I am a senior companion but I'm not training or anything, although that does sometimes happen. I'm with Elder Dustin from Bountiful in
the city of Beira. My area is called Baixa A. It has some of the coolest things
in the mission. There is a restaurant that is the most beloved restaurant of
missionaries of Mozambique in it called Muslim Mondays. The missionaries call
it that at least. You get fries, chicken and other, more Mozambiquan dishes
there. It is super good. I love it. There are lots of cool shops that sell
awesome stuff. There's a bridge that the missionaries call beggars bridge with
a bunch of beggars. I think I'll buy a bunch of fake watches, African
sculptures, African backpacks and a bunch of other stuff before I come home for
sure. The area really is super awesome. We have tons of families that are
really doing well and will be baptized in the next month or two.
I feel perfectly confident in the language; there is no
problem there. The dialect here is different than in Maputo, but here they
don't really speak it nearly as much. We have three companionships in my house.
They're all a bunch of good guys. We have Elder Williams and Elder Walker, both
from Utah I think, Us and Elder Reed and Veloso (a Mozambiquan). Reed is from
Logan. The house is really cool and I like it a lot. Up here in Beira I'm
finally close enough that we can play soccer ever pday! so I'm super excited to
play for the first time today.
The people are great in both places but I would have to say
I'm liking this area better. It is just the sickest area in the mission. Tons
of awesome families that are super prepared for the gospel, great stuff, and
our house is waaaay nicer. We even have a dryer. My room is like 3 times as big
and the ground has tile and the shower is way nicer. It is really nice. Plus
the store where we go shopping is in our area too so that is super nice. No, we
definitely do not have any sister missionaries because there are only like 8 in
the whole mission and they only serve in Maputo. All of them were in my last
zone, the only zone that has sisters, and we saw them occasionally. They worked
in the city (the only missionaries that do besides the office elders and AP's). Also the only elders that are ever in their district are also the office elders
and AP's. Actually, Swazi has like 4 sisters too.
The package thing is really iffy. I doubt I'll get all of
these abundance of packages. Many will be forgotten or not given to me in a
good amount of time. If they did, it would be a miracle. However, there is a
new AP, so maybe he'll be a little bit better about getting the packages out
really well, idk. I doubt it, though. I'm super excited for those packages
though!!
That's awesome about Uncle Dave and that side of the family.
I really do miss parties over there, the food especially. Speaking of which, do
you think you could send me pictures of a bunch of recipes? I was thinking...
cookies and deserts (especially lemon bars), Nana's meat pie (if possible, pastry included), scones, navajo tacos, tortillas, fajitas, and just all the
meals I loved. Although, if it has cheese or shortening, it won't be possible.
Stuff with potatoes is great.
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