Pictures help me remember things I don't ever want to forget. The emotional moments of this wild ride will undoubtedly fade with time, because our memories are like that, but here are a few photos we want to save, to remind us of our first 7 weeks in the ZHM...
Delivering missionaries and meeting the rest of ours in the far away areas of our mission,
with President white-knuckling it in heavy traffic, driving on the other side of the road.
The rest of us were smiling, he was not.
It's a big responsibility with precious cargo in the backseat!
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| Finding the mountains of Mutare. |
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| Welcoming Sister Povanhu from Namibia, our first senior missionary to serve since the pandemic. |
She is serving in our office, and loves learning how to use a computer.
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| Meeting with the exceptional mission leaders via zoom, creating a vision for our mission. |
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Much needed social media training and creating our private mission page.
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| Learning from experts in the Church History Department, Matt Heiss and Anne Berryhill, about the possibility of recording the oral histories and faith journeys of our missionaries. |
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I'm in a fight with my oven most days.
I had to take a picture of the only time it worked. Oven-4, Sister Judd-1. |
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| Marveling at the native women. Yes, that's a propane tank on her head and a baby on her back. |
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| Monday morning office staff meetings, with the Selcho's attending, 2am Utah time! |
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| Sister Ncube and Sister Massimini hanging our mission flag that every missionary signed. |
Trying to replicate home recipes with a few substitutions...
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| An occasional 'dinner for two'. |
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| Our first test package from home! Thank you Julie and Mom! |
Our favorite moments of the day.
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| We've never been so cold! |
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Our incredible assistants we couldn't live without!
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| We love Sunday night devotionals. |
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| Lots of cleaning and organizing is right up my alley. |
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| We love Mondays, because the missionaries often come to the office on p-day. |
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| A first for both of us! #whitemanhair |
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| Sacrament meetings in our home with small groups of missionaries. |
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| Watching Elder Ethan Judd's airport homecoming via zoom! |
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| Sunsets in our backyard feel like dessert for the day. |
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| I'm surprised that I'm getting much more confident in driving. No worries about getting a ticket here! |
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| P-day walks near the mission home. |
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| We pass this reminder every day. It may be just for us! |
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| Gary and the stake presidents met with BYU Pathway leaders from Utah. |
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| Spending a couple of days with Elder and Sister Dube. He is just as delightful as you'd imagine. |
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| I'm learning to be grateful for clean water. |
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| Mask mandate. Covid is ramping up here and we are working to get all of our missionaries vaccinated. |
And it felt good to set up Gary's mission office with a few favorites from home.
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| Potholes for days. |
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| Beautiful flowers outside the mission home. |
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| I love zoom calls with my STL's. |
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| The temple construction site. |
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| Watching and listening to sisters use the area book. |
We are learning so much about the work, and about ourselves. One of the hardest parts is not being able to meet the members yet, or attend our missionary baptisms because of Covid restrictions.
We are recognizing how much the Lord is communicating with us, not because we are good, but because HE is good, and he LOVES his missionaries.
We miss our family, but we have faith in them and are grateful they are willing to sacrifice and serve with us. This is their mission too, and we pray daily that our share of blessings will be redirected and showered upon their heads, every day of every week of every year.
My favorite lines,"We miss our family, but we have faith in them and are grateful they are willing to sacrifice and serve with us. This is their mission too, and we pray daily that our share of blessings will be redirected and showered upon their heads, every day of every week of every year. "
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