Elder Collison at the Johannesburg, South Africa Mission Training Center

Elder Collison at the Johannesburg, South Africa Mission Training Center

Monday, May 18, 2015




On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Caleb Collison <caleb.collison@myldsmail.net> wrote:
Didn't really get as much talking time and it was a bit sketchy but I really enjoyed it. It was really good to see and hear you guys.  
Saturday was actually my record for lessons taught in a day. We got 9 lessons and had to do splits all day.
It's the culture here to offer the guests a drink. It's mainly pop, but we do sometimes get hot water, after just being boiled to clean it. I think all the hill climbing here is whats keeping me from gaining. So I think I might chunk up a little in Uganda.
It hasn't been too hot lately. I've actually been waking up pretty cold because it cools down and with a fan on me all night... So for a while in the mornings I have my blanket wrapped around me. And in town we have all the tall buildings shading us when it isn't raining.
I guess I look really young here. Everyone's always asking if I'm my companions younger brother. saying I look around 15. That ones the most common. I have also gotten pretty much everything between 13 to 28.
One last thing. Another gross food. Well, drink. Ikivuguto. It's rotten milk. It's this sour, cold, thick, almost sourcreamy or yogurty tasting. It's not good.
Ok. Love you all!!
-Elder Collison

On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Caleb Collison <caleb.collison@myldsmail.net> wrote:
Yesterday we had two more baptisms! Claver and Junior. Junior just turned 8.  He wanted me to baptize him so that was neat. His mom guards at the church during the day so we play around a lot while we're there waiting. Then Claver. I got to baptize him as well. I first found him like 3 months ago outside of Bank of Kigali while we were street contacting. We've met a lot since then and he's been really accepting and understanding of everything and he's really gonna help the branch here. The baptisms went well and I'm really excited about them.
Today we went bowling as a district/zone/all the missionaries in Rwanda. (It's all the same now.) There's actually a pretty nice place here. And I won. Surprisingly. After bowling we went out for some Ethiopian food. It's some sort of thin, fluffy bread thing and you use it to pick up different sauces and foods. It was pretty interesting.It's a fun group of Elders and we had a good time.
That's pretty much my week. Love y'all,
Elder Collison