Yohhh what it do fam,
The subject title just be a whole vibe on its own. Since all us missionaries waiting for our MSF. We be eating air 🤣 nah jkjk.
This past week was a week LOL. We had exchanges with the STLs (Sister Training Leaders) on Monday and Tuesday. I stayed in my area, Kawama, with Sister Lewis while my companion went to the STLs area with Sister Wunganai. I guess we decided we were powerful that day because we took the Elders bikes and was in that Lord of the Rings, "WE RIDE," & "FRIKK IT, WE BALL" mode... YOHHHH no wonder why the Elders so easily agreed to us taking their bikes because when the uphill started uphill-ing, ya girl was fighting for her life. 🫡 Me and Sister Lewis was thuggin it out that whole day. The land here was all kinds of crazy. It ain't flat so all them big bumps and uneven terrain ain't for the weak. And when we took the Elders bikes after our District Council they said we had to bring it back to their flats and we were like, "yeah no problem, we gotchu." Mind you, I didn't know they lived ALL the way in Antarctica. So we biked like 40 minutes to their flat and had to walk back to our flat which was an hour away. 😬🤣 Twas a transfer WORKOUT day, but overall it was fun and I learned a lot. I'm always grateful for all exchanges I've had with any STL.
This week I learned a lot. I'm so grateful for my companion, Sister Bindanda, and to be training her. If anything I feel like I'm always the one getting trained by those who I'm supposed to be training. She's powerful. It was on Friday where we both were not in companionship unity with each other. This led to both of us kind of beating around the bush with each other and how we were truly feeling with one another. But on Sunday, we had a great heartfelt companionship council and she's taught me so much that I can improve on and even how I can help her. Mission truly has taught me a lot about unbecoming who I thought I was and how I am to becoming more like our Savior and how I should be. 💯🙏🏽❤️ This transfer was hard for both us expressing how we truly feel and communicating. If there's anything I've learned growing up, it's to never let feelings that make you not feel the presence of the spirit, linger. Now, me and my compa are Gucci, and even though it's the week of transfers, there's a different spirit and vibe in our companionship. We trust each other more, we both happy, and moreso determined to make this last week our absolute BEST in our area and the people we are teaching. 😊 Like my Grandma Logo said to me once, "It's now how you start, but how you finish."
All in all, the Savior truly is the best solution in any and every situation we can ever encounter. Let us always embrace Him and His gospel. Because none of us will ever be perfect, that's why we have His atonement. I loved what President Monson said about repentance, "One of God’s greatest gifts to us is the joy of trying again, for no failure ever need be final." As long as we keep trying our best... that's all that truly matters.
Love you all. Have a great week. Yeah fa.✌️
Sister Lewis (also from Utah) & m⁹e after we made it to the Elders flat.... ESKEDITTTT. Also their bike seats were high as heo because the Elders are way taller than us and we didn't think to adjust them at all till we got back to their flat. 🤣🤣🤣
Sister Bindanda and me be eating CHAPATI literally every day. This stuff is truly crackkkk 🤣🔥🔥🔥 We know the shop owner who owns the shop where they make these and all his brothers. We are teaching one of the brothers right now who knows are orders since we regulars now. Ayeeee
KITWE ZONE TINGZ 💪🏼
Nshima for days. This is their staple here like how us Polys always gotta have rice. 🤣
Dang so good to see your progress and the stories are amazing!! I feel like I'm there with you with your story telling. And when you get back you will have to make Nshima for me and aunty. We would love to try it!! Love you niece!! Keep on going and don't let anything stop you! You got this!
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Muli Shani Fam,
Long time, long time since I wrote to y'all last year. 🤣🤣🤣 Y'all I don't even remember when I last wrote, but AYEEE new year -> new me.
