12/12/16

Jenna at Christmas Devotional

Jenna and Sister Kayembe

The girls Jenna lives with at the Gweru House

Missionary Selfie

At the Christmas Devotional

The Queen of Gift Giving...

Macadini, Shamwaris!

This week was one of the craziest weeks I have had on my mission, but it was so good! So on Monday, my new companion Sister Namugenyi came! She is SO SWEET! She is literally one of the nicest people I have ever met, and I am so excited to be her companion. She is so incredible. 

So a lot happened this week, and I have like no time to email today, so I will write what happened fast fast!

My favorite thing that happened this week was on Friday. We had a Christmas Devotional! It was our Gweru Zone, Bulawayo Zone, and Kwekwe Zone. It was so fun to see some of the missionaries that I haven't seen in awhile! President Mkhabela was also there, and it is always SO GOOD to see him! 

At our Christmas event, we got to watch the Christmas Devotional that was done by the church. My favorite talk was President Eyring's. I loved the music and the decorations that they had. It was so weird to see Salt Lake on video haha. I was surprised to see snow because I forgot that it should be snowing at home! We also did a gift exchange! Some missionaries brought really cool things, and some missionaries brought really stupid things haha. I brought a magnetic dart board, and literally EVERYONE wanted it haha so I got crowned the Queen of Gift Exchange. I was given a water bottle and a cup. Originally, I had picked this really beautiful carving of a giraffe, but someone stole it from me! (It was part of the game to steal gifts) I was so bummed. I would have named him Jeffrey the Giraffe, but alas. I will meet with that giraffe again one day, I am very sure.

So I am good! We got money on Tuesday and we are eating nice nice again! I have been trying to introduce some "American" food into the house, so on Tuesday I made tacos, and last night I made sweet and sour chicken. I also learned how to make Sadza this week! I cook a few times a week at home, since we all switch off. 

Gweru is treating me well! I am just teaching my new companion how to get around our area and introducing her to our investigators! We have another baptism this week, which I am excited for! Things are going great. I am so happy!

That is all I have time for today. Sorry for the bad blog post, but I will do better next week! In the mean time, enjoy some pictures!

Love you all! Ndino Kudda! (I love you)