Jonathan's Mozambique Mission 2017-2019: Oh how the turntable turns

Things are a changing here in good ol Africa and man oh man does that mean a lot of work for me... hahaha. so Lets start with the beautiful week that we had.... So last week we baptized those two teenagers and this week we baptized all of the references that the two of them gave to us. We baptized Jaime, Paulo, Gabriel, and Marcilio. They are a way fun group of jovens and I am way stoked for the way that they are changing.

This week we did a lot of visits with members. Being super new in the area with a completely new companion makes it slightly hard to work with ward leaders because A) We don't have all their numbers and B) if we have their number their name is way African and super hard to remember, but i'm writing all of these things down and we are starting to get somewhere!

WE received a ton of references. Right now we are experiencing a lot of rain mixed with blazing heat. The heat isn't a problem but wow the rain really stinks especially because no one wants to welcome in some white dude into their house when their house is the only dry thing they own at the moment and that white dude is definitely anything but dry.... so that's a struggle but besides that the mission is dope.

I passed 6 months officially this week and also found out that me and my comp have matching ties... super dope. I also convinced him to let me do the dishes once.... and then after i got done.... he did them again.... Whatever. hahaha it happens, what can you do.

Then at the end of this week found out that my awesome comp Elder Da Costa is leaving me this week probably without a companion for a couple of weeks.... meaning I have to find a member with whom I can walk in the area every day so we will see how that will go.... Don't know who the next companion will be either but no problem life goes on.

Also we are experimenting a new program to create registries for new converts and boy oh boy is there a lot of confusion. Hope everyone is still alive.

Lately i've been thinking about commandments a lot and how commandments really are opportunities not restrictions... opportunities to utilize our agency and thus receive blessings. I love this work and I love the opportunities to serve the lord in different ways this week. PEace out til next time.

-Elder Thornton