This week was such a fast and great week!
It all started on Tuesday, when we left to go on exchanges in Bindura. Bindura is BEAUTIFUL!!!! I didn't want to leave. When I pictured Zimbabwe, I pictured Bindura. It is rural, in the mountains, and was not in the city. It was so calm and a great change for me. My companion that day was named Sister Gubler, and she was so kind. The sisters we exchanged with are the STL's in Bindura. When we went to visit people, I saw cows and goats! I couldn't stop smiling. I am a country girl at heart, for sure! There were fields with wheel lines and I think I was in heaven. I want to serve in Bindura some day. When we were tracting in Bindura, it started to rain so hard!! We were walking up a path to go to a person's house, and we were slipping and sliding everywhere. By the time I got there, my shoes were soaked and covered in red mud and I was dripping wet. It was really great!
On Thursday night when we got home, I was taking a shower and I heard screaming. I thought the sisters were just playing, and joking with each other. I got dressed and started to go outside of the room, when I heard," Sister Kershaw, there is a mouse!" So, I closed the door quickly. It ran into another room, so I was able to come out of my room. We then all ran and jumped on top of our desks. I am sure we looked so ridiculous. The only brave one was Sister Mtombile and she was the one who finally killed the mouse. That was a crazy night!
On Saturday, we did service with our District at the local hospital. We weeded their gardens. Looks like going on a mission didn't exclude me from weeding in the garden. It was fun to have a break and to do some service. Our district is really cool as well, so we had a fun time.
On Sunday, Dumasani was baptized! It was such a happy day. At the church, they don't have a font inside the building, it is a pool looking thing outside. We started filling it up that morning, but it was not moving very fast. We started just taking water from the tanks and putting it in buckets. We then carried the buckets on our heads and dumped it in the tank. It was pretty awesome. Dumasani was so happy that he was finally baptized. He bore his testimony and said that this gospel changed his life. He is a new man because he has the knowledge of the everlasting gospel. It was so powerful, and I am so blessed to see how this gospel can truly change lives.
Fun fact about Zimbabwe- The public transportation is called Combes. They are 15 or 12 passenger vans that go all over the place. They cram as many people as they can in there and they head off, bouncing down the road! They also blast African music.It's so great. At first they overwhelmed me, but now it is an adventure!
My companion and I are going to try really hard in the coming weeks to help build up the ward. We have a lot of less actives, and even members who aren't that involved in the missionary work. It is so difficult because the country is in an economic crisis right now. Everything is so expensive, so people do not have enough money for transportation. We can't really count on the ward very much, but we need their help! So we are going to really try to involve them more and get their help with less actives and fellow shipping our investigators.
This week was a very great week. I am being more patient with myself and am just allowing myself to adjust. I realize that it won't come overnight, and I just have to be patient with myself. The relationships that I am building are really helping me to adjust. Especially with my companion and the people we are teaching. I also kinda realized that I need to cowgirl up. I can't have one foot in America and one foot in Zimbabwe. I either give this my all or I am miserable. I can become a consecrated missionary as I do so, and I will be so much more happy. I am going to enjoy every day I have here in Zimbabwe because this time will go by so fast.
I love you all so much! 
Love,
Sister Kershaw
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