We had a fun missionary-filled day at the office. We live in the Cocody Zone. All of our Cocody missionaries came in today for their first round of interviews with Pres Bendixsen. Mission Presidents interview every missionary every six weeks. This is where the fun begins!
This is Soeur Mahunda. She’s from from Kinshasa, DRC. She goes home next month. She’s a happy bright Sister. We learned that she’s the 2nd of 12 children and all of her family are members of the church. Her father was in France and found a pamphlet when he was single. He read it and then returned to the DRC and continued to study about the church. One day he saw missionaries and waved them over. They taught him. He was engaged to be married. They taught his fiancé. They were baptized the same day. Now they have 12 children. Sadly, her mother died in 2006.
Sr Mahunda said when she was in Accra at the MTC and went to the temple, she prayed to feel her mother near or to see her. She said that when she was going to sleep that night, she felt her mom with her.
There are 8 girls and 2 boys in the family. So far 6 of the children have served missions. Her younger sister is serving right now in the Abidjan West Mission and they return home the same day. The youngest in the family is 5 years old. They are first generation pioneers who are true and faithful. She loves being a missionary and cried when we talked about her mission ending soon.
Today while the interviews were going on, our new office Elders were trained. We also had our first office meeting with these office Elders and the Assistants. Here is Elder Kouame.
And here is Elder N’zi:
John is teaching Elder N’zi about the mission finances. He will be a great help here. 
Our Cote d’Ivoire Abidjan East and Bamako, Mali Mission 