Skip to main content

Week 16. God protects his missionaries.


Well the mission got locked down last Monday so that was interesting. The gas prices went up to nearly 4 dollars a liter and all the store prices went crazy high as well. The people don't have money to afford that, so they decided to do a planned riot and loot. 

There were some people killed in some areas, so it was a bad thing but in all the main mission areas it was a peaceful riot. In Masvingo there was actually no looting or riots and we could have still gone to work and been fine, the thing I think is funny is the people always complain that nothing ever happens in Masvingo. So, when riots and protests happen, when the country falls into chaos, still nothing happens is Masvingo. The Zone leaders drove us to the store on the day of the riots and we did shopping in street clothes and the lines were actually shorter than usual so it was peaceful in our area.

But in Bulawayo it was a lot worse there was looting and Elder Cottrell who just transferred here yesterday said that at his house they went outside, still locked in their gate and would talk people and ask them what they were doing as they were walking by and they would be holding stuff and they would say were looting. it was all casual. But the missionaries would ask What would Jesus Do? and they would walk away. 

Don't get me wrong lots of bad stuff did happen, but this just shows that God Protects his missionaries. 



But we did get zone conference this week as well so that was nice, we just had to drive to Bulawayo so a 4 hour ride in a combey. paka hepa. So this transfer cycle we will have two zone conferences. 

We also had transfers and my new companion is Elder October and the first thing he said to me was Wow it's a white me! so this should be interesting.



SOTW is Mosiah 15

have a great week

Elder Williams

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Week 8. Put your shoulder to the wheel.

This week was another good week. Some interesting things were, we had zone conference this week, so that was fun. Nobody told me that I was going on exchanges with the Zone leader Elder Black so one morning he came out and said you ready for comp. study? And we ended up going on exchanges that day.  Last week when we were in Bulawayo, we were driving to the mission office at night and we saw five drunk guys trying to push a 30ft. bus down the road with cigarettes in their hands. We had 8 missionaries in the van, so we got out and helped push, we ended up pushing it about a quarter mile or more down the road. And Elder Riggs was following us in the van blasting put your shoulder to the wheel. So that was fun, hot, and sweaty.  This week the seventh day Adventists have been determined to teach us and convert us to the sabbath on Saturday. And the first time we met one who started whipping out bible verses and he even had me thinking that we were wrong, but...
Post a Comment
Read more

Week 12. First Mission Christmas!

I am out of time this week sorry, but the highlight was I got to talk to my family. Everyone is in Kamusha now, so the work was a little slow, and the sun was insanely hot this week so that was not great. We also have no food and no money because of the allotment period so we are starting the new year off strong! SOTW is 3 Nephi 15  Sorry about the short email! Elder Williams Update from Elder Williams Family: It was so fun to get the opportunity to talk with our amazing missionary! We started the morning off a little worried that we would not be able to talk with him because the Elder's were running about an hour and a half late in talking with their families. But we got our hour to talk to him! Elder Williams started off with trying to teach us the Shona that he has been learning. He told us all about his haircut he had a few days earlier. He seemed to still be in quite a bit of shock that his hair was that short. He told us that he is living in a house w...
Post a Comment
Read more

Weeks 14 and 15. Protests in Zimbabwe

Dear Parents:  We wanted to let you know that your son/daughter will not be emailing today.  Zimbabwe is having economic problems that have escalated this weekend to the point of people initiating protests in major cities.  These protests are against rising fuel costs that went into effect Sunday.  President Okot felt it would be safer to have all missionaries stay in their flat today to avoid any confrontation.  As far as we can tell, this may be a one-day protest.  If things look better tomorrow, they will be allowed to use Tuesday as their P-Day and they will email you then.  Please do not worry!!  Pres. Okot is taking every precaution to keep the missionaries safe.  This is our number one concern.  The Zone Leaders are in contact with each companionship and will report any concerns.  The people of Zimbabwe are a peaceful people, and are only protesting to let the government know that they cannot continue to raise t...
Post a Comment
Read more