Called to Serve

Hello! I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas, and enjoyed the beautiful Christmas Season. We had a pretty good Christmas in Mutare. The morning was spent with members and people we were teaching. I made some chocolate chip cookies that we delivered to the families we visited. It made me forget how much I missed home, because seeing their faces light up helped me to feel the spirit of Christmas. It wasn't much, but we shared a Christmas message and left that with them. We also had lunch with a member, and then dinner with another part member family! They took care of us, and we had a great day. The best part of the day was OBVIOUSLY talking to my family. I am grateful for the family that Heavenly Father sent me to.

Other than Christmas, this week was not too eventful. We are still working really hard to build our teaching pool, and to help those we are finding to progress. I'll give you an update on those we are teaching, though.

Sovereign and her husband met with President Makasi, and they gained an instant friendship. He even told us that he wants to marry them. President will be up this Friday for missionary interviews, so that night we will have a small wedding for them!

Godfrey got transferred :( We miss him so much already, but he promises to come on Sundays.We are praying that he can do that! Even if he doesn't get baptized when both of us are here, we know that he will be baptized some day.It helps that his family is now being taught as well. He has a strong testimony and that has come through his reading of the Book of Mormon. Reading the Book of Mormon is even helping him to overcome his addiction to smoking. It was amazing to see his progress and how the gospel changed him for the better!!!

We got a referral from a member, and her name is Sandra. She is a teacher and is very outgoing and social. She is around our ages as well, so we just connected with her right off the bat. We taught her for the first time, and then invited her to come to church. She said that she will come, and then she wanted us to help her pick out a dress to wear. Sure enough, she came to church, and she came in style! I love teaching her, because she shows her understanding. If she doesn't understand what we are teaching her, she will ask a question. And not just any questions... inspired questions! I have held onto those Book of Mormons that you guys sent last Christmastime, and so I gave her the one where Melissa wrote her testimony of the Book of Mormon. She really liked that, and I am thankful that my family was apart of missionary work here in Zimbabwe!