She said she was

having a hard time in it. Elder Van Sickle asked if she knew how to subtract and add. We were shocked when she said. Not

very well. She was having a hard time in it. I felt inspired to try a few simple math problems on her. She did not know how

to borrow or add. We practiced with her and showed her how to add and subtract. We told her to go home and practice it. I

don't know why we were so shocked because the schools in the townships in South Africa are such a mess. We love you Dad and Mom and Grandpa and Grandma and Elder and Sister Van Sickle