Dear Friends and Family
After 20 hours of flying and a lengthy layover in London, I have finally arrived in South Afrcia. I am
sitting in the Johannesburg MTC typing this email, it still hasn't
really sunk in that I am in Africa. I am excited to be here and ready
to get to work. I don't remember exactly what I told you all on the pay
phone in London so I will give a quick run down to this point. I flew
alone from Las Vegas to London, which was a little weird to be honest.
Flying somewhere you have never been alone is a little crazy. Everyone
on my flight was foreign, I think the family I sat next to was Scottish
but we didn't talk much because they watched movies the whole time. When
we did talk I could only understand the daughter, her mom's accent was
so thick and everything she said sounded like a swear word but I had no
idea so I just smiled and nodded. The flight was interesting, everything
was very British/European. The flights blend together a little bit,
actually the last few days do, but I remember both of the meals they
gave me. The first was the weirdest "mac and cheese" I have ever had and
the other was chicken with mashed potatoes. I didn't question what was
in it i just ate it. When I talked to you last there were only three
elders with me, but i eventually met up with 18 before the flight out of
london. I like all of them, but not going to lie some are weird. Quick
rundown on the elders. I really like Elder Sylvester He is from lehi and
is a lot like me, I also really like Elder Thomas (Sacremento), Elder
Rikz (From Austria) and Elder Bryner (SLC) and Elder Allen (Seattle and
is sitting right next to me as I type this email). There is a real
interesting mix of personalities and guys but everyone gets along well
with each other. I think it is because we all have something in common,
being missionaries.
Enough about the trip, on to
Africa. It is actually really cool, it looks like the
pictures. Mom's blog's were right, there is barb wire and in a lot of
cases electrical fencing around just about everything. Driving
is crazy. There is really heavy traffic, because these big trucks break
down all the time i guess. People drive however they want, so it is
really frantic trying to drive through the traffic and i was just a
passenger. The city is really big, and since traffic was so bad we got
off on a exit and i got to see some of the townships (i stopped capitalizing things and worrying about spelling because i am running out
of time on the computer, the MTC laptops have timers on them) and they
are very different from the city. More or less what you think of when
you think of Africa. i saw a lot of poor areas that may be in my mission, should be an adventure. Lots of soccer fields so that might be
fun on P-days. I am almost out of time but i promise i will write more
soon. Love you guys and miss you all.
oh i almost forgot to tell you
guys about my companion. His name is Elder Kiribango, he is from
Ughanda and he has only been a member for a year and a half. There are a
few other African Missionaries here at the MTC, they are all really
cool and one straight up has a gold tooth.
I have way more to say, I promise i will write again soon, Love you all so much
Elder Malloy
The Elders come from seven different countries
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