A Zim Christmas

This week was something else.  

Started off like any other normal week.  Taught the Restoration lesson like 87 times. Exaggeration obviously but still, its like muscle memory teaching that lesson now hahaha.  One of the nights we had dinner at Bishop Hanyanga's house (the bishop of the Mufakose Ward) and it was soooo good.  Rice, potatoes, chicken, coke, strawberry ice-cream.  It was refreshing to have somewhat of an American dish.  It has been nice that these people like chicken so much because I have had it a lot! So the week started to get kind of weird during the Marimba Ward Christmas party.  This thing starts off normal with a Christmas video and then some plays that the youth put on.  I didn't understand anything because it was all in Shona haha.  But then we started playing some games... The first was this challenge where a team of 5 people had to get an apple from one table to the next.  But the only way they could hold it or pass it was by pinching it between their chin and the top of their chest. So when two people were passing it it straight up looked like they were about to procreate.  And everyone in the ward was just laughing and clapping and even the bishopric was getting a kick out of it! Elder till and I were sitting in the corner rethinking the gospel hahaha.  So after this game died down the bishopric rolls in these masssssive speakers and started bumping music and the kids played musical chairs. Then after the game ended everyone just gets up and starts dancing in the middle of the gym! It was the craziest thing ever.  My companion and I were just laughing and then he turns to me and is like, "Freaking Africans!" hahahahahaa I was dead.  And then we got to eat another amazing meal and we got the heck out of that place.  Weirdest Christmas party I have ever been to. But memorable.Sidenote, The man next to me in the internet cafe has to at least be 45 and he's playing Justin Bieber super loud through his headphones.  He's surprisingly popular here.Back to business.So the next day we were at a members house in the area and we got a call from the APs and they told us that we were getting a car!! So they dropped it off for us and wow it has made things so much easier! Plus we have been able to stay out late and have more lessons because the kombis start to stop going at around 8 but now we can stay out til 9-930.  Super nice.  this happened on the night of Christmas Eve! Super cool present.  And then later that night we picked up the other elders in our district and also one of the ward missionaries and we headed back to our house and we made sadza, crocodile meat, and karpenta (google it).  I will attach pictures. But this meal was amazing.  Crocodile is like a mix of chicken and fish and it is actually super good!  and the karpenta was also very good!  Sadza like always is just amazing too.  Really good Christmas Eve dinner. So sadly our car is currently out of commission.  Yesterday, after we skyped our families, it started to rain..... And oh my goodness.... The sky bowels of Poseidon straight up dropped like 35 inches of rain.  Again an exaggeration but it was honestly the most I have ever seen.  It was crazzzy. And the rain was super thick and dense. Like right as we went outside we were soaked! It was amazing! And the thunder and lightening was also just raging!  So we intelligently decided to drive home.  The roads were seriously turning into rivers! I tried to take pictures but i couldn't haha. But our car broke down when we were almost to our neighborhood.  So the ZLs came to look at it and we ended up pushing it home! haha on Christmas night!!! insane. When we finally got home at 11:30 I made myself a phat plate of eggs and toast. it was fantastic. Then I go to bed to find a freaking toad roach just sitting between our beds.  This guy was oatmeal thick! I sweat at lest two inches long and at least half an inch off the ground.  My comp and I were like what the heck and just stared at it until it waddled under my bed.  Of course it would go under mine hahaha. Skyping the family was so nice.  I loved talking to you guys and glad we got to talk for like 2 hours. It was strange to see snow in the background because its sunny or raining here.  I wont see snow for two years... haha. So we contacted this one guy this week and told him merry christmas.  and he was like wait, you mormons celebrate christmas. And we said yes.  And he just goes off about how Christ wasn't born on December 25th.  And we were like dude we know. We don't believe that. He was born in April.  And he's like no, the bible says it was during the rainy season and that is in October. And I'm like dude, was Christ born in Zimbabwe?  The rainy season is different in Jerusalem and Zimbabwe. And hes like why are we arguing about seasons now!? And we're like youre the one that brought it up!!! hahahaha and then he just mumbled and tried to defend himself it was pretty funny.  Its surprisingly how many people don't celebrate Christmas because they think its a sin, or a pagan holiday or something weird like that.  But the people that do celebrate Christmas play dance music super loud and throw parties and shoot of fireworks haha. Very different that America. I don't know if I said this in past emails but the people here, no matter how poor, always have super nice sound systems and TVs hahahaCouple of funny things this week.-One night I was talking my shoes off and a freaking lizard fell from the ceiling, slaps my hand, rolls down my leg and hits the floor, and then walks under our curtains like nothing happened... I just sat there and started dying laughing!  What are the odds of that happening?!?! hahaha.-In of the kombis the guy started playing country music! haha what the heck.  This guy turned on the song where its like, "gimme the beat boys and free my soul" or something like that and I was so confused how he knew that song haha I found out a couple people here really like country. weird.-Kenias, the ward missionary that cooked the crocodile for us, was talking to me about the music here and I was like okay dude, you need to make me a list of all the dope songs that they listen to here.  And he's like "...I can make that happen"  haha love it.  He said the most popular guy here is called Winky D. Look him up. His music is cool. -The other day this kombi stopped to pick us up and as we were getting in this other man ran up and was like "no no no no no eldas eldas! Come with me!" hahaha so we kinda just stood there and then like 4 other men came up all tell us to come with them in their kombis and we had no idea what to do and then they all started yelling at each other and a fight almost started and we just started laughing and then slowly walked away.  So yeah I guess having two white kids in a kombi gives them some kind of prestige or something -Also, everyone knows the song Hello by Adele and they ask us about it sometimes. Weird.-I saw a cage full of live chickens for sale and the sign on the front said $6.00 each.... 6 bucks for a freaking chicken. Crazy. Its funny how somethings are crazy cheap here but expensive back home and vise versa Anyways, all jokes aside. I am continuing to love this place and all the weird and funny things about living here and the culture and the people.  I love talking to these guys because their so nice and loving and humble.  America could learn a thing or two from these people.  I love this gospel and the opportunity I have to come here and serve and invite people to experience the endless, pure happiness this gospel offers.  Its cool to actually see a difference in the eyes of the members and non-members.  You can just tell that the members are so so happy and humble and the others are sometimes the same way but they don't have this light behind their eyes. Can't wait to see this change in some of my stubborn investigators.  Diligently waiting for my first baptism.  Stay tuned for next week. Love you all and you all continue to stay in my prayers.  Stay steady grindin.  Much love. -Elda Andason (this is how everyone says it)

