Sunday, June 25th, we had a wonderful Sabbath day. The young women sang "Amazing Grace" acapella during the Sacrament meeting. The Spirit was tangible! Bruce was just weeping it was so beautiful. Then Sister Whitlock, Elder & Sister King bore their testimonies and spoke since it was their last Sunday in Zimbabwe. Sandy Whitlock served in the office as the financial secretary. The Kings did "fleets and flats". All three were amazing and added their talents and testimonies to our mission. I've been putting together a slide show with photos and goodbye videos for a farewell dinner party for all the senior missionaries at Judd's mission home this Thursday. They all go home to American Fork on Friday after serving so well in Harare, Zimbabwe. They will be missed!We had an amazing opportunity to go teach the first lesson on the Restoration of the gospel to a painter named Cephas, who works on the temple site. He wanted us to come to teach him and his "wife" the gospel. Cephas and Fortunate have 3 children and live in Eastview, about 30 minutes from our apartment. We met Cephas in a hustling and bustling old towne city shopping district. A nice man asked us what we needed when we looked lost. He offered to call Cephas since our network phone didn't go through. We then handed out the rest of our case of Books of Mormon to the crowd while waiting for Cephas to arrive. We felt bad we ran out because many more people came up and wanted one.
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Cephas arrived and showed us where he lived. We picked up his wife, Fortunate, along the way, who was having the kid's hair braided at a "salon". It was wonderful to meet this earnest couple seeking the gospel of Jesus Christ. They brought us into a very small brick room with a table and 4 chairs. We taught them about prophets, the apostasy, and restoration through Joseph Smith. They even took notes! We showed them a video clip on my laptop of the First Vision. They were so attentive and said they would pray and read the Book of Mormon. We taught them how to pray and ask God to know if what we taught was true. Only God through the Holy Ghost can manifest the truth to them. We had Fortunate read the Book of Mormon promise, Moroni 10:4. They committed to come to church next week, which happens to be Idah's baptism and same ward. We will be so excited to have them come and also introduce them to the Elders in their area. Cephas told us how he felt a special spirit and sacredness on the temple tour we gave the painters a few weeks ago. He came up to Bruce last week and asked for a personal visit. We love being missionaries to such prepared and receptive humble people.
We had a wonderful Sabbath Day. It was Sister Judd's birthday! She is an amazing mission leader, so full of love for all her missionaries and her firm testimony just shines. We are so grateful to have the Judd's be our leaders!
Sister Treese and Otenda, Highland Sister Missionaries. I loved the matching African dresses they had made, which shows unity in their companionship! 2023.06.25
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