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Make,

Life is awesome! this week has been awesome! we had a zone conference so we were back in SA for two days it was kinda weird to be back in the real world. but life here in Swaziland is the bomb. we had the funnest zone activity today it was too fun. we went to see tribal dances and then they came into the audience and had us come dance too, so i went down it was pretty fun. i won’t lie i had a little “Jungle Fever” those swazi girls were pretty and don’t worry it wasn’t the one where they are immodest, they were fully clothed. but it was fun then we toured a real swazi residence where people actually live. it was too fun anyway then we had an awesome hike to a water fall and it was sweet.  but ya life is good. i’m glad all is well in zion. anyway love you.

    Love Elder Flexy

Baba,
sweet sounds like you’ve had a good week. man i miss hiking and all that it was way nice. thanks for being my scout leader! anyway the missionary work is awesome i will leave this area with some baptisms under my belt should be nice. ya i understand what you said about the soccer when we play i always do stuff like that these Africans kick my butt. anyway life is good. love you.

   Love Elder Flexy


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Elders at orphanage in Swaziland 
(*see description below Alex’s email)
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Make,


sorry for the lack of email last week its was a fine week and all is going well.
1 Did you get your B-day package?
1.nope i should get it this week.
2 How is your new member doing?
2.he is doing great we continue to meet with him once a week.
3 What has the weather been like?
3.its been either really hot or really rainy.
4 Are you comfortable? Have you adjusted to the temperature?
4.yep all is well in swaziland.
5 Have you done anything fun on p-days?
5.well we have played soccer the last two pdays but all is good.
6 Will you get to go to one of the reserves where all the big animals are?
6.ya we will soon but not yet.
7 Spiritual experience this week?
7.well we watch the restoration movie it was so nice.
8 Favorite scripture?
8.ish i can’t remember we read so many all the time.
9 How often do you have Zone and District meetings?
9.once a week for district and once every three months for zone.
10 Is Swaziland mostly land and not very many people?
10.well it has people in most areas but not too many.

11 Have you seen any of the people in their native costumes? or doing a native dance?

I ask that because me and Kelsey saw a Swazi Wedding dance on You Tube, believe it or not!
11.ya they are pretty cool i might buy some.
12 Do you and your companion both teach at a scheduled appointment, or do you teach at one and he teaches at the next appointment?
12.ya we change back and forth in lessons mostly.
Special question of the week:
13 Why do we have to have lesson’s about things we’ve heard a million times? Like Service?
13.to remind us. one of the most reapeated words said in the b.o.m. is “remember”
anyway life is good love you.


*I received another email and picture from Sister B- she’s the best!!!
“This picture was taken at an orphanage on Friday. As you can see he is a busy missionary, he is happy and healthy and loves being in Swaziland. We went to see the Senior Princess of Swaziland, that was her orphanage; she loved the visit from the missionaries and gave permission for them to travel throughout her Chieftain area without any harrassment.  The missionaries sang a song for her and then gave her a blessing.  She is 81 years old.”

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So it is Tuesday and I still haven’t heard from Flexy. I have heard that the internet isn’t that great where he is. So I emailed one of the “Senior Couples” (retired couples) who are serving there and asked her if everything is ok. She said, “Yes!” and sent me a really great email and pictures so here it is for 
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Sister S,

We just spoke to Elder [Flexy] and he is just fine; he did send you an email yesterday, however the internet in Swaziland sometimes just does not work.  We are in touch with his District every day and see his Zone Leader quite often, they live in the same house.  Elder [Flexy] is well liked by all the Elders in the Swaziland District, we had them over last week for a barbecue and when they are here we watch the interaction they have with each other and all of them really like your son.  The black and white companionship is extremely powerful in teaching the gospel because the white Elders bring knowledge of how the Church work, Church History, family relations, the black Elder brings passion since they are almost always new converts themselves.  He then shared an experience which he and Elder Webster had when giving  a lesson, he and Elder Webster shared their testimony and when Elder Ng’Anda came to pick them up, Elder Ng’Anda then shared his testimony and there was such a difference with the spirit, it was so much more powerful, not that their testimony was not powerful, Elder Ng’Anda is a convert and his passion for the gospel is great.  I see our American Elders sharing so much with their black companions and the black Elders in this Zone.  They always let the black Elders eat first and take what is left, they always share what they have and never care if the black Elder probably takes more than he should; they understand that what these Elders have to go back to is so little;  sometimes not even a blanket to keep them warm at night; sometimes they are orphans and will have to go back to their Branch President and try to get a home from there.  You can be very proud of your son as a missionary, he works very hard; he loves Swaziland; he has shared his Testimony in Zone and District Meetings and always expresses his gratitude for being sent to Swaziland.  The pictures are of a couple of animals he will get to see before he leaves this area.  His district had to cancel their hike and barbeque yesterday because of thunderstorms.  We went with the Manzini District on a mini Safari and took these pictures; we are going to try to get the Mission Home to approve this safari for all the boys before they get transferred.  We have 16 Elders now in Swaziland, and they are baptizing a lot of people.  If you have any concerns, I will be happy to write to you at any time.
Sincerely, Sister B