Now some pictures.

Christmas Eve Breakfast prepared by my companion (being from Austria he celebrates on the 24th.  He argues that the song Silent Night (which was of course written by an Austrian) talks about the night and not the day. So they celebrate the Eve.  

Christmas Eve dinner prep.  Croc meat to the left, and then the pot to the right is the karpenta fish. 

Finished product. Sadza with Chakilaka sauce at the top, crocodile at the bottom left, and karpenta fish at the bottom right. SOOOO GOOD.

Now some pictures of the Area. 

yes. there is trash everywhere 

No.  i dont know the man in this picture, he was waiting at the bus stop right there. on the corner. 
 

Tried to show how much it rained after we skyped. 

I keep forgetting to take more pictures of the city and my area but next week I will send more.

Talking on Christmas Day!

Fun Skyping with "Elda Andason" :)
What we learned:

• Everyone, no matter how poor, has a nice sound system and a TV
• What people do for work - mostly work in shops, drive Kombis or open their own stand selling something
• Grandma = GoGo
• Shona is the main language besides English
• Getting money from ATM's is very difficult because the lines start to form early each day, they are very long, and the ATM's run out of money
• Doing laundry in a bucket takes about 2 hours
• Most Missionaries from Zim are sent outside of the country
• Christmas celebrations include a lot of loud music, dancing and fireworks
• Crocodile tastes like a mix of chicken and fish
• People don't iron clothes (mom had to ask)
• October is the beginning of the rainy season
• Winky D is the most famous singer/ pop star
• There are 7 missionaries from Idaho in the Harare mission right now

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Meet Kenyias = Ward Mission Leader

The Second Email from Zimbabwe written by Elder Anderson to the people of America.

Another good week in Zim!!!

I tried to make the title of this email like the title of some of the books in the bible. Like CORINTHIANS, the

second epistle of the apostle James to the people of Corinth. or something like that lol.  Sorry i can tell my sense of humor is lacking this week. 

A lot happened this week but I forgot to bring my notes with me so I might be choppy with this email.  Bear with me.

