Give me this mountain

Today I am going to bring it back... Punday Monday

(Oh the memories of Senior year of high school) 

Mountains are not just funny, they are hill-arious! 

Hello, from the mountains of Mutare :) 

We had an extremely busy week this week. One day after I got to Mutare, I turned right back around to go to Harare for Mission Leadership Council. This has been my 9th MLC on my mission... And it was amazing as always! 

When we got to spend some time in Mutare and in the area, it was good. One thing about Mutare that is kind of difficult is that a lot of people think that our church is a satanist church. That really hinders the missionary work, but we are staying positive! We are also in town, and so the Lord has given us a tough mountain to climb, but we are ready to climb it! He has already blessed us, and we will continue to fast and pray for miracles in Mutare.

 We are teaching this mama named Sovereign. Her husband is a member of the church but went inactive for a long time in his life. all of a sudden he showed up at church and wants to become active with his family. His wife is SO smart! and he taught her most of the gospel throughout the years of marriage. They have a two-year-old named Rachel, and she is seriously the cutest. She fell asleep on my lap during one of our lessons. She is two years old, and I could just bring her home with me in my suitcase. 

I am reading a book called "Look up my soul". It talks about hope, and it is honestly changing my life! There was a story that the author shared from DRC. Some couple missionaries were helping to improve the water supply in Congo. They had to take super heavy equipment to a city and it would be quite a journey. That journey would cause them to go over bridges that were not built well and had a certain weight limit. They exceeded that weight limit, and there was no way around it. They had to come up with a solution. Every bridge that they went on, they reinforced it. The sister said that she learned a great lesson from this," In any heartbreak, there is just so much pain, so much hurt, and so much loneliness. Those are part of human experience and God does not always deaden them or take them away. but though he does not lighten the load, he does reinforce the bridge." 

I have a testimony that Heavenly Father reinforces our bridges! Most of the time, our tribulations in life cannot be taken away immediately. Heavenly Father loves us too much to do that. The trials we go through are meant to make us like he is. So his love is shown by strengthening us to overcome the difficult times. We are never alone in our difficult times. 

I love you all so much, and Jesus loves you more! Have a great week. 

Sister Kershaw