Dumela!

So first off I’ll say sorry about last week. My comp. got sick on Monday so we had to email on Tuesday then suddenly we got a call from a member saying that this kid was deathly sick and had to go to the hospital so I didn’t have a chance to email my BIG email. The kid that was "Dying" was not even that bad he just had a high blood pressure and he seemed fine when we got there. So that's all good :)

So what happened last week? I kind of have a hard time remembering everything, it just blends all together. Time is going super fast! It’s been raining a lot lately because I guess we are in one of their rain seasons they have about 3 months where it just rains all the time.  And when I say it rains I mean IT RAINS! Remember that time a couple of months ago in Utah where is suddenly rained like crazy after the Weber county Fair? Yeah that was nothing compared to when it rains here!! I’ts windy and Everything gets sooooo drenched. I LOVE IT hahah!! Anyway though all that last week there was a member that had his roof blown off through that storm, his family was just about to fall asleep when it all of the sudden ripped off as if a tornado hit. His family was fine and his week old baby boy was ok as well so we rushed over and helped put the metal roof back on before it rained again. Luckily we got that roof back on before it started raining again. The whole village pitched in and helped out this member, the people here are so humble and willing to serve others.

We had a lot of fun moments during that week as well. Me and elder Mears had an Ice cream eating contest at KFC. We challenged each other who could each five ice cream cones the fastest..... I WON hahah. My comp. is like an older me! He could definitely be a Grange for sure. The missionaries in the boarding next to us are our zone leaders and they are soooooo funny! They don’t even try to be funny and they just make me laugh so hard every night! Elder Mulumba who leaves in a week and Elder Ikube who leaves in 3 months. They are both Power.

So our Backie (truck) broke down last week so we had to fix it, which meant we had to walk everywhere... Yeah that wasn’t too much fun. But I’m not getting fat. I’m actually still growing I think because my shirts are getting tighter... that or the washing machine is shrinking them... But I wanna think my muscles are just growing hahah :)

I have started to cook things lately like pasta, cakes, cookies etc. I actually enjoy cooking ha ha. I made no bake cookies and they were so good! It’s kind of hard to find the right ingredients around here though I don’t know if it’s because I don’t know where they are or if they are a different name :) But I’m not starving so don’t worry..... MOM...;)

We have had a lot of people come up to us that are wasted and want to talk to us. So that is always fun because for example last week there were these two guys that were super hammered and you could tell them anything and they you freak out! One guy was like What are those fluffy things in the clouds? IS it foam? and he asked me about the moon and i said it was Gods Fingernail and he started to freak out and was scared I guess hahah man messing with drunk people is the best ha ha!

Speaking about messing with things, there is this huge beehive on the outside of this guy’s house underneath the gutters. Yeah we messed with those. Splashed water threw rocks, in the end only Elder Muumba go stung no one else though haha. We would splash and dash we called it :)

So that all happened last week :)

This week wasn’t as exciting as last week. It kind of went slow because a lot of people canceled on us.. But that is just mission life :) hahah So we just found things to do :)

so this week it rained like crazy Once again! We found a lot of frogs and i put the frogs into a pot of water and put them on the stove in Mulumbas and Ikubes boarding... Don’t worry I didn’t turn on the heat. We went back into our boarding and waited and nothing happened. Right when we went back to check to see what was going on we noticed that elder mulumba was walking to the stove. So we just waited outside and watched. Suddenly he jumped and he yelled like a little school girl! hahaha He ran into his room and slammed the door hahahah it was the best thing ever! Just imagine this 28 Year old African man doing this hahah!! I guess around here they HATE Frogs!

We did some service this week and it reminded me or home, because we were working with pigs. We made a new pen for the pigs into the mountain side. So that was some fun service we did. We also did gardening at the Grandmas house (gogo, that’s what they call grandma and grandpas)

It once again rained but this time is was right during general conference so it was supper loud! The Lighting and thunder was crazy!! Then it started Hailing and that was crazy too!! The weather here is like Utah... Bipolar... one day it’s about 115 Degrees then within hours it raining and cold! I love it!

We played soccer against a bunch of kids on the really green nice field by the lake. I don’t have my camera with me at this time I left it in the backie so If I have time I’ll run out grab it then hopefully I can send some pictures but yeah that was a lot of fun!

So as we tracted this week we had some crazy things happen to us! We had a guy that we tried talking to and all he wanted to do was bible bash. He was like what can you tell me about Jesus Christ at your young age! Every time we tried to talk to him he would just cut us off haha. We then proved him wrong and he just sat there in silence for about 2 seconds then just started going off again. HAHA then we just said ok Entante have a good day and we did what it says in MARK 16 verse 13 If you wanna know go read that scripture hahah :) the next day we ran into a member and he was talking about how his dad was a witch doctor and that he had been struck by lighting by another witch doctor. I guess the witch doctors around here control the rain and lighting! He was telling us crazy stories about his dad and what he could do. He told us that one day his dad was telling him that something bad and life changing will happen in two hours. He then went outside and watched his dad crossing the street then got hit by a car. Man people here has crazy power but Not the True and Right power! And the guy telling the stories does not lie! He is like a very spiritual guy in the church. So yeah there answers your questions about witch doctors.

General conference for us was yesterday. Man its crazy how general conference is like the super bowl on a mission. I have never paid that much attention to general conference I love it!! It was so sick. Especially the bishop that got called to be in the 12 Man those guys are powerful! I love everyone’s talk especially Monson’s. Short easy to understand and powerful. That guy is a fighter for sure! He is getting old though. Spirit is willing and strong but his flesh is getting weak. I thought he was going down. That whole thing was crazy! A lot of family and Sabbath throughout the talks though.