So on Tuesday we had our first district meeting and our district leader made me be the chorister hahhahaa and when they lead music here, the chorister has to lead and sing the first line of the song solo, and then everyone joins in.... so that was rough.  I feel bad for my district for having to hear that.  Its hilarious at sacrament meeting because bless her heart, the ward chorister is quite tone def.  Surprisingly a lot of the people are hahahaha oh well.

Sadly on the same day we figured out one of the investigators we had previously given a baptismal date, is no longer interested and still doesn't get why there's only one true church.  Our efforts didn't convince her so we had to drop her.  We dropped a lot of investigators this week because the people are too friendly and they always accept invitations and commitments even when they have absolutely no intent to follow through with them.  So we are now slim in investigators we aren't going to meet our goal of 5 baptisms this month.  But next month our goal is 6! And its possible but it will take a lot of work. 

On Wednesday we had a Christmas devotional and then a gift exchange party thing with a couple of the zones in the mission.  During the devotional, my zone sang a couple songs and did really good!  And then the other zone got up and just did awful on their song and right as they finished, President Mkhabela stands up and is like "Wait! Stop!...." and we all turn in suspense.  And then after a long pause he looks at us and tells us to go up and help them out.  And then we all sang their song together and it sounded a lot better hahahaa. And then when we finished. President was like, "Yes that was much better" hahahaa he's hilarious. then after, at the gift exchange, I got a dope little chess set.  I'll attach a picture. 

On Thursday We had a lot planned and a lot of baptismal invitations to give and then only one of our lessons worked out. We planned for 6 lessons and 5 contacts and we ended up with 1 lesson and 21 contacts.... Weird turn of events. 

Then on Friday we got up, planned a lot for the day and then right as we got off the kombi in our area, our zone leaders called us and told us to come to the mission office so we could go to Mutare.  And no one told us about it until they called us.  So we scratched all our plans and then headed to the mission office and then took a three hour drive to Mutare.  When we got there, we spent the night and then 3 zones met at the stake center with President.  We then split up to contact for 3 hours! It was insane! there were so many missionaries and we just dominated this city.   The city was beautiful too! sadly I forgot my camera. But yes my companion and I contacted 60 people in 3 hours.  We were cookin.  And a contact is defined by someone we talk to and give a pamphlet and then invite to church.  So its not just saying hi to someone on the street.  So think about us two doing 60. and there were at least 50 missionaries also contacting the whole area.  Needless to say, we talked to a lot of people.  President Mkhabela had the idea for all of us to go there because the area was struggling and people had a bad idea about the church and no one was talking to the missionaries there.   So hopefully we influenced some change!  When we got back Saturday night, Elder Till and I collapsed and passed out.  Best sleep I've had in a while.

Sunday was awesome too! We had a new investigator come to church and we met a lot of members that wanted us to come for dinner and then some gave us referrals! Super good day! 

So I finally had sadza! like authentic Zimbabwean sadza!  We had it at the  Muchekwe family's house and it was one of the coolest nights ever.  These guys are members and they made us sadza with spinach and beans.  And it was amazing. We ate it with our hands too haha that was weird to get used to.  But yes sadza is very good.  And when we tried to make it before I left, it wasn't even close to how its actually made.  Africans do it right.  But after we ate I shared Romans 8:31 with the family and also my new favorite scripture 2 Nephi 7:8.  It was a very nice evening and It was so humbling to be with such a happy member family in their tiny 10ft by 10ft home.  And yes, their home was barely enough room for the bed.  But the parents lived there with their two little kids and were so happy and loving!  Really made me miss my family.  I also just felt so safe when we were in their home.  Kind of felt like I wasn't in the middle of such a poor and rundown neighborhood in a crumbling country.  Just felt at peace.  It was so cool! Also we learned that Brother Muchekwe is a professional rugby player! And has played on several teams in Africa.  Super dope.

We had a cool lesson today with a Seventh Day Adventist. hahaha they really like to focus on the books of Revelation and Daniel and he kept trying to prove us wrong and we slapped him in the face with scriptures in the bible that answered his questions.  We also taught him about the Book of Mormon and he seemed really interested in it. His name is Benjamin and his girlfriend is a member.  So we hope to baptize him this next month! If he keeps progressing. 