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Sister S;
Elder B and I needed to take an iron to the missioanries in
Mbabane and Elder [Flexy] with Elder Diseko needed a lift to their
morning appointment. He knows we took the face view but we thought you
would like a view of them about their Father’s Business.
Love, Sister B

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Make

life is great. my birthday was fun i made some breakfast burittos. anyway swaziland continues to be the best. we had a really good week. 
1 How was your week?1.great we walked so much this week it was crazy talk.
2 How is your new member doing?
2.he is doing great he got confirmed yesterday.
3 Do the other members fellowship good?
3.ya usually
4 Are you healthy? is your toe healthy?
4.ya i’m fine the toe is all better.
5 How is your contacting going?
5.good we find people like crazy
6 Any new investigators?
6.well ya you can say that we have lots that are progressing fast.
7 Do you get to exercise or do you feel like you do enough walking?
7.well today we played basket ball today it was really fun so we do exercise too.
8 How is your companionship?
8.great no problems
9 Have your investigators asked you any questions you didn’t know the answer to?
9.yep 
10 If so, how do you find out the answer?
10. we just tell them we will look it up for them.
11 Do you have an area rep/general authority? who is it?
11.yes for our area its Elder Watson

Special question:

12  Do the South African people have a tradition or ancestral story that involves Christ coming to visit them, around the time he visited the Americas? If so is it helpful in the teaching process?
12.that one i’m not sure but i’ll check.
anyway life is good and the work is going forward. anyway time is almost spent. love you.

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Make,
wow thats so cool i’m glad all went well with dropping Kelsey off. my new comp is awesome and all is well. but this computer is the laggiest computer ever so i have to be short. ya i just bearly realized that my birth day is coming up soon its kinda weird. anyway

1 Did you ask the Blackburns if they will do a disc of your pictures?
1.ya i’m gonna talk to them about that.
2 Did your baptism happen?
2.yep Babe Elias Dlamini is officially a member
3 If so how was it?
3.great all went well i gave a talk on the holy ghost it was good
4 What is the name of the town/city that you live in?
4., , swaziland
5 How is your companionship?
5.great elder diseko is a great guy
6 Favorite scripture?
6.Mathew 14:26(CTR)
Special question:
7 Why do we need to not judge?

7.  because we don’t have all the facts as to why this person did this only God has that knowledge.
love you sorry this computer stinks

 Love Elder Flexy



Babe,
glad to hear all the good news i’m still alive and kickin the work is going well and i’m loving swaziland. thats cool about your friends shop we have an investigator that has some swords and battle axes on his walls as decorations. anyway this computer is giving me a hard time love you.
Love Elder Flexy


EM!!!
your all alone i hope all works out with your friends thats why you get friends like me and colter then you don’t have to worry about all that. anyway i love you my little sister.

Love Elder Flexy

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Make,

wow, wow! so its already been another transfer and Elder Webster is moving on to bigger and better things my new companion is Elder Diseco he is from joburg somewhere i’ll give you more details after i meet him. but ya life in swaziland is awesome we saw the biggest dogs i’ve ever seen in my life. lucky for us they were nice. i’m not sure whats going on with my body cause i’m getting soft and i’m losing weight i’m not sure what that means but oh well. 
1 How was your week?
1.great we are working very very hard.
2 Favorite scripture?
2.well in second nephi chapter i think eleven is the chapter that talks about christ being a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense its a good scripture.
3 Do you have a required number of contacts, discussions (teaches), etc you are supposed to do each week?
3. No, we just work as hard as we can.
4 Have you noticed the Lord directing you in any particular way?
4.ya we do random finding and we have found a lot of people that way.
Special Question:
What are the blessings of obedience?

