Hello everyone!
Well, as I'm sure you all know, I made it to Africa! After many flights, security checks, and customs, I finally made it to Benin...just to find out I'd be going to Togo, on another flight, with more security checks and customs.
We got into Benin late on Friday night, and some of us got taken to stay at the mission home, while others went to different places with different elders. Little did we know, the Elders that got taken to the mission home would be assigned to Togo, I being one of them. We stayed the night there, and the next morning we got breakfast, and some training. After training, the Elders that were assigned to Benin went to their assignments right away, while the Elders going to Togo had to wait. See, when we got into Benin, we had to get tested for Covid, and they took our passports until our test results came back, and we weren't able to go to Togo until Monday. So for Saturday and Sunday, we would get to stay in the mission home, which had AC, and hot water, and they made us three meals a day. Also, we went out proselyting on Saturday and Sunday, with the AP's and Office Elders, because there are no restrictions in this mission! We can go out proselyting, knocking doors, and inside peoples homes, because for these countries, Covid hasn't been an issue.
On Monday, we flew out to Togo, which was pretty hectic. After finally making it, on a very long 24 minute flight, we went to the Stake center, and met our companions, and went to our new areas. I am with Elder Kazadi, who is from the Congo, and our area is called Attiegou. We are in Lome, the capitol of Togo, which is where most of the missionaries are in Togo. Elder Kazadi speaks pretty good English, which has been such a blessing. My French is not as good as I thought it was haha.
After we got settled it, we started proselyting right away. We spent all of last week out in the city teaching lessons, and getting to know people. Everyone here is so nice, and receptive to our message. In fact, we found like 6 new people in two hours, which was pretty awesome. I can't really understand what they say to me, but I kind of just smile and say ''Bonjour'' or ''Bonsoir'' depending on the time of day. Also, all the little kids here love me. Whenever I walk by, they sing ''Yovo, Yovo, Bonsoir'' which, Yovo is what they call white people, and bonsoir for good evening. I just smile, and wave, and say bonsoir, and they love it.
Other than that, things are pretty normal. It's taken a while to adjust to the different culture, and everything else they do differently here. It's also so hot here, all the time too. I'll get up at 6:30, and it's already hot outside. It probably doesn't help that I came over here in January, where it was a lot colder in North Carolina. But yeah, things are going pretty well.
I hope everyone has an awesome day, and an amazing week!
Elder Orchard
We were walking home one night, Elder Kazadi felt a raindrop and looked at me and said ''Run'' and this is what I looked like when we got home!
Elder Kazadi and I doing service.
Elder Kazadi and I at Zone Conference.
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