It so funny when we talk to drunk people because they always ask us to find them a scripture that says not to drink alcohol and we're always say that we don't need to show them a scripture for them to know that drinking isn't good for you. Or we ask if they think God would want them to drink. hahaha humbles them pretty freaking quick.  And when they ask about why Jesus drank wine, my companion is always like, "Ok but do you think Jesus was ever drunk? or taught his followers that getting drunk was okay?" and then that shuts them up quick. Super funny.  We were talking to this guy named Hugh about not drinking or smoking and the Word of Wisdom and then this other guy comes up from behind us and interrupts our discussion by mumbling about something and he had an empty beer bottle in his hand and a cigarette in his mouth and the most idiotic, dumbfounded and confused look on his face.  After he walked away and we all laughed at him, we turned to Hugh and said, "So do you wanna end up like that guy" hahhaha super funny.  Hugh is actually super interested in changing his life and coming to church.  We'll see if he's a straight or if he's a joker if he comes to church or not.

Here in Zim you are either Straight or Jing.  Straight is good, Jing is bad hahaha 

These people are so kind.  I love talking to new people because they always try to act tough and cool and then I smile and nod and they usually smile back and ask how I'm doing. 

There are a lot of different churches here.  I dont think there is a dominant religion.  Maybe Christian or Catholic idk.  but there are also some weird ones.  Like these people that dress in all white and go kneel in circles on farms and stuff. Interesting.  If only that had the restored gospel. 

Also I need to tell you guys about Brother Mupamba.  He is a recent convert and he's almost completely def.  But when he has his hearing aids we can communicate easily.  And he has a deep and powerful voice so when he walks in late to church and sits by us, he greets us very loudly and then everyone turns and looks at us hahahhaha its hilarious.  I wish you all could meet him because he's a really cool and funny guy.  Whenever he like makes fun of us or jokes about something he always gives us a firm handshake hahaha he's cool.  Last time we taught him about something after church and he was like, "Okay so guys i have no idea what they were talking about when we all raised out hands to sustain at sacrament meeting today.  They could've been voting to cut off someones head and I wouldve raised my hand hahahah I had no idea what they were saying" it was hilarious. I was dying.

So today we went to a zoo park thing where we got to drive around in the animal enclosures and we saw some massive lions up close and some monkeys, and zebras and stuff. It was pretty sick. I'll attach some pictures. 

Saw some pretty beefy spiders this week.  They always just chill above my bed.  Its hard to not freak out.  There was also a lizard in our room yesterday! It was so cool!

Its so weird that its almost christmas here because its hecka hot.  And when its not hot, its raining hahaha.   And it rained sooo much this week.  The crazy thing about the rain here is that it doesn't ever build up. Its like a switch turns on and then out of nowhere its just dumping rain everywhere.  Like almost flash flood status.  But yes christmas here is different because there is no such thing as santa claus.  But they still get gifts i think. If the parents can afford it. And people dont have room for trees in their houses to decorate and they cant afford a lot of decorations.  We have a blow up Santa thing in our house and then some santa hats tho. So its pretty festive.  Also, the shops play american christmas music hahaha and my companion and i sing hymns and carols at our flat.

Honestly the poverty is so sad.  The streets and buildings and houses are all falling apart.  Granted, there are nice areas of the cities and nice neighborhoods but we usually dont serve there.  But yeah, there is trash everywhhheerrrreee and the other day I saw kids playing in the mud and eating it. And the houses are so small and cramped and falling apart but the people are still so happy and friendly and still always give us a snack and a place to sit. So so so so humbling.  

Funny thing.  The fast food here is dope.  The only restaurants are called Chicken Inn, Chicken Slice, Pizza Inn, Pizza Slice, Bakery Inn, Bakery Slice.  hahaha the difference is that Slice are smaller restaurants than the Inns. But the chicken ones are the only ones we've been to and its better than KFC. Its amazing.  And cheap! There is also KFC's every once in a while but I have yet to go to one. 

I had a Mountain Dew today.  Its been a while and I was so happy when i drank it. 

We saw monkeys running through the streets yesterday hahaha just a normal thing here I guess. 

Oh my gosh I had a Jesus moment this week!  We were walking through the street and like 20 little kids came up and wanted to touch my hands and they kept saying "Hi how are you" or "Yes" or "murungu!!!" hahahaha  it was amazing. I was so happy after that.  It happened just after we had a lot of lessons fall through and not work out. Much needed moment.

Another funny moment with our hilarious ward mission leader.  He told us when he was learning english, he didn't understand slang at all and that his companion in the MTC met him and said "Whats up dawg!?" and he was super confused and was like "I just met you and you are already calling me a dog.  Why is that" hahahaha and then they explained it to him.

I'm getting mad tan lines on my neck and arms hahaha love it. 

