Right after Will got to Africa, Landon was missing him so William bought him a surprise with some zebra skin on it. We didn't know what it was so we just referred to it as "The Zebra Skin." He sent it home right before Mother's Day with a woman who said she would bring it to Landon when she came back to Utah. Almost every day, he asked me when his zebra skin was going to come. Every day for 3 weeks, I said I didn't know and we kind of gave it up for lost because we hadn't heard anything from the sister who brought it back with her. Still, every so often, he would ask me when his zebra skin would get here.
This last week, I received a phone call from an unknown number and the voice told me that she was a humanitarian missionary who had just returned from Zimbabwe and that she had a package for me. Well she brought it and while Landon was tearing it open, the mail came... with a letter from Will for Landon and a Zimbabwe 10 Dollar Bill and an apology that the zebra skin had never come.
The Zebra Skin was a leather-covered Book of Mormon with a zebra skin inlay in the shape of the continent of Africa.
Always remember to read your scriptures, Buddy.
i got the package with oreos and pork jerky. thank you so much. that help me out a lot. however i am now pushing 87kgs for you americans that is 190lbs. aash i am gaining like crazy. i think i am aiming for 195-200lds (lbs hehe) i run every morning and am doing pushups. but the diet here is strange.(maybe we can all send dehydrated diet food?) i am still adjusting but i am fine.
Thanks for the pictures. i love them so much. they lift me up so often. i love you all so much. i love hearing from the home. i wanted to write my stories. ugh.. i found a dog with his skull smashed in.. ugh. i wanted to die.
i love you all i don't know all what to say,.. i don't need anything. just prayers thank you for your thoughts and prayers already. ..
i love you and am so grateful for this calling to serve. i have such a great view of our battle with the adversary. i can see so much further. don't stress too much about me. keep your family strong. sorry my letter to dad was so short. let him know that i sustain him as the family leader and i love him. he is inspirational.
i need to think of some good stories to send home. ugh.. never mind. i had some good thoughts during the week .
but i forgot. love ELDER BEADLE
i ate boar's head... gross. i am going to learn how to make sadza and bring some home.
I'm not sure what this is... burning garbage?
oh i threw a party for my district leader Elder Hans. by myself kinda..
haha it was good. we had cake and ice cream and i used megan’s balloons
!!! thanks megan
Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
We don't know that guy in the front of this picture but all the rest of
the awesome people here belong to the LeFevre Clan... Mike,
Lyndee, Jacob, Ethan, Adam, Alex and Wade. This was taken during our annual
family camping trip and published on the front page of The Herald
Journal in Cache Valley on June 29. We missed having Will with us. It's
strange. Feels like the beginning of the end.
Why do kids love camping so much? no baths?
This was a little crevice in one of the wind caves that Wade discovered and climbed up to...
Not so easy to climb down, he discovered. Especially with tread-worn shoes and slippery rock. Stuck.
Not sure why this picture makes me want to giggle. It was a little precarious and I wasn't entirely sure we would get him down in one piece.
Logan Canyon
That empty shirt in the front belongs to Will.
Uncle Mark catches a snake. Good thing we are going home in about 10 minutes!
Logan Canyon looks great i miss those trips. and all the fun we had. i am happy to see the family just moving on so great. i love seeing my prayers being answered. I am so blessed with such a great family. I can feel the power of those who have gone on before and i am gaining strength as i move along.; your prayers are felt. and i love it. here is a little experience that i had:
so we were traveling along this back road one evening the sun had gone down and vision was a little low and we were just minding our business when this dog started chasing us and just barking and growling like crazy and foaming everywhere.
we just ran. and the dog was chasing us! my comp grabbed my arm we stopped and he picked up a rock and threw it at the dog. he missed but the dog stopped chasing us. my goodness i almost died from a heart attack. so anyway a week passed and we were going one the same road. it was still 3 o clock and plenty of daylight so with no fear we go on minding our own business.. we hear a deep growl and out of the corner of my eye i see the dog jump out of it's curled position and ran at me like it just doesn't like my own business. this time i was determined to hold my ground and kick the dog in the face or in the ribs. (haha i laugh at my courage now.. i am not very quick and that dog would have torn me to shreds). but the dog stopped, still growling and barking but i stared at him and just saw a poor baby abused and hungry, his ears were torn and bloody from fights with other dogs, flies buzzed around his head from the smell of raw flesh (Nyama is flesh in Shona). i almost wanted to help him out but he was Angry and even worse he recognized us as the people throwing rocks . AGH! we didn't run away just backed up slowly eyes locked with the dog. haha what a thrill.
i am trying to remember all the fun things that are happening here. but i can't remember them all. but i love all you and miss you.
Love ELDER BEADLE
hey i forgot.. happy birthday to all my family who is having a birthday. just the other day we invited a sister to be baptized and we committed her to prepare for the 27 of july. she paused and she said a little emotionally, "that's my birthday!" what a wonderful thing to be Reborn and cleansed from sins.
