Farewells, Flat Tire, Floods, Fries, Face.....
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| Bindra Sunset |
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| Sister Park and I for the last time as companions (we didn't even mean to match) |
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| Me carrying water on my head with some girls from Retreat |
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| We found sunflowers |
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| 113 year old Sedura we met |
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| My cute companion-Sister Jili |
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| Retreat |
3/6/17
Farewells, Flat Tires, Floods, Fries, Face....
Craziest week of my life? Yep. Did I enjoy it? YEP! Let me go back to the highlights of last week because I didn't get to write last week!
Monday 20 Feb: We went to Lake Chivero! It was super fun and super beautiful. I am including pictures, so that is where we were haha. Sister Park, Thomas, Namugenyi, and I just walked around the lake and had fun!
Thursday 23 Feb: Missionary Broadcast! All the missionaries in Harare got together and were able to watch the broadcast that happened in January. I loved getting to hear the Apostles speak! David A. Bednar is SUCH a powerful guy!
Saturday 25 Feb: Sister Park and I baptized 3 men on Saturday! We had like 20 people on date in Kuwadzana, so she will be baptizing all of them without me now! I was bummed to go before I got to baptize all the people I was teaching, but I was so glad to see Henry, Edward, and Prince baptized! They were especially important to me. I will attach pictures!
Monday 27 Feb: It was such a huge long day that day haha. I emailed at the mission office from like 9-10, and then the rest of the day was spent running around with all of these other sisters. Sister Park and I split up since we weren't companions anymore. She had a different emailing time than me, so I hung out with Sister Erickson, Bergen, and Buthelezi for the day. It was fun, but most of the day was spent waiting at the office to leave for Bindura, which was hard. I was SO EXCITED though because I got to see some of the missionaries I was with in Gweru. It was just kind of an emotional day all over the place. I got to see old missionaries, but I also had to say goodbye to the ones I loved! Eventually, around 4, we left Harare for Bindura. It was about an hour ride, which wasn't bad. Man, Bindura is BEAUTIFUL! SO many mountains, SO GREEN! It is awesome.
Tuesday 28 Feb: First District Meeting! It was pretty good! We are all still getting to know each other, but I like my district! So right after District Meeting, we find out that we have a FLAT TIRE. Oh. P.S. I forgot to tell you. Sister Jili (AKA MY FAVORITE HUMAN BEING ON THE PLANET) can indeed drive a manual, but President Mkhabela still wants me to learn so that when she leaves in 5 weeks (saddest thing of my life) I will be able to drive. BUT! Back to the story. So the zone leaders took us to the tire repair place where it took like an hour to get all that sorted out. After that, we went for lunch. Eventually we FINALLY got to go to the area and teach some lessons. It was a good day, Crazy, but good.
Wednesday 1 March: THE FLOOD. So Wednesday morning, Sister Jili and I wake up and there is WATER up to our ANKLES all over the floor. So that was cool. Our water wasn't working for a little bit, and someone turned a tap on without remembering to turn it off. The water turned on somewhere around 1 in the morning and just started filling our house. So from about 6 to 9 in the morning, we were scooping water out of our house. Then, we had to work on fixing all of the things that were water damaged on our floor. We had a TON of stuff on the floor since I was working on unpacking. EVERYTHING IS OKAY, THOUGH! Nothing got damaged beyond repair, which was awesome! We also had to do our laundry, though, because we didn't want our clothes to smell. There is no washing machine in this house, so Sister Jili and I were handwashing. It is actually super fun and easy so #yaas We didn't get to leave the house until like 1 and then we had to help the other sisters move out of our house where they were just staying temporarily, so I didn't really get to see very much of the area.
Thursday 2 March: Weekly Planning! It was a little hard to weekly plan because our area books had gotten wet from the flood, and they are still not yet dry. We did, though, and then we went to the area for a full day! We also ate FRIES for lunch, so that matched our theme of "F" for the week. Farewells, flat tire, flood, fries. We also had a lot of fall through appointments on Thursday, which happens every so often. Sister Jili was given permission from President to learn how to drive a manual better, though, so on Thursday night we spent some time with the zone leaders while Elder Brooks was teaching Sister Jili how to drive the manual. It was fun and she did a really good job! I also learned a ton, but I didn't get behind the wheel...YET!
Friday 3 March: This was like a totally normal day full of lessons, which was a huge relief. I was missing normality in my life!
Saturday 4 March: I got to see RETREAT aka the most beautiful place I have ever been in my whole life. Retreat are villages up in the mountains of Bindura. We just drove/hiked to people living in hut type things. It is a really open area with not a lot of houses, which is cool. I will attach pictures.
Sunday 5 March: First Sunday in the branch was SOO GOOD!! We had some investigators come to church, which was good. I also ran my face into the gate of our house, which was not so much fun. I seriously just ran right into this hard part of the gate with my eye. Life is hard when you aren't coordinated. On Sunday night, Elder Brooks tested me on the manual. I DID SO GOOD! I did not even kill the engine once. I just need to be certified by Elder Carrell and then I will be good to drive around Bindura! I still need a little practice, but I am not terrible!
Life is good as usual, guys. I love Sister Jili so much. She is from South Africa! She goes home, like I said before, at the end of this transfer. I have never connected with someone as fast as I have connected with Sister Jili! She is my best friend. I feel so blessed that President chose ME to be her last companion. Heavenly Father truly has a plan for each of us.
I love Bindura! It is super small town, which is awesome! Mountains everywhere, super green, kind people. I will send pictures for sure. Our house is nice! It is big for just the two of us, but we are enjoying. I am back to bucket bathing! No washing machine, like I said, which is gonna be a fun time haha.
I am so disorganized still in my brain today, but I am happy! Sorry this group email was a hot mess, but I hope you enjoy!
I want to testify to you that the gospel is real. Heavenly Father is real and He KNOWS what is best for each one of us. The moment we put our will and our life into His hands is when we become happy. I can handle any change that is thrown at me now because of that. I hope it will be something that all of you will get to experience.
Ndino kuda! Have a great week!
Sister Lewis
P.S. Sister Jili speaks like FLUENT Shona, so I am learning so much from her!
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