The Magic Missionary

Hello! So, I am not going to lie. Being in the office is great but I am looking back on this week and not much has happened. This email will probably not be too exciting. But if I could tell you in person it would be different because like Nephi says in 2 Nephi 33:1 ..."I, Nephi, cannot write all the things which were taught among my people; neither am I mighty in writing, like unto speaking;..." but I will give it my best effort.

Thank you for writing me. I received mail recently from Morgan, Haley, Stephanie, Elder Wilcock and Alix. Thank you so much! My flow of letters has slowly ran dry but the few that trickle in really boost my spirits.

So nothing has happened on the missionary front I am sad to say. We have had to do heaps of different jobs so we have not had a lot of time to proselyte. We hope to do more this coming week.

We have just been cleaning flats, taking a washing machine here and getting a microwave over there so it doesn't sound like too much fun but I am enjoying it. We had to pick up a missionary at the airport who was coming from the Tahiti mission because he messed up his knee, so that he could get home to Brisbane the next day so we had another companion for a few hours. That was neat. But honestly, besides that I am not an exciting person. I just look at a computer screen all day making sure everyone stays within their kilometer allotments.

The Office Staff - FRONT: Elders Brough, Modlick, Cummings and Wight BACK: Elders Tou and Roesseler

With Elder Tou doing office things

With Elder Cummings, a service missionary

I did have one fun experience. So a few weeks back I made the mistake of showing the assistants and Elder Tou my magic tricks. Well, the other morning I was trying to juggle some oranges and for some reason President Simmons asks, "Are you doing a magic trick?" So the assistants tell president about my magic tricks and president asks to see them so I had to be obedient so I did and the result was I made a special appearence at the Zone Leader council, a meeting where all the zone leaders get training from President and the assistants. So after dinner I did a little magic show for them and they loved it! It was quite fun and I got another booking for the Senior Couple conference coming up so that should be fun. I do have one request. I once saw Book of Mormon playing cards and I would love to have them. I think they are called The Book of Mormon Card Game. The Tillys had them so if you could get two-three decks that would be amazing. I won't go into detail but some missionaries didn't like the fact I was using face cards. But it is all good.

I love you all and hope to hear from you soon.

Elder Landon Brough