We had dinner last night with a member of the bishopric and his family and their home was as small as the Muchekwe's home and I again felt that peace and happiness in the home of a member family.  I know the gospel blesses families because this is the same feeling I have whenever I'm with my family.  Miss you guys.  But two years is short haha. This family made us sloppy joes and i ate a lot haha super good.  They also warned us about the food here but so far I like it all a lot!  Can't wait for the tiny fish, the caterpillars or the termites! I just want to say that I tried it.  And redeem myself from the terribly picky eater i used to be.  Stay tuned.

This one elder that is about to leave came up to me the other day and was like "Elder Anderson, i have recieved revelation for you this fine day.  You will be an AP during this mission" So we'll see if that was legit or if he is a false prophet.

So many people here say they believe in the Bible and love it and learn from it but at the same time they think its okay to have all these different churches.  Then we show them Ephesians 4:5 (in the Bible that they believe in and learn from and love) which says "One Lord, one faith, one baptism"  and then they're like..... ohhhh.  hahaha so funny.

Wow this email was long. Oops.

Sorry I don't have any crazy conversion stories or powerful lessons or anything this week but hopefully next week!  We were super busy with the other missionaries and the activities and the events so we didn't have a lot of time to teach lessons and proselyte in our area.  Next week we have no distractions and a lot of lessons lined up.  Wish us luck!  I love you all and you still stay in my prayers.  I love this work and so much about the gospel just makes sense.  We truly have the fullness of the everlasting gospel and it is 100% true.  No doubt.  I can't wait to see the spirit teach people and watch them change as they're faith and testimonies grow.  I'm starting to really love the Book of Mormon.  Its so clear and correct and right.  Teaches a lot about what we need to know. I read it every day now. Well Stay tuned for next week.   Much love.  Stay steady grindin. The church is true. Cash out.  God Bless.

Enjoy the pictures Below.

        This is my companion Elder Till! and this was after the Christmas devo. My tie was on point with the hat. 

                                                             Chillin with my boy Mr. Claus.

                                      These are all the elders in my zone from Idaho hahahah crazy. 

                                                                  My magnetic chess set.

                                                       The lizard that was chillin in our room 

                                                                  Pictures from the Zoo

                                                   Possible album covers with our phat turtle

                               This is what I expected africa to look like but this is nothing like my area. 

First Week in Zim - Wow!

Oh My Goodness,,,

The biggest spiders I have ever seen in my life, live in my house.  On top of that, there are flies, termites, roaches, huge millipedes, mice, and even scorpions in our house.  I wake up every morning and get ready in a house that is slowly falling apart that has barely any appliances.  We have to filter even the "filtered" water.  My companion and I shove ourselves into kombi's every morning to get to town.  The streets smell like a mix of urine, feces, and BO.  Everyone stares at us and calls us "murungu" which means white man.  About half the people we try to talk to are drunk.  About half the people are fluent in English.  Its hard for people to understand my accent.  And we walk all day every day in the heat of this African Summer.......

but I LOVE THIS PLACE!!!

As sarcastic as this may sound, Zimbabwe is an amazing place.  Everything I said above is as true as the Book of Mormon.  But I love it here!!  Honestly this first week has been so crazy to just be thrown into the culture and everything but it has been so fun!  

So the last few days in the MTC were very boring but it was super hard saying bye to all my close friends. Also, the 15 hour flight from Atlanta to Johannesburg wasn't too pleasing.  But I finally ended up in Harare last Tuesday. I spent the night at the "transfer house" with a bunch of missionaries.  The next day we spent most of the time at the stake center in Highlands, Harare with President Mkhabela and his wife, at training meetings and interviews.  We finished the day at the Mkhabela home where Sister Mkhabela made us an amazing meal.  I don't know what half the stuff was but I piled my plate, finished it, and got seconds. I'm pretty sure Sister Mkhabela likes me now hahaha.   The Mkhabela's are so cool and funny! Love them. But then I met my companion and we went to our house so I could unpack.  So my companions name is Elder Till and he's from Austria....what... super cool.  He has been an awesome companion and has helped me adjust to this culture a lot.  He's also helped strengthen my testimony a lot.  And he has a dope accent.  But sometimes he doesn't know how to say english words and its pretty funny.  But he's been good!

So far the food here has been superb! A lot of chicken and sadza! All good things.  No caterpillars or termites yet. Stay tuned. 

