Jonathan's Mozambique Mission 2017-2019: Oh the life of a lone wolf

All is well here in good ol Mozambique, the only problem is that my companion left for the MTC in Brazil and left me alone.... for the whole week..... Well not completely alone, but i was chilling with the Zone leaders and trying to walk with members in my area the whole week. Wow was that stressful.

Also we had a Health Conference where the area doctor Elder Johnson came and talked to us about all the great health problems that we need to avoid. I found that conference very educational.

So, what went on is Elder Da Costa left and I didnt, so I had to run around all week with the Zone Leaders doing all the little jobs they had and that made working in my area super hard. But I still was able to walk with couple members for a couple hours so that I could keep up on the investigators that are progressing.

This week I was able to baptize 5 people, 4 girls from my area that are super cool and an Irmao Luis who is 18 and i had the opportunity to interview him and give him some blessings during his time as an investigator. It was a super beautiful baptism.

To talk about the girls we have Metija who has 16 years, Juli who has 13 years, Fausia with 11 and Maria with 14. Juli and Fausia are sisters of an Irma that was baptized years ago and apparently they had been coming for church for a long time but just were never baptized so I had the opportunity to do that. Then we have Maria who is really good friends with the other two and so they invited her to come to church and talk with us so that was really awesome to. All three of them are super sassy but super shy also so it took some time for them to warm up to me but now they are all just super strong members.

Metija is the sister of Jose, an irmao that we baptized a couple weeks ago that was living in some land far far away to study but came back to live with her mom. She told us that when she was little she actually went to the church and primary because she loved so much but when she moved she forgot about the church. After she was baptized she bore testimony about the reality of the Holy Ghost and how she knows he is real and that he has helped her to know that this church is true and how excited she was for the next day to receive the Gift of the holy ghost. That was a pretty special moment for me.

But right now things are going well.... I went to church alone.... super weird.... hahaha where i received 5 references which was super super needed. So the work continues and it looks like I am receiving my new companion tomorrow so I am way stoked about that.

Love yall and thanks for all the thoughts and prayers, they really are making a difference.

-Elder Thornton