5.well the lord blesses you with success and blesses us with safety.
anyway i’ll have some more information next email about my new comp.love you

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Babe,
man that’s so crazy how close Kelsey is, i’m so exited. i’m glad she got to see all the family before she goes anyway and i’m glad your staying busy. ya i miss the snow but at night swaz gets pretty chily so i’m sleeping well not like i was in durban. but ya this place is prepared of the Lord these people want to hear the gospel so bad so the work is going well. anyway we have a baptism this coming sunday its gonna be so good!!! anyway i’m still alive and kickin. love you

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Hermana Kelsey,
two days my seeeesteer!!!!! thats so freakin crazy your going to love your mission and the mtc. If you meet Brother Wall or Brother Bott( you probably saw him in the videos you watched) or Sister Swan tell them your my sister and they might remember me. ya i’m sure your freaking out. i sure was, i may not have shown it but i was but. my advice is use the sky diving code “dont think just go” and next thing you know you will be in the field loving life. anyway keep emailing. love you.

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EM dog the big cheese, Emily Nan, Em!!:)
ya i could have told you, you were gonna miss me and Kels. your gonna be all alone, but you will be fine. Make and Babe to take care of you and Riley might. haha i’m glad i’m on mission when you started dating because i’d be kicking some little emfans(boys in swati) butts. if they broke your heart, so they should consider themselves lucky. HAHA 🙂  love you sis.

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Alex getting ready to wakeboard, before he left on his mission! Cute!


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My darling Elder, It was a beautiful day today. The sky was clear and sunshiny. The temperature was actually warm. I am ready for spring. You’re probably thinking, I’m ready for fall. Anyway, It was a wonderful Sabbath. Our church was great. We had super lessons and then the Poppa and Juanita Fowers spoke. They’re going on a mission to LA, California. It’s a family history mission. They will do great. They’re talks were great. Then we went to Kelsey’s ward and heard her talk. Wow! She is ready. Her talk was great. I am so glad she decided to go. She has made some changes in her life and she is happy and at peace with her decision to go. I know she will do great. Thanks for being the trail blazer and setting a good example for your siblings to follow. I love you so much! I better quit. It is about time for you to get up. Have a great week! I am sending your B-day package tomorrow, it will probably be late, sorry. Be Safe!! Be Obedient! Love, Mom



Make,
this week has been good we had a district conferance on saturday and sunday it was huge there were like four hundred people there on sunday. we had one of our investigators interviewed for baptism it went great he will be baptised in two weeks it will be awesome. anyway life is good i got an interview with president vonstetton today what an awesome guy!! we had five investigators at conferance it was so good. oh ya i recieved a letter from colter from new york.

1 Any baptisms yet?

1.not yet in a couple of weeks.
2 How do you get, or encourage, the people you teach, who have Word of Wisdom problems to quit what they are doing?
2.we have some stop drinking and smoking programs that we use.
3 How is your area?
3.its good my legs are getting tough but my upper body is still getting soft but i weigh the same as when i left.
4 Favorite scripture of the week?
4.dang it i don’t have my scripts on me but i’ll look it up and tell you.
5 Do the people you teach know about the Savior? Is there any common ground to go from?
5.ya there are many christian churches so the people know him.

Special question:
6 How do you explain to investigators that Heavenly Father is their Father and that He is really there?

6.well we just explain to them that he is litterally the father of our spirits and that he loves us as a father.
well life is good on mission we will keep working hard. love you 

                                                              Love Elder Flexy 


Alex, How are you? We had a great Sunday. Church was super, We had a lesson on service and lots of people made comments we shouldn’t do service expecting a reward so, Chad said he doesn’t mow Mike Theis’s lawn  in hopes that Mike will offer to let him ride his Big Dog (motorcycle). Leon and Juanita spoke in church. They are leaving soon for California. After our ward we went to Kelsey’s Sacrament meeting, she gave a really good talk. The opening song was “because I have been given much” That song kills me, I don’t get through the first line before I am Bawling. What a boob. We had dinner at Brads house for a change it was great. Ariane was there with her 2 darling kids. she is doing ok. Brad and Cindy’s 4 dogs are so cute. Caleb is getting married in June to Kristy. I went skiing with Riley last Mon. It was fun but a little windy. Tues. would have been a better choice, it was a beautiful day. Today was in the 60s. soo nice. We had two soccer games this week, so it went like this. Ski 6hours mon. soccer game same day at 11:30pm soccer game tues. 5:45pm it was a fun two days. Well I better give someone else a turn. I am soo proud of you and what you are doing keep up the good work. Love Dad. 

