Jonathan's Mozambique Mission 2017-2019: Still in Maputo

So, this week has been super interesting and wild and unexpected. We got a call Monday night saying that there was a cyclone coming for Nacala and we needed to get out of there ASAP, so we ran around trying to let people know what was happening. We had to postpone the wedding and a bunch of other stuff. Anyways, at 6 the next morning we were on the road to Nampula. There we walked with the other missionaries and stayed with the Zone leaders.

Then we got a call a few days later that we were going to be evacuated to Maputo. So we flew out and got to Maputo. We were assigned to various houses but by the luck of it I was put with the Zone leaders in Mahotas. What a blessing! I had a chance to visit with a bunch of the people I had taught here, Ancha and Andrade, Loura and Ferrao, Edmilson and abel and fatima and their whole family. I also went to church there and i saw Alberto and a bunch of the people I have missed a ton. It was a huge blessing that I wont ever forget.

Now we are still just here in Maputo and we don't know exactly whats going on or when we are going to leave. I'm getting a little stressed out right now because there is so much to do in Nacala and I'm running out of time. But eventually we will get up there and help build the kingdom some more. I love it out here. I miss y'all a ton and I'll talk to ya next week!

-Elder Thornton

Baptisms on April 20th