Today we are going to do Strength of Youth at a high school for Juniors and Seniors. Zanele arranged for the high school in Umlazi. One of the heads of the school is LDS and the wife of one of the priesthood leaders. We met as a group with Elder and Sister Cluster (talking about employment and self reliance), Elders talking about dating, Zanele talking about modest dress, another lady from the church talking about free agency, Elder Kyle talking about Social Media and the avoidance of pornography and me talking about music and dancing. We only had one hour, which means that each person only had 8 minutes if we started on time, which we didn't. The Clusters took their eight minutes, Zanele took 15 minutes, I took 8 minutes and showed the helping hands video and music by Alex Boye (It's awesome) and I told about his link to Africa. The only problem was that there was no screen in the room. We used a white tablecloth over the blackboard, but there was too much light coming in from all the open windows (no air conditioning in these schools), so it was hard to see. I was very disappointed, but they liked the song and hopefully got the idea about how you should listen to music that makes you feel good. The fact that Alex put an African spin to the song really made it fun. If you haven't seen it, google Alex Boye, Have you done any good and it will come up from Mormon.org. When I tried to search directly on there, it did not come up. Elder Kyle took five minutes, the Elders took ten minutes and then the lady spoke about free agency for 30 minutes. If you add that up, you will see that we went way over.
The last lady (far right in photo) was told by the school leader that the time was up and she needed to hurry, but she just kept talking. I was majorly embarrassed, but it didn't bother Zanele a bit. She wanted to do it again Friday at another school. I told her we were too busy and it was too short of notice (which is true). We will have to see if it is something we want to continue to do. We have too many other things going and they can survive without us. Of course Zanele sent me an email telling me that I was wonderful and we must do it again. She does know how to push the right buttons. Ha. Driving to Umlazi does take a lot of time, especially if you take a wrong turn...Ha. The way she and the other lady from the ward talked on and on. They really don't need us or should I say, they don't have time for us. The amazing thing is that we passed out an obviously LDS church pamphlet. We talked about God and Jesus Christ in our presentation and it was Okay! That would never happen in the US...NEVER. Just another adventure in Kyle's African adventure.
Today we are going to do Strength of Youth at a high school for Juniors and Seniors. Zanele arranged for the high school in Umlazi. One of the heads of the school is LDS and the wife of one of the priesthood leaders. We met as a group with Elder and Sister Cluster (talking about employment and self reliance), Elders talking about dating, Zanele talking about modest dress, another lady from the church talking about free agency, Elder Kyle talking about Social Media and the avoidance of pornography and me talking about music and dancing. We only had one hour, which means that each person only had 8 minutes if we started on time, which we didn't. The Clusters took their eight minutes, Zanele took 15 minutes, I took 8 minutes and showed the helping hands video and music by Alex Boye (It's awesome) and I told about his link to Africa. The only problem was that there was no screen in the room. We used a white tablecloth over the blackboard, but there was too much light coming in from all the open windows (no air conditioning in these schools), so it was hard to see. I was very disappointed, but they liked the song and hopefully got the idea about how you should listen to music that makes you feel good. The fact that Alex put an African spin to the song really made it fun. If you haven't seen it, google Alex Boye, Have you done any good and it will come up from Mormon.org. When I tried to search directly on there, it did not come up. Elder Kyle took five minutes, the Elders took ten minutes and then the lady spoke about free agency for 30 minutes. If you add that up, you will see that we went way over. 
The last lady (far right in photo) was told by the school leader that the time was up and she needed to hurry, but she just kept talking. I was majorly embarrassed, but it didn't bother Zanele a bit. She wanted to do it again Friday at another school. I told her we were too busy and it was too short of notice (which is true). We will have to see if it is something we want to continue to do. We have too many other things going and they can survive without us. Of course Zanele sent me an email telling me that I was wonderful and we must do it again. She does know how to push the right buttons. Ha. Driving to Umlazi does take a lot of time, especially if you take a wrong turn...Ha. The way she and the other lady from the ward talked on and on. They really don't need us or should I say, they don't have time for us. The amazing thing is that we passed out an obviously LDS church pamphlet. We talked about God and Jesus Christ in our presentation and it was Okay! That would never happen in the US...NEVER. Just another adventure in Kyle's African adventure. 
Man, we need something like that in the schools here! I bet you guys were amazing as always!
ReplyDeleteI looked up Alex Boye and found the video for the song you used to sing to us in the AM. Is this the same song you are referring to? It is totally awesome and only made me miss you a million times more than I do now...
Here is the link. It is totally awesome!
http://youtu.be/aIeA_5yYgB4