Letter from 7/3/2012

Things are going wonderfully!!! My new comp, Elder Bowman, is great!!! He cannot speak Dutch yet, but is coming!! He has a great desire to serve and that is all that matters. I am so thankful to be staying in Koewarasan. I love it here!! The people are wonderful!! I love them dearly. Having a greenie is tough. Your load is heavier, and more is required of you. You have the large responsibility of training another one of the Lord's servants. But I love it. I love seeing him grow. I love seeing him progress as a missionary. He is going to be great. He just needs to be patient with himslef. Dutch is a tough language.... But I know that he will learn it. In the mean time we will be working.. I am determined to work harder, do more, and live more righteiously.. I need to be a better example of Christ, more reverant, and full of hope... I need to fight longer to give that same hope to others. We had a wonderful experince the other day. I was talking with a man named Ronny. He was so kind. But sadly, he did not know if God existed.... And as we began to talk, we came to the subject of prayer. And how it is the way that we can know for ourselves if He does truly exist... And his eyes lit up... Even though he would not pray in front of us, because he was embarrassed, the hope that came into his eyes was a miracle. And I feel so blessed to be able to be the tool that God uses to bless the lives of His children here in Koewarasan. We will be having a baptism on monday too!!!! I will give more details next week. But the baptism last week was Zr. Lydia. I taught her for about 5 months in Uitkijk. And she finally was able to be baptized. It was a wonderful day! The Lord is wonderful. To answer a few questions. 1. I am a 32 length and 31 waist. And yes, I would enjoy a pair of pants or 2. 2. I am now a weekly chicken farmer... I am pretty good too!! But other than that I am doing my best to be my best.... It has been a great 1st year and I only pray that I can work twice as hard to make the 2nd better.