I loved what Uchtdorf) "This gospel is so simple a child can grasp it, But it will take and eternity to understand it" Man that guy is Power!!

This gospel is so simple and it so powerful. It’s crazy how the church members have such an effect on this gospel. The members are the one who pushes this work forward. Without the members here we would not be having a baptism this week. I love what this gospel brings to my life and the people around me! I love my family and all my friends you guys are the best!! Have a great week!

Sala Hantle (stay well)

Elder Grange

Month 1!

Hi everyone so it’s been a month already!! Man time is going super fast!! Well this week has been crazy but this email won’t be very long because not much to say just the crazy stories!!

So this week we have met a lot of people and have a lot of new investigators, so it’s been a successful week. Don’t get me wrong it has been a very hard week because I did get very home sick and I wanted to come home. But I received some strength and managed to get past that sickness! We played baseball this week and that was also a lot of fun, we also played basketball and soccer so a lot of sports. We hiked a mountain and that view was amazing. Lesotho is like St. George in ways because it’s hot and there are red cliffs everywhere!!

So like I said we received a lot of new investigators, that was from tracting and we also set up a booth, and we also had the lord on our side. One day we got out of the car and suddenly there were a lot of people wanting to talk to us it was crazy!!! 

This week has been just a lot of craziness I guess you could say ha ha. We have to been into our apartments at 7 because there is a strike going against the government and it’s dangerous for us but everything is fine. MOM DON'T WORRY, there was also a high school kid that was killed by other high school kids from a different school. PEOPLE HERE ARE NUTS!! Now don’t get me wrong I love the people! They love the missionaries and all the little kids flock when they see our truck it’s the best! Just like the movies! Like I’ve said before the people here are so humble.

I had a lot of good food lately especially some chicken! EVERYTHING HERE IS SUPER CHEAP! So I have to start running or else I will start gaining some weight because I found food that I actually like!! :)

Church here is awesome, if people aren’t singing they will just stop and start over its pretty legit hahah. The primary program was yesterday and that was a highlight so far! The kids conduct the songs during the program. A kid is selected for a song and they go in front and sing the first sentence so that everyone is on key, then the little conductor says GO! hahah it’s so funny!! I Love church here!

We also had some Jehovah Witnesses come to our apartment haha, Elder Mears was like come in come in, then they came in and saw that there was 4 of us missionaries and they just froze hahah. They shared a lesson with us about saving our money wisely and we shared a lesson with them. I was like I have a question for you guys, "have you guys ever wondered why there are so many different churches on earth?" and they were like yeah.... Then I gave them a Pamphlet of the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ hahaha! It was great!!!

So that was my week I’m having fun and loving it! Also getting homesick once in a while but that’s normal! Peace out Wiggas!! :)

First Week In Maseru, Lesotho

With President and Sister Zackrison 

Wow so time is going super-fast! I am loving it here! The people here are so humble and loving and love people from the states! My companion Elder Mears, is huge (6'5") and is a baller and we are like brothers I swear we like the same things and like the same music it's crazy how the lord will put you with the people you need to be with! Lesotho Is the perfect place to be born and this first week has already changed my life!

So everyone is talking about how much they loved general conference but since we are in the middle of nowhere we haven't even heard about it. We are seriously in our own little world and I love it. Packages will take about 3 months to get here and letters about 3-4 weeks. The little kids love candy and love ring pops it is so funny! The little kids here are like little monkeys and always want to be swinging on your arm. Everyone here does a thumb up and it’s so funny cause you will just get a little kid on the side of the street and they will just put there thumb up to everything! Like even animals do it, it's so funny!!!

This week has been so much fun, no crazy events yet because we have been white-washing the area. That means we are starting fresh in the area so it's a little slow. But we have had so successful lessons and we have two brothers on date for baptism. I dropped the baptism dates on them and boy was that cool when they said yes. When people here latch on to the gospel I mean they totally latch on to the gospel they are so powerful! We have been shopping for food. I love driving here it’s totally offensive no street cops so I just drive like I'm in need for speed because that's what you have to do to survive basically. Pedestrians don't have the right away so they are the only defensive ones.

So my second day on mission we slaughtered a goat. They were taking the meat to the father and son's camp. That was so much fun. Hopefully I will have time to send pictures. So after we get done at the internet Cafe we are going shopping for a lot of things then we are are going to go play basketball and just have a solid day. At 6 we have appointment with and investigator. Today is just going to be solid!


It's pretty crazy there are gun shots at night but it's really safe during the day because people get too drunk at night to function during the day. People here party so much that’s why there are a lot of babies around here lol. They drink MONDAY to MONDAY. But every single person here is so humble. I love them all even the crazy ones ha ha.

So I can say that I have a backie (truck) I drive every time. I've been driving ever since I got out of the MTC. When I got to the mission home they said I would be driving when I got to Bloemfotein. So after my 10 bus ride I drove to Lesotho with Elder Mears. That was the first time driving on the left side and having my Stick Shift in my left hand and having the steering wheel on the right side. It was pretty crazy but I'm used to it now. Everyone has been saying that I drive like I'm about to leave mission because I can drive so well. Some missionaries started driving stick when they got here and they had a hard time because it’s very hilly here and there are steep roads by the mall. I love driving.

This gospel is true and it’s so powerful!

Love you all,

Elder Grange