Because so much happened this week, I'll try summing up the highlights in point form.
-Johnveck
was interviewed for baptism yesterday. He passed with flying colours.
The Zone Leaders got lost trying to find the arranged meeting spot we
had for the interview, so we had to find them and navigate their back
fat truck through the (barely even) backroads of Ibex. It was quite an
experience.
-Zone Leaders were also hungry after interviews, so they mooched our food at our flat. Thanks guys! /s
-The
Sisters in our branch had two people for me to interview as well. Both
are worthy, so we're having 3 people getting baptized in our ward this
Sunday.
-Speaking of wards, we were formally
organized into a ward yesterday, the first in the whole stake. The
Bishopric is much of the same, except the Second Councillor President
Mwamba was released and Brother Milambo was called in his place.
-Robson received the Melchezidek and is now the Elders' Quorum Secretary!
-We
had a co-ordination meeting with Bishop Selwa last week to talk about
some things we felt the Ward needed help with. Bishop Selwa had came up
with the same concerns on his own, and we had a wonderful meeting with
him that was full of unity in how we could improve the ward. Sister
Selwa would not let us leave without being fed, so we ate well.
-Speaking
about Bishop Selwa, his twin daughters got mission calls. They will be
going separate ways. One is going to be in Auckland, New Zealand while
the other will be in Birmingham, England. They are leaving this June.
-Taught
Natasha (Kesha's friend and neighbor) a couple times this week. She was
going to be leaving for the Copperbelt this last week which concerned
us as we feared this might delay her baptism. In our second lesson this
week, she decided to postpone that trip until AFTER she's been baptized
and confirmed! Sweet! She also tells us that she's seeing a change in
her life because of the gospel.
-Similar story
with Brother Milambo's neice Fatima. She wanted to be baptized in
October. We comitted her to pray about being baptized sooner, and in the
following lesson she said she wanted to be baptized in April! She was
at church yesterday. Sisters were very welcoming to her.
-Taught
Sharon the Restoration. Sharon is a sister to a convert named Cleophas.
She has progressed well, but hasn't come to church. She seems to be
feeling the spirit though. Going to be committing her to baptism soon.
-Freaking out that March is already over. In April I'll have 7 (!) months left on mission. It's scaring me.
-We
began teaching a new investigator named Christo. His mother formerly
investigated in the church many years ago. He had vague memories of
being taught the gospel when he was young. He's bounced from different
faiths seeking after the truth. He's been a Catholic, Muslim, and now
he's a devout Seventh Day Adventist, but he's open to our message. He's
very intelligent and friendly.
-Met a member
who returned from South Africa after living there for some years. He's a
hotel manager and he's related to one of the late Presidents here in
Zambia. He was shocked to find that missionaries in Zambia don't have
Cars, Bikes, nice phones and members that feed them every night. Invited
us to visit him some time. Stays in our area, so it's cool. Going to be
spoiled like nothing if we visit him, that's for sure.
I've
probably missed some things here and there, but that was basically our
week! Sorry it was pretty general, but I hope you enjoyed.
Elder Massey
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