Once upon a time I am companions with an awesome sister missionary from
South Africa. Her name is Sister Fokoto. She hates frogs. A lot. Yesterday
morning as we were walking into church, Sister Fokoto screamed at the top of her
lungs and teleported across the church's lawn (ok maybe not but she ran fast
enough to call it that). I ran over to her to see what was wrong. Guess what was
wrong... yup. She'd seen a frog. I about died laughing. I've never seen anyone
run so fast! I love my companion.
Well this week was pretty much the same as all the other weeks. We did
missionary work, we did some service, we met some crazy people, we laughed, we
sang, we did it again the next day. Life is good.
Sadly nobody came to church again yesterday so we are going to have to move
some people's baptism dates back again. Its frustrating but not discouraging. We
are just going to keep on going! This is only guessing but I think they might
close our area at the end of next month. There are a few sisters going home and
they don't have enough new ones coming in to replace them all so one area has to
close. I'm pretty sure it will be this one. It just hasn't made much progress so I
bet they will put it on hold till they have enough missionaries to fill in the
spaces. But I suppose only time will tell for sure.
One great thing that happened this week was the fireside we put on
yesterday for the members. It was awesome. We had one of the Elders talk about
member missionary work, a couple members bore testimonies, and then we role
played! We had members come to the front, we gave them a scenario, and then they
had to figure out how to use that scenario to share the gospel. It was a lot of
fun but I think they learned a lot too. Hopefully it will help the members get
excited about missionary work!
Another great thing about the week was Hellen. She is 19 yr old girl that
just got baptized about a month ago. She's been coming around teaching with us
and she is powerful! She seems like she's been a member her whole life! Its been
awesome having her with us. She wants to go on mission as soon as she
can.
Well thats really about it for this week. Sorry I haven't had much to say
these past few weeks! I've been here for so long the time and the days seem like
they are all running together. But its all good. I'm actually going to be really
sad if they move me out of this area. I like Lusaka a lot. But I'll go where the
lord wants me to go!
I love you so much! Have a good week!
Love, Sister Gehring
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