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Week 9. Transfer week.


Well this week was transfers and Elder Black is now going to Bulawayo to be an AP and Elder Rasmussen is going to Gweru to be a zone leader. The rest all stays the same. 



This week it rained a lot and that kinda slowed the work down a bit. Which is not good. Elder Anderson oversees the Africa Southeast section and he said each companionship should baptize twice a month. We are white washing and creating new areas in a new zone. So, we have nothing to build off of. And the missionaries that used to be here were not great and ruined the trust with the members, then my trainer has only been out for 3 months, so he is also still learning. Plus, it is my first transfer in the field, so I have no idea what I am doing. So needless to say, it has been an interesting transfer. 



Also, I should be coming to Zimbabwe this week now. I was reassigned to Farmington New Mexico when I was in the MTC but I flew out to Africa instead. So, this should have been my travel week to get here.



So not much happened this week and my mind went blank on everything else so the SOTW is Alma 37

Have a great week

-Elder Williams

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