Babe,
sounds like you have been having fun lots of cool things happening. thats so crazy Caleb is getting married thats awesome tell him congrats for me. so chad is still waitin to buy himself a harley! thats so funny ya we saw a nice car the other day. we saw a bentley its worth about seven million rands it was nice esspecially in swaziland. but life is good we are working very hard. ya they call this are a walking area but i think its a hiking area its tough to walk some of these places. anyway love you. 

                                                              Love Elder Flexy


Flexy Boo Lou,

Hey buddy? How’s life? I hope things are good for you. I’m doing pretty good. Still just getting things ready for when I leave. I’ve been a little stressed about that, but I know that the Lord will provide and take care of what I can’t do, as long as I do all I can. Today I went to mission prep for the first time in a while. It was really good. If the MTC (Missionary Training Center) is anything like that, I know I’m going to love it. Also I spoke in my sacrament meeting. I was super nervous, but I guess I did okay. I’m going to have to add a little more before I speak in the home ward next week, because I’m supposed to take about ten minutes. Anyway things are good. I better go though. At the family party earlier tonight, Cash head butted me in the nose, so now I have a headache. Continue the work. Keep doing what you are doing. The gospel is so true! 🙂 Love you lots. Love, Kelsey



Kelsey,
man i’m kinda jealous you will be in the mtc!! i would live there the rest of my life if i could its was so nice. anyway sorry the computer is glitching so others need to have a turn. love you 


Dear Flex, My awesome bro!! I’m so glad that you are doing great! And I am doing fantastic as well and today was great! I didn’t work for the first Sunday in like nine months! And we had a great family party. It was so fun and church was great. Kels spoke and did a good job! She is great! And i would like to announce that i am loosing almost all of my family members! Two siblings out on missions!! Wow its crazy! Anyway keep being a good boy and doing a good job! Sounds like you are having a lot of success and remember who you are and what you stand for 🙂 I love you lots and lots!! Thanks for being fantastic!! Peace and Blessings! Out! Em

Em,
I love you too i’m glad you didn’t have to work on sundays thats good love you.


Hello My Cousin!!!!! 
I’m playing at your house for the next couple days… Oh this is Caitlin, I probably should inform you of that. Um…. What to say? I guess that I’ll just let you know what’s going on. I was attending Snow College. I thought that I was doing well… I turned out to be wrong, so I decided not to go back for Spring Semester. I feel like everyone’s leaving… Imma be all alone. ): Well… Not completely alone, but you get what I’m meaning. I hope that you’re having an amazing time and I’m so very proud of you!  I love you to bits!!!!!! -Caterbug! (That nickname still bothers me but I felt that I should put it.) Once again, I love you to bits!!!


Caiterbug i love you too i hope you can continue to have success in life.

                                                            Love All you guys Elder Flexy

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Flexy the day he left on his mission
 
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Make,
Life is good this week has been sweet. we had some dogs come after us but it was okay because after i got a little uneasy and gave one of them a good kick they backed down it was pretty intense. ya i guess just some news we have fourteen people who have been committed to baptism and this awesome Babe named Elias is going to be baptized three Sundays from now. but the people of Swaz are prepared of the lord we are teaching like crazy we had twenty eight other lessons last week it was pretty awesome. anyway…
1 How was your week?
1 It was good today we went to the king sawubuza II memorial and museum it was the culture shock all over again.
2 Have you had any good teaching experiences this week?
2.well when we teach the restoration it always seems to be powerful.
3 Favorite scripture of the week?
3.well i started the BOM over again so it has to be 1 nephi 3: 7 and the fact that his brothers complain about the assignment to say its a hard thing the lord has asked.
4 Have you met the Blackburns?
4.yes they are the ones that drove me across the boarder into swaz.
5 How is your toe?
5.its fine almost better.
6 Did you send pictures yet?
6.not yet but i will have he blackburns copy the rest on to a cd and send them soon.
Special question of the week:
7 How do you explain the word of wisdom to investigators?

