On our first mission we met two brothers who served with us,
Michael and Jacques Kapele.
They were among
our first 18 missionaries. Jacques began his mission the same day we did and
helped me with my bags when we went to the airport. Michael was already
in Lubumbashi when we got there. He spoke wonderful English and dreamed of
going to BUY someday. Michael has now found his way to Zambia now as he
continues to work toward getting into BYU.
We met the whole
Kapele family when we went to Likasi. Their father served as the district
president for a time and they are, as far as we know, the only couple in Likasi
who have successful made it to the temple to be sealed. However, they
haven't found the means to take any of their children to the temple.
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This is a picture of the family- Brother and Sister Kapele
and eight of their 10 children.
Michael and Jacque were still on their
missions when this picture was taken.
Their sister, Justine,
(bottom center) is now serving in the Kinshasa mission and engaged to Frank
Bunda, another one of our great first 18 Lubumbashi missionaries.
When he was on his
mission Michael wrote to us almost every p-day . We still hear from him
often. This week I got this letter from him. He said,
"I want to tell
you than we, as a family, sacrificed our car for us to go to the temple this
January from Jan 9th to Jan 13th. But only 4 of us will go for the money wasn't
enough for all the family to go. We will need to get transportation, food and visas. But I hope that the
Lord will provide another means in the future for others to go and be sealed.
We received the answer by praying. And the answer was to sell our car. I am
sure that we will be very happy to receive blessings from the temple."
- Michael Kapele
The faith of this
family and their efforts to be sealed inspire us. We too hope that someday
they'll all receive the blessings of the temple and all be sealed together.
With the announcement of the temple in Kinshasa the time will come!
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