Hey guys,
Transfers were last week, we have a new elder in the boarding. Elder
Maclean, he's a great guy. From Yorkshire, England.
We weren't able to watch conference, we'll watch it in about two
weeks. I did hear the news about Boys going on mission at 18 and
Girlsat 19. NUTS. I wonder if I'll serve with an 18 year old before I
go.
Other than that I have no big news. I'm still in Umlazi I'm not sure
if I'll stay here or not, we will just have to wait and see. I'm
getting along with my companion really well.
I love you all,
Elder Brazee
Sunday, October 21, 2012
October 1, 2012
I'm Loving my mission, I feel like I really have hit my stride, its these last few months that I can really show what I'm made of. We got transfer news today, I'm staying with my companion but almost the entire rest of our Zone is changing. The new guy in our boarding is going to be Elder Maclean, who is the cousin of the other Elder Maclean who is also a missionary in this mission that I may have mentioned already. That was exciting because I've become pretty close to his cousin over the course of my mission.
September 25, 2012
Today is Heritage day, it's a Nation Holiday celebrating heritage, if you couldn't figure.
Their is going to be a celebration at church I'll be sure to tak a lot of pictures.
This is going to be one of those short one's I'm sorry but I'm happy nad safe and I love you all!
-Love Elder BRazee
Their is going to be a celebration at church I'll be sure to tak a lot of pictures.
This is going to be one of those short one's I'm sorry but I'm happy nad safe and I love you all!
-Love Elder BRazee
Septemer 17, 2012
Hey Everyone,
I can't stop the weeks from flying by. This window of opportunity keeps getting smaller and smaller. I have re-convicted (is that a word) my self to making these 'the best two years' they're meant to be. The place to start of course is the Savior. What can I do to really understand to the Savior.
We got one of those tough rejections this week, a couple we had been introduced to told us never to come back. The mama was yelling at us for about 2 minutes strait. In Zulu of course so i didn't catch most any of it but I could tell what she was saying, and my companion explained a little bit to me later. It hurt because the things she was saying were exactly the sterotypes I have spent my mission to try and break down. Manly 1: Because I'm white I think my culture is better than yours, 2: Because I'm from 'the west' I think I'm better than you are, 3: I do not care nor do I have to listen to what you have to say, I only want you to listen to what I have to say, and 4: I want to take away and break down everything you know and love about your religion so I can force you to join mine.
I can not stress enough how none of that is the way I feel, and all of that is how we are perceived a heart breaking amount of the time.
I don't say so because I'm discouraged, or to be discouraging, I love my mission, and I love these people. Even though I've been out for a while I still am learning and growing, The thing I want to learn to do more than anything is figure out someway to truly get my feelings across to people without coming off route, or overbearing, or pushy.
Something a little more uplifting is an experience I had last Tuesday, The weeks go so fast I actually can't recall if it was this last or the Tuesday before so I apologize if I repeat my self but we were teaching an investigator named Mbongeni (M-bo-ngen-ee) about our purpose on Earth. We read with him in 2 Nephi 2 where is says ' Adam fell that men might be, and men are that they might have joy' and explaining how that meant that one of our main purposes in life is to be happy. Also that Adam needed to fall in order to have children. He was a little confused by our explanation and told us that the way he thought it meant by ' Adam fell that men might be' is that Adam, and all of us needed to fall so that we could learn to be 'Men', so that we could learn to stand on our own two feet, learn to endure tests and trials and become who we are supposed to become. I thought that was a more than inspired thing to say.
I love you all,
Elder Scott Brazee
I can't stop the weeks from flying by. This window of opportunity keeps getting smaller and smaller. I have re-convicted (is that a word) my self to making these 'the best two years' they're meant to be. The place to start of course is the Savior. What can I do to really understand to the Savior.
We got one of those tough rejections this week, a couple we had been introduced to told us never to come back. The mama was yelling at us for about 2 minutes strait. In Zulu of course so i didn't catch most any of it but I could tell what she was saying, and my companion explained a little bit to me later. It hurt because the things she was saying were exactly the sterotypes I have spent my mission to try and break down. Manly 1: Because I'm white I think my culture is better than yours, 2: Because I'm from 'the west' I think I'm better than you are, 3: I do not care nor do I have to listen to what you have to say, I only want you to listen to what I have to say, and 4: I want to take away and break down everything you know and love about your religion so I can force you to join mine.
