Lets just do a rewind to see what happened this week. Finally the old secretaries came back from opening their new area to help us learn what in the world we were doing (at least that is what we thought) but it turns out that they came back just to prepare to go back to their area for the rest of their missions..... so yeah we definitely never got any training. hahaha just awesome.
Then this week we had to take care of the Nampula Temple Caravan on the way back, I am happy to report that no food spoiled and they had an amazing experience in the temple.
Also my companions License expired this week so now i am the designated driver and lets just say that I am pretty much a semi pro manual driver on the left side of the road sitting on the right side of the car in an African Country with almost no Police..... I am a wizard. Then we also bought a whole crate of coke this week .....just a side note.
Plus we ran all over the city on a hunt to fill up our printers toner that happens to be like the rarest type here in Mozambique, go figure, but in the end we finally found it today so our printer now prints ... Yay.
Hahaha all in all I am super happy, I had a really cool experience at church this week, Everything was super normal nothing crazy special happened except for us meeting our newest investigator, his name is Xavier. (also we found out that our area is Sommerschield... aka one of the richest areas in Mozambique) As I was driving home from church I just felt so light and so happy and I couldn't figure out what had made the big difference. Finally I thought back and realized that the whole week I had been feeling weighed down and not 100% into the work, but as I analized it I realized that something crazy special had happened... YOU TOOK THE SACRAMENT YOU FOOL. It hit mit right then and there, the power of that ordinance is so real. It was practically tangible to me in that moment.
Today we had yet another awesome experience, today was about to be another interesting P-day in the office (a mix of doing normal work all day and buying food and doing email) when some random white couple shows up at the Office.... mmm - k this is weird. Then the presidents assistants or "Assistants to the President" showed up too.... even weirder.... they almost never pass by here. Then they knocked on the door and turns out that they were Elder Stegman's Uncle and Aunt who happen to be over all the finances in southern Africa. They came and picked us up with the AP's and took us to this place named Bom Garfo.... literal translation: Good Fork.... hahaha love it, it also means like good meal too but i like good fork better. Anyways, this place is like an even better version of Rodizios Grill, and it is just as expensive as it sounds. It would have been super fancy for the states standards. I ate a ton of awesome meat and xima and stuff and wow that was the coolest thing ever. Forever grateful for them. I wish I would have gotten a picture with them but I was just so awestruck that I couldn't process what was happening except for the fact that amazing food estava a entrar a boca (was entering the mouth).... anyways it was another great episode out here in the good ole Office.... hahaha until next week my friends and fam.
love yall so much
Fridge ready with coke to keep you going
always on the go in the car:)
Jonny, Elder Zuca and Elder Stevens
Jonny on the streets
Maputo high rise buildings and Radisson hotel
Ocean by Maputo
Up late hours to get things done!
Jonny's reply to some questions about the office, etc.
Life here in the office is pretty much always hectic. hahaha like at least since I have gotten here there is always a deadline or something suuupppeeerr important that has to be done or something bad will happen hahaha.
My favorite thing in the office is that I get to drive all over mozambique and eat way good food here in maputo. Sadly with my lack of exercise my body is definitely not in the best shape ever but... whatever, one day playing sports won't be breaking commandments haha.
We have a list of things that we are supposed to look for in an apartment and things like that but also its supposed to be like a judgment call by us.... so.... i guess i am an expert now? ;)
Hypothetically the new baptism process should make it way easier but right now it is way harder because I have to follow up on all the baptisms to make sure the wards are doing them (because they aren't) so I spend a lot of time making sure people don't fall through the cracks of the system.... it takes a ton of time. Elder Stevens has a different job. He works with everything financial, anything with payments. I work with the baptisms, travel, cars, telephones and houses. So I am like the problem dude. When you have problems who do you call? exactly sou eu.
Love Elder Thornton
Elder Stegman's Uncle who took them out to eat
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