Hey fam!
Another great week here in Kitwe.
We started the week with some great lessons. We went out to the far end of our area after receiving a lot of referrals out there. On Wednesday, we went out there with one of our members who just got back from his mission in Ghana about a month ago. We saw this great woman we are teaching and preparing for baptism on Christmas eve.
We also had a man names Big Sam come to church for the first time this week. We met him a few weeks ago and have been teaching him. He's a great guy who has overcome a lot in his life. He was orphaned young and never finished school and so he struggles reading but he developed a passion for weight lifting and now owns his own gym and trains people. Such a great story of his grit and determination to overcome challenges and follow his dream to become self-reliant. Plus, he's pretty buff except I wrecked him in a pull up competition...still got it. We're hoping to put him on date for baptism this week.
Then on Thursday we had our zone conference/mission tour with Elder Hamilton who presides over the Africa southeast area. He was awesome and lead a very powerful and personal discussion on testimony versus conversion based on a talk by Elder Bednar. I also got to sit in a leadership training council with him before the conference and got some good guidance on how to best lead in my current assignment.
Then Friday, we had our zone Christmas party which was a blast like last year. Unfortunately, Elder Robins and I fell short in the companionship competitions but I did win the Santa decorating contest and got a sweet nerf gun in the white elephant gift exchange that has been used extensively around our house. At the end of the party, the Kupus took the whole zone out to Pizza Hut and we stuffed our faces like crazy.
Merry Christmas
Elder lusk
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