Hey-oh! What's happening!?
Things
are going well here in Zimbabwe, and even though there was a lot of
talk of more protests happening this week, not much happened from what I
have seen. Our area was very quiet, so we didn't have to stay in the
house this time. All missionaries are safe and sound, and spreading the
gospel!
We found a few 9 and 10 year old kids who need to
be baptized and a couple other people who have accepted a baptismal
date, so that brings our number of hopeful baptisms to 8! That is double
our monthly goal. We are still hoping the Kwenda's get the marriage
stuff finished up this week, Sandra is still doing very well, and we
received a few other referrals that are doing well also. One is
Patience, and one is Maxinne. Hopefully all goes well for them the next 2
weeks. The baptism is set for the 30th of this month, and if nothing
comes up, it will be a wonderful last weekend of the transfer for me,
and a wonderful end to Elder Smiley's mission. I am optimistic that we
can get it done! This week has been a real blessing for us as a
companionship. :) Only two weeks left with Sekerere!
This
week we had a wonderful Zone Meeting, as well as interviews with
President Mkhabela. Once again, I really have no idea what will happen
this upcoming transfer. In the interview, he originally said that he
wanted to me stay in Marimba and train one of the new Elders coming in,
but then he changed his mind and said that I would be leaving. He hasn't
made any final decisions about transfers, but that will be happening
this coming week and next. In two weeks I will be notified as to what
will really happen. At the moment, I feel totally ready to train a new
missionary, but I also feel ready to move on to a new area. So, whatever
the Lords asks of me, I'll do my best! :)
My district went
to a small Lion Game Park where we saw lots of animals. Baboons, lions,
springboks, kudu, giraffes, hyenas, zebras, warthogs, wildebeests, an
ostrich, and other antelope. It used to have cheetahs, but not anymore.
It was sweet! We got to drive the car into a lion cage, so they came
right up next to the car, and we were super close to them. Don't worry,
we were required to keep our windows rolled up! :) We then got to a part
where we could get out and walk around. That was where we saw the rest
of the animals. Sadly, no elephants! I'm still waiting anxiously to see
those!
A couple cool things I did as a DL this week:
1.
I had my first baptismal interview for the guys in Kambuzuma, and it
went really well. I finally got to sign and authorize a baptismal
record. Her name was Margret. Pretty cool!
2. Since no
member of the bishopric could attend, I was the presiding officer at
Margret's baptism, so I had to give closing remarks. It was a neat
experience. :)
3. I designed and organized a district
t-shirt that the other missionaries are super jealous of. M.W.A.
Missionaries with attitudes! haha :) I uploaded some pictures of them.
Sorry,
but I still haven't eaten anything super crazy yet. I did have some cow
lung a while back, but I'm still just getting a steady diet of sadza
and rice. I hate to admit it, but I'm getting a little bit of a belly!
haha :) I haven't really exercised as much as I should lately. I do get
to run regularly, I lift buckets of water for my weight lifting, and I
do ab/core stuff as much as I can. Zimbabwe is making me gain weight! We
only cook for ourselves in the mornings, but we usually have members
and non members feed us pretty often.
I hope things
continue to go well back home! I love you all so much and think of you
often. Please never forget how much you mean to me. All of you.
Have an awesome week y'all! :)
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