Anyways, I'll let you know a few interesting things about South Africa. The light switches here turn down to turn things on. They drive on the left side of the road and the steering wheel is on the right, like England. They don't say you're going on a mission, they say you go "on mission." There are lots of little things that are just a little different and funny. I sent a letter to you guys today. They are addressed for earlier in the week, but I didn't get them out until today so we'll have to see how long it takes to get there. My companion is pretty funny. We get along really well and have no problem being with each other all of the time (I can't say that for all of the companionships). I know you wanted me to write a thankyou note to all the people who came to my farewell. I will try my best to, but there isn't a lot of down time to do things like that. We went to the Temple on Tuesday. I cried so hard in the Celestial room. Mostly we've been learning how to teach people. My companion and I work really well together. Last night we were able to teach members here who were acting as investigators. Most of the members I've met so far are Afrikaans and I get along really well with them. Today the President is taking us to a giant mall. Hopefully I'll be able to find some gifts for you guys. This week President and Sister Chritiansen went to Zimbabwie from Saturday until Wednesday. We had another counciler stay with us named President Barnett. He grew up in London and has lived in South Africa since he was 20. He knows a lot about the Gospel and I really enjoyed talking to him. When we have free time here we play A LOT of ping pong. I'm getting pretty good. We usually play around the world with 8 to 10 people. It is so great to hear about Trevis' and Michael's mission calls. It will be great when we get back to have had experiences we can share about our service to the Lord. There are so many things I want to say, but unfortunately we only have 20 minutes to read and write our letters. Tell people to start writing me! I'll try to write all of my thankyou letters, but it might be better if you guys do it because it will take me a while. I'll try to send the letters for the kids this week and hopefully the ones I wrote to you guys will arrive soon. I miss you and love you all so much, more than you can imagine. Stay well and I will talk to you soon.

Love,

Chandler

Chandler's South Africa Address

Elder Chandler Richard Kendall

South Africa Johannesburg Mission

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South Africa

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Elder Chandler Richard Kendall

South Africa Johannesburg Mission

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So I wasn't able to call you this morning but I am now at the MTC here in Johannesburg. We landed at about nine o'clock and it took about 45 minutes to get here. The country is beautiful, there are a lot of green trees, and it's pretty hot right now, compared to Utah. We've mostly be doing orientation, it's 11 o'clock right now so it's probably about 1 in the morning there. My companion is from Australia, but I haven't talked to him much. That's all I know right now, I'm just about to interview with the President. I love you guys so much and will write again as soon as I can.

Well the first few days here have been pretty good. I guess I'll just let you know first kind of how things work here at the SAMTC. So we are 10 hours ahead here so right now it's almost midnight where you are. We get to email you every Saturday here at the MTC but don't get too used to that. Once we get out in the field it will be on Mondays. Right now we can only email family but I'm sure that will change once we get out into the field. Also I have hardly anyones email or home address. You are allowed to forward this to whoever you want, but once I get out in the field and start sending my general letter I will need you to send me everyones email or forward it when I send it to you. Oh, also I would like you to send me the address for all of our family, espesically the grandparents. I would like to send them some letters. It might be nice for you to send me a letter with a sheet that has people's addresses on it. Make sure you send it to the address that has the Johanneesburg Mission Office and not the MTC because by the time it gets here I'll probably be out in the field. It should just be in the little booklet I left. Anyways, my companions name is Elder Tennant. He is from Melbourne, Astralia. He is really awesome. We're both kind of quiet people, but we get along really well. We have about 12 missionaries here from the U.S., two from Australia, two from Kenya, one from Zimbabwie, one from New Zealand, and one from South Africa. They are all great people and we get along well. The President and his wife are great people. Right now they are out of town until Tuesday. That is when we get to go to the temple. We also have the MTC manager who has been here since it opened almost 8 years ago. His name is Brother Mokke and he is really awesome and funny. He likes to school us all in ping-pong. The food here is pretty normal. I haven't had anything interesting yet. I haven't seen the city yet or been outside the MTC grouds. Right after this we get to go out into town. We have learned the first two lessons and have learned how to introduce ourselves to investigators and get to know their needs so that we can address them. We practice on the teachers and our companions a lot. We have three disticts here, each one has three companionships. I guess Brady warned a couple of people I was coming sot they were expecting me. The Spirit here is so stong. I hardly cried at my farewell and coming here, but we were practicing bearing our testimonies yesterday and I just couldn't contain my feelings. It's hard for me right now to adjust and accept that I will be away from home for two years. It seems like such a long time. But it was hard for me to adjust to Logan as well and I eventually did. I'm really anxious to get out and start working, but I know I must come here first to prepare to be ready to preach the gospel. I don't have that many picture but hopefully I will send some next week. I feel your love here and miss you tons. My time is up and there is so much more I want to tell you. I love you so much and can't wait to talk to you again.

Love,

Chandler