So kombi's.  Kombi's are the notorious taxis of this country.  They are vans and cars that are literally beat to death and falling apart where they shove like 18 people into the vans and like 6 or 7 in the cars... Its insane.  But it's so funny to see how many people the conductor jams into to them!  I have a hard time fitting in them and my comp makes fun of me for it hahaha but its only 50 cents a person so its worth it I guess.  Also some of the drivers look out for us and wait for us so they can drive us.  They feel like they'll have more business if they have us in them. The cool thing about these kombi's are that some people will put subs in them and then play reggae music super loud and it sounds soooooo good.  Makes me miss my car.  And the music they play is super good.

So yeah everyone stares at us.  I guess I can't blame them because the white missionaries are literally the ONLY white people here.  And some of the kids have never seen a white man before.  And that's why they yell MURUNGU at us when we walk by.  Also, the kids know how to say "how are you!" and "I'm fine" hahaha so they say that to us a lot! Super funny. 

The money here is a mix of US dollars and "bond notes" but mostly USD.  But all the bills are super dirty and they have the nickname dirty dollars.  Like they're straight brown sometimes and you can feel the dirt on them.  It's bad but pretty funny.  I'll save a couple to bring home.

So the first day that I walked the streets as a missionary, the first lady we talked to was like, "So I need to you tell me something.  When is the end"  and then my companion went off about the second coming and answered her question.  Then the next guys we talked to were these two drunk friends.  I took one and my comp took the other.  Mine said that he used to be rich and play soccer professionally.  He then told me his name was Mr. Potato and after a long confusing conversation we gave them Word of Wisdom pamphlets.  And just before we left, Mr. Potato pointed at me and said "I like this one!    He looks like a soccer player" lol funny experience.  Talking to the drunk people is probably my favorite thing to do.

Another cool thing that happened when we were walking the streets.  This guy came up from behind us saying "Men of God! Men of God!"  so we stopped to talk and his name was Robert Farai and he wanted to know more about the Book of Mormon! So we taught him and answered his questions and he's excited to meet with us again. 

One of the recent converts is Brother Mupamba and he likes me a lot already just because I'm tall hahah but its a start.  And he's really cool.

So at church yesterday, I bore my testimony in two wards.  Marimba and Mufakose (these are the two areas we cover).  And it was really cool.  But I couldn't tell if the congregation understood me or not.  Still cool.  And I met both bishops and the mission leaders and a lot of other happy members.  The mission leader of Marimba is the funniest guy I've ever met.  His name is Peter Panya. (lol I wonder if his parents know who Peter Pan is)  Anyways he's really funny and at church,  the bishopric wasn't there so before the meeting he ran to us and was breathing hard and said, "The bishop is gone, his counselors are gone, the elders quorum president is gone, no high priests,  the teachers quorum president is going to conduct this meeting!" hahaahahhahah I laughed so hard.  Luckily the bishop finally showed up.  Then later we were talking to Peter about him finding a wife and he said he had some "progressing investigators" lol he's hilarious.

The poverty here is shocking.  I don't have time to describe all of it but it's sad.  Regardless, the people are still so so happy and are so friendly! It's so humbling to me.  And the country is so beautiful besides all the trash everywhere.  Palm trees and lots of green and blue skies.  Awesome. 

Sorry for the long email.  It's been two weeks since my last and I hope you all read this whole thing.  I want to finish with a dope scripture I read in the Book of Mormon.  2 Nephi 7:8.  I challenge you all to read it.  The coolest part is when it says "Who is mine adversary"  and just slaps the devil in the face.  Anyways.  I love this country and love the people and love the opportunity I have to serve here! I love all you guys and you all stay in my prayers. God bless from Harare.

-Elder Anderson

Elder Anderson Arrives in Zimbabwe - December 7, 2016

We would like to inform you that Elder Anderson has arrived safely in Harare, Zimbabwe. We will enjoy having him with us to share the gospel with the wonderful people of Zimbabwe.

We have attached a photo of Elder Anderson with President and Sister Mkhabela. Yesterday was spent at the mission office training with his companion. Today he will go to his assigned area to begin working.  Elder Anderson is assigned to one of the Zones in Harare. 

19 Dec 2016

Welcome to Zimbabwe!

December 7 brought 7 new Elders to the Zimbabwe Harare Mission. Welcome to Elders Richardson, Lamb, Anderson, Horton, Whittier, Tsotetsi, and Johnson