The Office

So this was a very interesting week to say the least. I got transferred! Tuesday morning I talked with President Simmons and he told me he needs me in the office as a fleet elder. I was kind of confused and I honestly didn’t know what really to expect but I will tell you this much, I am so glad to be here and that President can receive revelation! I just love it. So let me break down my responsibilities for you. I am in charge of flats, bikes and cars so basically anything that goes wrong with one of those three I have to take care of it. So we will go to all the Zone conferences and check the cars to make sure they are clean as well as we go to the flats and inspect them. So, yes, we get some funny calls that make you think, "What did you put in the microwave?" But, it is something that I think I will really enjoy. I will have the opportunity to see the whole mission. For instance, on Saturday I am going down to Canberra to fix up some flats, so that is something I will really really enjoy as well with that I get to meet all the missionaries, since being a social butterfly, I will really enjoy plus I get a personal phone with texting so I really can’t complain. President pulled me into his office and told me why he brought me into the office. He said I have good organizational skills and the office elders need some help. So I will try to help. It should be a fun experience.

So my new companions are way cool. I am now in a three-way - Elder Nube and Elder Tou. Elder Nube has been out for about a little over a year and is from Mt. Gambia near Adelaide he is a pretty quiet stern man but we get along great. Elder Tou is my favourite. He is a big man. He was raised in New Zealand but about 6 years ago he moved to Brisbane or what they call it Bris Vegas... beats me. But he is seriously the man! He has a killer voice and after we plan at night we all just sit around and he plays the gat (Guitar) and he sings and man is it beautiful. President has said Elder Tou has the best voice in the mission, and when we are not doing that we try to freestyle rap battle with one another it is fun had by all. We also live with the assistants and I love it. I don’t know if I am allowed to say it or not but they are the best assistants I have seen. I really feel their love and desire for this work! Elder Daji is from New Zealand. He is a very cool calm and collected elder and he has a heart of gold! Elder Roessler, pronounced wrestler, is hilarious. He is a kind of awkward guy but I love him and look up to him so much. He is the perfect combo of having fun and working hard so I am looking forward to working with and around all these elders. As well with working around President. It is cool seeing him on a regular basis. Our flat is pretty cool as well; I guess I should not call it a flat but a house. It has really funny wall paper and a pretty big backyard so it is a party living there except that there are five of us living there and one shower so we have to rotate who gets the last shower because the hot water goes fast!

On the missionary front...not much happens in our area. I am in the Greenwich Stake again in the Dural Ward and this is a very rich area... so basically people here are not as humble as other areas. But from what I saw yesterday at church the ward is awesome and I look forward to working with them and hopefully we can get some member referrals. Being in the office we don’t have a lot of time to proselyte. We try to get out of the office by five but from what I see that rarely happens. Elder Tou was in fleet (that is what we are referred to as the fleet elders) during the merge and he said before the merge we were swamped and now we have doubled the work. So we will have to help build the kingdom in other ways. We try to do as much as possible though.

This past week I heard Robert Murphy got sustained for the Melchizedek Priesthood so that really made me happy and I might be able to go up there next Sunday for the ordination, cross my fingers.

So I am loving the mission so much right now, there have been some serious trials I have faced through the past months but looking back on them now it blows my mind to see how orchestrated everything was and I know I need to be here. I love you all so much!

Elder Landon Brough