So long story short, I am now approaching 7 months on mission this month. YOHHH that went by fast. Mission has been LIFE-CHANGING in the most challenging, yet best way possible. 🙏🏽
My first two transfers I was in Libala Zone, third transfer in Ndola Zone, my fourth and fifth (the transfer I'm currently in) I've been in Kitwe Zone. I've mostly been in every zone that my mission has in Zambia, besides one and that's Lusaka Zone. My mission president says I'll be here in Kitwe for the next 3-4 transfers so ayeee eskedittt. I can't complain because this area I'm in, Kawama, has been my favorite. I love the people, the members, everything. Don't get me wrong, I still get called azungu and Chinese by everybody and they mama, sometimes people are rude, but the work continues and .... Haters inspire me 🤣 nah jkjk because somwtimes my hands be ready to swingggg but I love Jesus and Jesus loves everybody so I'm trying to be like Him and love everyone too. Periodt. 🫡😊
All in all, mission has been mission-ing. I don't know where to begin. But what I can share is how grateful I am for the restoration of the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ and His church back on this Earth today. All the truth we know and all the blessings we can receive because of these truths, is truly amazing. 🙏🏽 I invite us all to read the Bicentennial Restoration Proclamation given from our Prophet, President Nelson, and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Let us act upon the invitation they give us at the end. As we do this, I know our capacity to understand why the restoration was necessary will grow as well as our gratitude for the prophet Joseph Smith and his First Vision account. We live in a very JOYOUS time to have the same church and same gospel that Jesus Christ himself established, during His earthly ministry, restored back on this Earth today. ♥️🙏🏽 Let us not take this for granted, ever.
Peace and blessings y'all. Let's see if I keep up this email writing Shani Shani 🤣
- Sister Atuaia
October 2025 - Ndola Zone
Keep eatinggg 😅. My compa is across from me in this picture, Sister Phiri from Zambia 🇿🇲. And the other sisters we lived with: Sister Tu'itavake from Tonga 🇹🇴 & Sister Duverge from Mauritius 🇲🇺
Mission Tour Tingz 😎 We had in November 2024 with Elder Godoy, President of the South Africa Area Presidency. We had all the missionaries in our mission from Zambia & Malawi together for this event.
ZLM kuchalo 🇿🇲/🇲🇼
After my 3rd transfer (Ndola Zone) I was transferred to Kitwe Zone and was called to be a Trainer. The new missionaries who come in are in training for their first 2 transfers. So Sister Ncube from Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 was my first "daughter" here on mission. I finished her training. This girl is truly something else 🤣 Can talk for dayssss and is funny and most times out of pocket. But I love her love for this work and she was the best first born in the wilderness to have ♥️
My second born in the wilderness 🤣 So, I'm still a trainer this transfer and this is my second "daughter," Sister Bindanda from Democratic Republic of Congo 🇨🇩. Her first language is French so she is still learning English but yohhh she sounds fluent to me lol. Her English lowkey better than mine ahaha. She's the opposite of my first daughter as she is more quiet but when you get her talking....yeah she can talk 😅 She's powerful and I love her determination in hastening the Lord's work. 💪🏼
Sister Fakaosiula ❤️ This her first transfer here on mission. She's from Salt Lake City and we related from the Wolfgramm side 🇹🇴 Her great grandma, Ma'ata, and my great grandpa, Iohani, are siblings.
Kawama Sisters. 💖
Sister Johanson from Colorado 🇺🇸, Sister Antwi from Ghana 🇬🇭, Sister Bindanda from DRC 🇨🇩, Sister Namuwanga from Uganda 🇺🇬, and Sister Ncube from Zimbabwe 🇿🇼.
This was at our Zone's Christmas Zone Conference 😊
Sister Moyo 🫶🏽 The wife of our mission president. I love her! Yohhhh this woman is powerful and she don't mess around 💯🤣
Our "Light The World" service project we had for all the branches in Kitwe Zone. It was fun working alongside our powerful members. The picture below is all us missionaries in Kitwe Zone. 😁
Y'ALL this was on Christmas Eve and it was one of the longest days of my life. I looked ratchet the whole day ahahaha... My companion wasn't feeling well so we went to the medical center. She was put on a flight back to Lusaka after her doctor's appointment because they said she had severe Malaria and our mission president's wife dont play around and wanted her back in Lusaka since the hospitals are better there. But guess what, after she went to the doctors in Lusaka they said SHE DON'T EVEN GOT MALARIA.🤣 Anyways, this picture was after we had to drop my compa off at the airport to fly to Lusaka. Me and the senior couple missionaries (The Allreds from Arizona) went kaipo 😎🤣 They said this is their favorite hiding spot that they don't tell any other missionaries ahahaha. It was nice being with them that Christmas Eve night and talking stories while we ate.
Cuz I looked ratchet in the last pic and need yall to know I'm actually cute so let me end with this one. Idk why the other Sisters were blurred 🤷🏽♀️ prolly cuz I'm too cute. Who knows? 🤣🤣🤣 I kid, I kid. HAPPY NEW YEAR errybody. Yeah fa.
