The start of a new era

Well, the great day in Darius’ life has at last come.

He started his mission today! We dropped him at the Mission Training Center in Roodepoort at about 10:30 am this morning. He will be there for 21 days and then he flies to the Durban Mission which includes the whole of KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Swaziland and the Southern ‘half’ of the Free State.

We had a lovely 2 days with Tristan, Candice and Clarke staying with us. They came to our home in Pretoria on Tuesday evening. Tristan had only flown in from a week in Germany on Tuesday morning! It was lovely spending time with the whole family and enjoying each other’s company. Clarke woke us all early this morning – he was not in the mood for sleeping! We got ready quickly and by 7:15 we were all assembled together for family prayers and some scripture reading. We shared our testimonies of the restoration and at 07:45 we went to our chapel – Pretoria East – to meet President Vermuelen, our stake president. He chatted to Darius for a short while and then we all joined him in his office and he set Darius apart as a full time missionary – he became Elder Hall. What a choice and lovely blessing he got!

We took a few photographs outside the chapel and we left in convoy – all 2 cars – to the Mission Training Center. We were able to see his room he will be sharing with 4 other Elders and then we said our goodbyes. Phew, it was quite emotional! Kaleela found it very hard to say goodbye to her brother!

Now Darius has dedicated 2 years of his life to serve the Lord – he has prepared well for this, he has put aside many of his old ways and habits and has taken his preparation very seriously! He will be an excellent missionary and I know the Lord will bless him as Darius serves Him.

I am very grateful for the support Darius has had from his Mom, his older brother and his sister. I am also very grateful for the support and encouragement that everyone who knows him has given – we don’t stand alone and sometimes in the most imperceptible ways, great influence is wrought!

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Elder Darius Hall
P O Box 1741,
Wandsbeck, 3631
South Africa