What is good everyone?? It sounds like everyone is doing
great and that everyone is on wait cause of #babywatch2k17. Corey and Heidi,
hope you guys travel safe this coming week and that everything goes great with
Baby Rue! Beez, you da best! I hope work and everything else runs smoothly
these next couple weeks! I cannot wait to see all the new baby pics!
So, this week was a different one but a good one for
the boys down here in the land of Liberty. Elder Bindanda left the on Saturday
to spend his last weekend with the other missionaries that are leaving in
Maputo. So, it was a week full of goodbyes and good times. On
Monday night, we had a Family Night at Brother Jopela's with his wife and kids
and let’s just say that we ate pretty well. We had xima and rice with meat
made with a sauce that they make out of peanuts. And on top of that we had
banana cake and a pie that was just whip cream with crumble crackers on top, but it was super good! It was so good and so much that I was feeling it
until the next day that when we were coming back from the city on Tuesday,
right as we got to the house I started throwing up hahaha. So, Tuesday, I
stayed in all day with stomach problems that luckily passed that night so no
worries ya boy is all good now! Wednesday, I had a division with Elder Ribeiro
and it was super weird walking with an old comp and thinking how fast time has
gone. Thursday night got lit! We had a huge Family Night to say goodbye to
Elder Bindanda, at Sister Sara, Jessica and John's house. We had a super good
turn out and a had a really fun night. The Liberdade Ward isn't the biggest
ward but what is so great is that everyone is really close with one another so
when one family or member is going through something the ward members are there
to help them out. We have been having a lot of success in strengthening lots of
members through these family nights that we are having with lots of
participation from the members! Also, we are having lots of success with
integrating the investigators that we have been finding so S/O to family
nights/Family Home Evening! I super impressed with how the members here have
embraced this council that we have received to hold Family Home Evenings weekly
to strengthen our families.
With Elder Bindanda leaving.. yes I will be
receiving a new companion. And after many guesses and speculations, I got a
call from the secretaries Saturday night and got it confirmed that I will be
serving with Elder Barros! Elder Barros is from Alagoas, Brazil! So, he will be
my 4th Brazilian companion. I am super excited to work and serve with him it is
going to be a great couple of transfers! Also, I am super lucky for the chance
that I had to serve with Elder Bindanda! Never have I ever met a missionary
that wanted to testify more about our Savior, Jesus Christ. He was a really big
example of one of the biggest blessing that we as missionaries have, of being
special witness of Jesus Christ in everything that we do so I am extremely
grateful for this past 6 weeks that I have had to serve with him.
I hope that everyone has such a great/safe week! I
miss you all and I am so grateful for the love, support and prayers that you
guys are sending my way!
Love,
Elder Chipman
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| Family at Brother Jopela's |
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| Family Night, part 2 xtra lit at Sister Sara's |
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| B-e-a-utiful |
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| Jasmine was super entertained by trying to braid my hair. |
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| Last District Lunch |
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| Jorge and Elsa the dopest. |
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| Bye Bye Elder Bindanda |
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