Email from JOSH (Elder Harris)

Hey, i'm still alive, im doing well, things are good here, we are at an internet cafe right now cause the net is down at the mtc, so i am going to have to be fairly quick again so that this doent cost a ton of money. but elder Maseko is from jo-burg, he converted at 14 and his full name is leslotholo simon Maseko. there are nine missionarys from the states and 12 from africa, only one white african, and two sisters. i sleep fine, not enough, but fine, we get an hour of excersize time everyday, normally we play soccer. i dont need anything and i dont know about weight restrictions but it doesnt really matter cause like we said earilier, i'll just pay the fee if it comes to that. My teachers are brother Hlongwane sister Ntshingwa and brother Gasa, i like them all, sister ntshinga is ruthless with her feedback, i like it that way but some of the other missionarys have a hard time with it.we taught our first lesson last night though, they had some of the member families from around here come to the mtc just so we could practice teaching, and they each brought an investigator with them. our lesson was ok i guesss, Elder Maseko gets too nervous and then can't remember anything, so the beggining was rough, but towards the end the spirit was there and things started to go good. we asked him to read third nephi 11 and to pray about the book of mormon, he was very hesitant at first, but then the girl that was with him bore her testimony of when she was asked to read the book of mormon, and how she had this room mate that told her that it was evil, so she threw it away, but that after that room mate moved out, the missionarys came back to her and while it was hard for her, she read and prayed, and that ever since that time she has never doubted that it was true. i then bore my testimony that the book of mormon is true, but that i didn't want him (his name was fortune) to take it just on my word, or on the word of the girl next to him, but that if he prayed that God would tell him, so that he could know for himself. and after that we asked him again, and he took the book of mormon and said that he would read and that he would pray. and just the way he said it made me think that he would actually do it.the only down side to this lesson is that i will never know if he does read or pray or gets in contact with the missionarys because he will have the missionarys in his area and not me. but it was good to actually teach, to see that when people understand that will at least accept the challenge to read and pray. i cant wait to get to kenya, i cant wait to not have a room mate that thinks he is good at singing (i also room with elder norman and kasake, Kasake is the one that thinks he can sing, and hes not that bad, but he likes to do falseto, which drives me crazy). i love you guys, hopefully next week the internet will work at the mtc. i miss you all so much!love you,Josh, Elder Harris
ps. talk to sister otterstrom and get my emails to greg and gregs emails to me, also, post my emails on the blog, there should be a few people checking it for my emails