Week 44 - March 29th - April 4th, 2015 - Start of month 11

Sunday, March 29th - Saturday, April 4th, 2015

This week started off with a most cherished missionary event, of our dear Molepo family, Mark, 21 was baptized.  

Mark Molepo with Elders De La Cruz and Dye.

He is the son of Joyce, one of three member sisters who are a strength to our little Seshego group.   Mark is studying mechanical engineering.  His Aunt Gwen gave a talk at his baptism and told him and us all how proud she was that in a year or so he would be the first missionary from their family!   There's an objective along with the strong family support.   Mark's mother Joyce was baptized last September and soon Melanie and I will be teaching her the Temple preparation lessons.  This is a wonderful family, we are growing very close to them.

L-R:  Navin, our 16 yr-old investigator, Joyce, Mark's mother, Elder De La Cruz, Mark, Elder Dye, Wilmer, Mark's cousin, Gwen, Mark's Aunt.

We bid a fond farewell to our Elder De La Cruz and welcomed Elder Roberts to the Seshego area with this week's transfers.   Elder Dye is such a good trainer and experienced Elder.

Melanie and I helped with a member service project raking, shoveling, clearing debris and junk.  Us and the YM Pres that organized it had a good time working hard.

This being the start of April and Easter week we jumped in with a special street contacting effort to promote the Savior through the Church's 'He Lives' media efforts.   It was terrific!

At the end of the week we were happy to have the Jones' come up for an Easter weekend visit from Joburg.  We took them to the area, to a family birthday party, to see Jimmy, our quadriplegic member, to Tzaneen, where we saw the most amazing gathering of Zion Christian Church members, hundreds of thousands, and to our Easter sacrament meeting at Seshego where they were called upon to share their testimonies with our group.   A great time together.

Called Moria

Just a portion of thousands of buses and tents, etc.

Big giant fields packed bumper to bumper with buses.

Millions to flock to Moria this Easter

News April 1, 2015 Millions to flock to Moria this Easter2015-04-01T13:37:46+00:00Community 

Polokwane – More than 10 million pilgrims are expected to descend on Limpopo ahead of the Easter weekend. The pilgrims are mainly from neighbouring provinces and neighbouring countries.

Millions of pilgrims are expected in Moria to attend the annual Easter church service.

“Easter weekend church services are zealously attended and members use whatever mode of transport they can find to get to Moria. Some come by foot, others by car, bicycle, bus, car and taxi. This does pose a traffic congestion challenge and through the intersection we are hoping to make it easy for traffic to flow while at the same time enhancing safety,” said SANRAL’s spokesperson Vusi Mona.

Besides the traffic from all over the country as well as from neighbouring countries heading to Zion City in Moria, thousands of people,  mainly economic migrants and holiday makers, also make their way through Limpopo over this weekend.

As a result, the major arterial routes and ports of entry become congested. This impact has particularly been felt on the R71 going to Moria, which experiences extra-ordinary traffic during the Easter period when the Zion Christian Church and St Engenas Christian Church members converge at Moria in what is the biggest Christian gathering in South Africa.