I can not stress enough how none of that is the way I feel, and all of that is how we are perceived a heart breaking amount of the time.
I don't say so because I'm discouraged, or to be discouraging, I love my mission, and I love these people. Even though I've been out for a while I still am learning and growing, The thing I want to learn to do more than anything is figure out someway to truly get my feelings across to people without coming off route, or overbearing, or pushy.
Something a little more uplifting is an experience I had last Tuesday, The weeks go so fast I actually can't recall if it was this last or the Tuesday before so I apologize if I repeat my self but we were teaching an investigator named Mbongeni (M-bo-ngen-ee) about our purpose on Earth. We read with him in 2 Nephi 2 where is says ' Adam fell that men might be, and men are that they might have joy' and explaining how that meant that one of our main purposes in life is to be happy. Also that Adam needed to fall in order to have children. He was a little confused by our explanation and told us that the way he thought it meant by ' Adam fell that men might be' is that Adam, and all of us needed to fall so that we could learn to be 'Men', so that we could learn to stand on our own two feet, learn to endure tests and trials and become who we are supposed to become. I thought that was a more than inspired thing to say.
I love you all,
Elder Scott Brazee
Hello
Dear Family,
Mission is interesting, we went to an appointment yesterday and someone answered the door than slammed it before I could finish a sentance then, in a few moments a guy came out and told me he hoped I got bitten by dogs, which wasn't the nicest of things to hear, but on the bright side my Zulu is getting better.
Day in the life.
Other wise things are going well. I'm still enjoying Umlazi. The Ward has a cultural day coming up which I am very excited for. I'll be sure to send lots of pictures. I'm happy and healthy, A baba said something interesting to me this week, he said. "If you complain you'll die, if you don't complain you'll die. So what's the point in complaining." I thought that was good.
I love you all,
Elder Brazee
Hello Again
Hey guys,
Had pretty good week. I uploaded a couple of pictures. The first is of me and my companion Elder Ncube after the Mormon Helping hands project and the second is my companion and I at the Njapa family's home.
Things have been going well. I love the work here. Nothing overly exciting happened this week. Well I baked bread for the first time that was pretty nice. It turned out really well.
My favorite thing to teach about as a missionary is the Atonement. It's the simplest and most complex thing to have ever happened. And I know it did indeed happen.
I love you all,
Elder Brazee
Had pretty good week. I uploaded a couple of pictures. The first is of me and my companion Elder Ncube after the Mormon Helping hands project and the second is my companion and I at the Njapa family's home.
Things have been going well. I love the work here. Nothing overly exciting happened this week. Well I baked bread for the first time that was pretty nice. It turned out really well.
My favorite thing to teach about as a missionary is the Atonement. It's the simplest and most complex thing to have ever happened. And I know it did indeed happen.
I love you all,
Elder Brazee
This Week
Hey Family,
It was a quick week. Transfers were this week, we got some new Elder's they seem like great guys. We also did I big service project with the elder's qurom mixing a laying cement for their front yard. I'll attatch some video's of the first annual internation wheel burrow racing tourniment. you can see the winner for yourself. Never mind they're too big to send I'll have to convert them and send them another time. But I will send you a picture of a painting and cake I made for one of the guys in our area. he's a wonderful man Mkulu Mtoba (mkulu is Zulu for Grandpa) he was celebrating a milestone Birthday so we thought we'd put something together for him.
I love you all,
Elder Scott Brazee
It was a quick week. Transfers were this week, we got some new Elder's they seem like great guys. We also did I big service project with the elder's qurom mixing a laying cement for their front yard. I'll attatch some video's of the first annual internation wheel burrow racing tourniment. you can see the winner for yourself. Never mind they're too big to send I'll have to convert them and send them another time. But I will send you a picture of a painting and cake I made for one of the guys in our area. he's a wonderful man Mkulu Mtoba (mkulu is Zulu for Grandpa) he was celebrating a milestone Birthday so we thought we'd put something together for him.
I love you all,
Elder Scott Brazee
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