Ah! Ah! Ah! This week was powerful.
Our best finding idea has been tracting, surprisingly. Every investigator that came to church Sunday were people we went and knocked on their gates and shared a message with them in their homes.
There are also many funny times in the area because Sister Smith is just as blonde as me so sometimes we end up walking around in circles. "Everything just looks the same to me!" "Me too!" Hahaha.
Investigators:
Hloymai (Ndebele name) has come to church the past two Sundays! We found him by contacting him on the street and I am so happy he is progressing although he does not speak much English. He is a powerful YSA.
Nomatter and Syprian are also great. Nomatter just moved to Gweru after a separation from her husband and is trying to do her best taking care of her two children. Syprian is her little brother who is a character.
Shingie is a funny kid who doesn't want to get baptized because he thinks he won't be able to be a rapper anymore. We realize there is a different underlying concern of which we are trying to discern. We asked him what was most important to him in life and he mentioned it was his family, I hope the Plan of Salvation can touch his heart deeply.
Fortunate is getting baptized this Saturday and she is even sacrificing to miss a wedding just to be baptized. She has been coming to church for a lonngggg time, her boyfriend is a member but she only wanted to learn the gospel from missionaries when she was sure this was the true church.
I was reading a talk about regrets. The 3 biggest regrets in life when someone is coming towards parting mortal life is:
1) Not living up to their potential. becoming who Heavenly Father really wants them to be.
2) Not spending enough time with their loved ones
3) Waiting to be happy, not finding joy in every circumstance.
Choose one thing and work on it so we can truly become all that we are destined to be! Men are that they might have joy! This mortal life is a much shorter season in the grand scheme of things than we think, yet the choices we make determine our destiny. "Let us choose the harder right than the easier wrong." -Thomas S. Monson.
Enjoy the sun, go swimming and eat drink a slurpee from 7/11.
I love you all! Miss you as well.
Pictures:
On Thursday we were picking up a member Fadzai for a lesson but I briefly mentioned how tomorrow would be my one year! To my surprise, her sister Patricia baked me this very beautiful and delicious cake for my "1st" on mission. Totally a kind act! :)
We went to the Zimbabwe Military Museum this morning! Learned a lot.
Love,
Sister Beckstead
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