7.well we just explain that the lord wants our bodies to be healthy so he taught us how to take care of them.
oh ya i taught priesthood yesterday and i taught about home teaching and missionary work.anyway love you.

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Make,

sorry i told you the wrong spelling the G and K make the same sound here. so this week has been great we have done a lot of good work. and today we went for a hike to to execution rock and we saw warthogs, wildebeest, springboks, hippos and zebras. its was super fun. ya i like the story of the missionary and you just have to notice that your to protect your companion from sin not disobedience. And always treat them with respect and you will be ok.

1 How is your toe?

1.its doing well i’m doing my best to take care of it.
2 If you could, would you get me some cool beads from SA?
2.ya i can get you some.
3 What has the temperature been lately?
3.its has been either really hot or really rainy. it rains a lot here.
4 Are you getting used to the climate?
4.yep its not too bad anymore.
5 Are you having success with your teaching?
5.ya i’m getting a little to comfortable so i do most of the talking now.
6 Favorite scripture of the week?
6.well its actually the official declaration called “the living Christ” and i’m actually memorizing it.

Special Question of the week?
7 How does Satan try to bring us down? 

7.he makes us feel like we are the ones holding everyone back and gets you discouraged.
anyway life on mission is doing great. love you.

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Babe.
Man i miss doing that kind of stuff. i’m so glad your still working with those young guys. they need a good example. ya i’ve started to find good food to eat that is cheap. we are teaching so much i’m becoming a versatile missionary. the work is getting good we will have a baptism in just a couple weeks so life is good the work is going forward. ya the walking area is nice you really feel like a missionary when you are walking. anyway i better quit. love you

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Kels,
wow i am so exited for you! mission is such a good experience and you learn so much. like i’ve learned that i’m actually a pretty good teacher and i’m thinking about doing it for my job. but you will love it and you will be blessed and you will feel complete joy. i get home every day and all i can say is that i’m tired but i’m happy.  and you don’t know why you feel so happy but you just do. idk why but its is the best. anyway love you

                                                                 Love Elder Flexy

EM
i’m a little concerned for your sanity!!!! 🙂 jk but you write the weirdest emails i don’t even know what to say except i love you to and keep working hard. haha luv ya guts. BYE!!!!!!!!!!
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Mage,
 things are going great in swaziland it is very nice here and the work is going forward. i am enjoying the new area and all is well here.
1 How is your toe?
1.my toe is ok still hurts but i’m doctoring like crazy.
2 How much are you walking?
2.well from 10:30 to 8:00 every day exept appointments. so a lot.
3 How is your new area?
3.new area is good i’m learning even more language they speak Swati here but its close to Zulu so its not to hard.
4 How many people are you teaching?
4.lots of people this area is full of humble people which is nice.
5 Do they speak English? 
5.most do but some don’t
6 Do they have a thick accent?
6.ya you could say that they speak in a very interesting way so its hard to understand most of the time. but we try our best.
7 What is your routine? (Example: Get up, exercise, shower, personal study, comp study, tracting or contacting, lunch, teaching appts, dinner, teaching appts.)  
7.well we get up sometimes i work out just a short time because we walk all day so not to hard, then eat breakfast, shower, personal study, comp study. then we go to the area work tract see apointments till bout seven o clock at night then we go to a members house till we get picked up in the car.
8 Have you done anything fun on pday yet?
8.ya we played soccer today and i assisted in three goals and i scored one goal it was good.
9 What kind of housing do most of the people live in in Swaziland?
9.well some live in the mud huts some live in houses and there are some appartment buildings.
10 Do you teach well with Elder Webster?
10.yep when it comes to teaching he is my best companion we teach well together.
11 Are the towns or villages very close together?
11.ya the area where we work is small and the zone leaders work the far away parts of our area.
12 Are the people more receptive to hearing what you have to say?
12.usually but sometimes you meet the babes that think they can’t learn anything from young chaps like us
Special Question:
13 What does it mean to be meek? How can we be meek?
13.well i would say that meek is similar to humble and submissive so its your ability to see that you don’t know everything and that you can learn still. and you need this in order to grow in the gospel if you know everything what do you need gods help for but the fact of the matter is we don’t know everything.
anyway things are going great. if anything really cool happens i will surly let you know. love you.
 
                                   Love Elder Flexy