This week we focused on visiting a lot of the members in our area. We want to include the ward in our missionary work a lot more. There are so awesome members that we just want to get to know better! After visiting one family, they invited us to come back again at the end of the week to come have dinner. I was happy, cause that meant SADZA! These days I crave sadza like nobody's business. hahaha when I first tried sadza, I wasn't a fan. But now, it's my favorite thing to eat in Zim. Meeting with and building trust with the members is so important in missionary work!
Last week I got an eye infection in both of my eyes, so I went to go see an eye doctor. I am fine, and it doesn't bother me anymore. They used to be SO itchy and red, but that settled down. I am just stuck to wearing glasses, and putting in eye drops four times a day! haha fun times.
Catching combi's
To save some petrol this week, on Wednesday we had to use combi's in the area... WOW I forgot what it was like to ride in a combi and to be car-less! We even walked from one farm to the next, and that was so much fun. The path was through a field where on both sides the grass was taller than us. It was a nature walk through Enterprise! It would've been cooler if it was a safari walk and I saw some lions or something ;) I guess I did see one monkey in a tree on the way there, so that was cool.
We are now teaching our recent convert's son, Israel. He literally speaks no English... but we get a translator. He loves coming to church, and he loves learning, too! I think he will be baptized on Sunday. When we asked him if he wanted to be baptized, he smiled super big and shook his head yes! We have found a lot of success in Enterprise working with part-member families. That is also why we want to visit members and be able to find more of those families to teach!
We found this super awesome mama named Mai Blessing. We just contacted her when she was sitting in her yard. She actually had seen the Book of Mormon before at her uncle's house, and told us that she read "Another Testament of Jesus Christ" and she knew that it was a book from God. She told us that anytime we want to come and teach her, she will drop what she is doing, and listen to us. She hasn't been able to come to church, yet... but no worries. She will come!
Tatenda is doing so great, and told us that he knows that this church is the only true church on the earth. His testimony came through the Book of Mormon. He told us that he reads a verse from the Book of Mormon, and then tries to find a verse in the bible to support it. He also told us that EVERY page he turns to in the book talks about Jesus Christ, and he knows that if he reads, he can learn more about his Savior. He brought his cousin to church, too! His name is Munashe and he also is excited to learn more.
Things in the country just seem to be going crazy, and I don't know how things could even get worse, but they just seem to! The wonderful thing is that it isn't hindering the work of the Lord. I am always safe, and I still always have everything I need. I am grateful for the Lord. He is giving us missionaries strength and hope to just carry on. I have made it these last 10 months, I can make it 8 more. I am going to love every moment here in Zim!
I love you!
-Sister Kershaw
another adorable child that I want to bring home in my suitcase
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