Christian in Africa

From: Mom Date: Saturday, April 30, 2022 Subject: So  long April I cannot believe we are putting April behind us already. Can you? How was your week? How are things coming along with your ami’s? What was the best part of this week for you and your companion? Things here have been low key. It’s been quite nice to be honest. I have enjoyed sleeping in my own bed and having my own pillow each night. For the whole month we will have spent a total of 15 nights away and 15 at home. It has been a month of travel and go go go. So crazy. My computer crashed so I need to go buy a new one but that really is about it as far as ‘big’ news goes. Tyler and I went to dinner with some friends last night and while I was talking to Amber she was asking about our missionaries. She served in the Ukraine and was talking about how the war pulls at her heart so much even now and it’s been years since she was a missionary. She has a daughter that is Brooklyn’s age. Anyway, she was saying tha...

There was no photo button circle thing to push so we had to screen shot.... The Monday when we learned that for whatever reason, Facebook took away the white circle to take a photo of your screen when you are on a Messenger Call..ha ha ha. But whatever, we totally made it happen!  Elder Garcia was happy this morning when we talked and he was updating me on all the things of last week. But before he got into it we were being serenaded by Elder Profitt in the background. Not kidding. This kid sings and sings and sings and it is hilarious.  Some key moments to remember: - The water pump exploded on the roof today! Elder Garcia was doing laundry and saw water coming from the roof but it wasn't raining so he headed up and found the problem. They were able to turn the water off and had someone come take a look. There is one part that needs replacing but that will be done later today and they were able to get the water turned back on too - One thing Elder Garcia learned this last wee...

From: Christian.garcia@missionary.org Date: Monday, April 25, 2022 Subject: Chicken wings and Zone Conference Hey y'all and  Woezon to another weekly email from Elder Garcia! I hope that you enjoy.  P.S. Thank you all for the birthday wishes! They definately made my Wednesday better! Monday last week we had a stake activity that all of the missionaries from the Tokoin Stake were required to go to. So hence why I didn't write an email. But it was great nonetheless. It did rain all Monday too so that was a blast and it made it so that this week was a little bit colder than it has been.  Tuesday my companion (Elder Mulamingu) and I went out to sector all day and it was pretty great. We were able to find a lot of new people and we were able to make every singe rendez-vous also! My companion is seriously so cool, and he likes to work really really hard so we walk really fast. At least for me it's fast. He's a lot taller than me so it's his normal pace haha. We...

From: Christian.garcia@missionary.org Date: Monday, April 25, 2022 **Reply to Mom's email** Hey mom!!  Getting to talk to you on Wednesday was great. It was a little weird to have it during the week like but I'm glad that it worked out to call.  District Leader is coming along I guess. So far so good I think. We had Zone Conference this week and I got a call from the Zone Leaders that night and they asked if I could maybe encourage my district to find at least 5 new amis per week. And by the end of this week in our whole district we were able to do that so it was great. The sisters are responsive enough, the STLs definitely are but the other companionship is iffy. One of the sisters is coming to the end and she's kinda just in the "I'm done" mood. And she's training St the same time so it's trying to find a way to help encourage her. It's been good, except she keeps asking me to buy her a pizza for no reason haha. Elder Mulamingu has be...

From: Mom Date: Saturday, April 23, 2022 Subject: Havasu Happy Saturday to you. I hope the rest of your week has been good and productive. I enjoyed being able to break up the long drive to Lake Havasu with a call from you. I hope you had a great birthday How are things lining up as a District Leader? How are you feeling overall? It’s a lot of responsibility to make sure missionaries are working hard, learning a language, strengthening their own testimonies, and also looking endlessly for those who are looking for the goodness the Gospel can bring. How are you working through this responsibility? How are you working through all of this with your companion? How are the other missionaries taking to the change? Are they responsive with you there? A mission offers constant change that I am sure people adjust but not everyone molds and blends personality wise too that I wonder how all parties are handling this transfer and leadership change. :) I can’t believe we are heading ...

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