Christian in Africa

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  Sister Garcia in Brazil, Mom and Tyler in the US, and Elder Garcia in Africa all on ONE call together!! Elder Garcia, Mom, and Sister Garcia Sister Garcia in Brazil, Elder Garcia in Africa, and Mom in boring Herriman, Utah Our call today was weird. Just weird. Elder Garcia and I were only on a call for a brief maybe 10 minutes before Sister Garcia was able to jump on so there wasn't much one on one but what we did talk about was the following: - Zone Leaders came in for a visit and exchanges. It appears that Elder Obeya's social media usage has sadly now become a problem for them as well. Hoping that this will get better for all parties involved - Elder Garcia was in the middle of some rain. The thunder was awesome and I am glad it was there with him and not here! I hate thunder still. :) They also currently do not have electricity. Elder Garcia was instructed by Elder Coe how to keep tabs on their electric meter and when to add funds so they would always have power. Africa c...

From: Christian.garcia@missionary.org Date: Monday, September 27, 2021 Subject: Frere Rasta man and LOTS OF RAIN Bonjour tout le monde! Comment-allez vous?  This week was something interesting for sure haha. First off we had a whole bunch of rain just decide that it was time to come down so the work stopped for a little bit which felt like FOREVER. The senior couple came up this week too to do our inspection and I can gladly say that we passed hah. They go home soon but it has been really good to get to know them. And they know Herriman area so there's a chance they said that we might be able to talk when I get home! So that would be pretty cool. Then the day after we had the Zone Leaders come up and that was cool too. Elder Fowers is from Utah too so we got to talk about that and it was in Franglish (if that's even a thing). He goes home around december so there's still time to get to know his ideas for what to do out here in Africa so I'm looking forward t...

From: Christian.garcia@missionary.org Date:  Monday, September 27, 2021 Reply to Mom's email Hey mom! I am doing pretty good. We had the Zone Leaders come up this past week for exchanges and they talked to me and said that training will be the hardest but just accept and love. So I have been doing that and it's gotten better with Elder Obeya. Kind of. He is still pretty addicted to the phone but I don't need to use it anyways. And I got told this past week that I am going to be delegating everything so no more training kind of thing haha. Regarding my week it has been alright. I was really worried about Kaitlyn making it to Brazil so I'm happy she made it there. We have something like 3 or 4 more prospects almost ready for baptism so that's crazy too! Sorry about the Google drive too. I do want the blog if you are willing. I will definitely try to be better with descriptions and uploading things. It might not be until November that I get local pictures ...

Ca c'est vous I made a new friend today. (I saw this in church and my eyes immediately started to leak! This is THE sweetest thing EVER!) Kpalime front yard When the members give you drink mixes that are addictive They see us rollin they hatin...Not 100% sure why we took this but it was fun nonetheless We've got bikes!! Yovo yovo photo!  

 

To: Christian.garcia@missionary.org Date: Saturday, September 25, 2021 Subject: Happy Saturday night Hey kiddo. How are you? How has your week been? Things here this week have been full. Busy. I had something each day with Kaitlyn that kept us just trying to get her ready to get out of the country. From a Covid test that didn’t ship when it was supposed to to a 2 hour delay in Atlanta it has been an exciting week nonetheless. She arrived in Brazil and is already so happy. I got a brief email from her when she landed and was at the Mission home for dinner and you could just hear the pure joy in the simple email she sent. I am so thrilled that she has finally gotten to her original call. It is wild for me to think that I have 2 kids outside of the country for some time. As I have moved through this week and have gone through both of your drives and emails and updated the blogs I am keeping for both of you, I wanted to be sure I talk to you a little about that. I know you m...

Elder Obeya, Elder Foweres, Elder Appiah, and Elder Garcia Zone Leader Exchanges