Week 42 - March 15, 2021

 The week we've all been waiting for.

Wow.  Well, it was finally here.  The party that has been talked about for ages finally happened.  So, as I have said for many weeks, this party is the biggest African party of the year.  The reason for the party was to celebrate International Women's Day!  So, every mother/older girl matched with outfits in the same fabric.  So, we had our fancy African dresses, of course.

 

To prepare for this party, and especially my dance performances, we had to practice for our dance performance! Beatrice, our teacher, just told us simple steps that may happen, but didn't really give us any instructions!  And I realized, there won't be any choreography because all it is is a "follow the leader" kinda thing.  So it was stressful haha.  The videos are long, so if you want the dance video, let me know, and I'll share a link with you.  Haha

Well, the party was a blast.  It made me remember all the college parties I went to, because let me tell you, these Africans party hard.  We danced, we sang, and the peak of the night was dancing the African cha cha slide, aka yope.  We got a shout out from the DJ after that, too.  We kinda killed it.

 

The party ended up being so much fun!  It's a night and an experience I will remember for the  rest of my life.

 

We even got featured on someone's FB story

Another amazing thing from this week was that President Southward came and taught a lesson with us!  The Spirit was so strong, and you could really see Fausta and her siblings thinking really hard.  I hope this gives them a desire to be baptized! 

Heres a really quick spiritual thought! 

1 Corinthians 4:20:

"For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power."

I love this scripture because it really shows the importance of the priesthood!  It shows that for a church to be the kingdom of God, it needs not just the words of God, but his power.  That's the priesthood!  I know this church is God's kingdom on earth because the priesthood power is here! 

Well, I'm sure there's more that happened this week, but it's all been a blur haha. 

Love you all! 

With love, Sister Copeland