6 months baby! I am now a sister missionary, haha! :)
There have been many changes this last week, and much has happened since my last email, so I will do my best to say everything.
Elder Sekerere
has finished his mission and gets released tomorrow. I am very grateful
for the time I had to serve around him. He will always be a great
friend. I love him like a brother, just like Milikafu. He is such a
great guy, and I wish him the best!
The big news is
that I have finally been transferred from Marimba/Mufakose after a
wonderful 6 months there! I am now serving in Chegutu, and I am sending
this email from there. Chegutu is a small mining town about 1 hour 30
minutes from Harare. I got to drive a car down here today with one of my
new Zone Leaders, Elder Kamwesiga. He is from Uganda. I got to see some
more of the country on the drive, which was really sweet. My new
companion is Elder Sipho Mahlangu, a South Africa native from just
outside Joburg. I have only been around him today, so I am still getting
to know him, but he seems like a really great guy. I am excited to be
with him. I will be serving as a DL here in Chegutu district, which is
just 4 Elders again. There will be a new American Elder being trained
here as well, Elder Whiting. I am excited to welcome him to the mission
this coming week. Us 4 stay in one house, so I will get to know the
other guys really well the next 6 weeks! We are part of the Kwekwe Zone,
the smallest zone in the mission with just 10 missionaries. The cool
thing is that I will get to know the other 9 guys very well. :) I met a
ton of missionaries I have never met before today, which was really
cool. It is is crazy to leave Harare and all that I am used to, but I am
excited for the new challenge in Chegutu!
Leaving
Marimba/Mufakose was very bittersweet with lots of goodbyes. 6 months in
one area makes it tough to leave sometimes. I didn't have enough time
to say goodbye to everyone, but I am planning to visit again before I
finish. Just when I started to appreciate the area, I was transferred.
Crazy how that happens. I learned so much in that area, and I will
always remember it. There were a few people that we had been seeing just
at the end of my time there that I won't get to teach and baptize, and
it really sucks. I did my best to help the new elders coming in, though.
I know I played my part in that area of Zimbabwe. Time to move on!
The
internet cafe here is very very slow, so my emails won't always be very
detailed. I will do my best though. I don't have as much time as I did
in Harare. I will be sure to include more info about the area and my
companion in next weeks email because I have only been here for a few
hours! I will include some pictures as well. It as a very beautiful, but
very dusty and dirty place. I am excited to get down and dirty! :)
I love you guys so much! Hauite Hauite! :)
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