The Last 6 Weeks

November 8th!!! Our boy comes home November 8th. I might be excited. He is still working hard. So proud of him.

So today is the start of what is to be my last transfer. Which is weird. But my companion got shipped off to Belém. So, Tuesday, the new guy is coming in and we'll see how he is. I don't really know him too well. 

But this week we had the baptisms of Dinaelson and Camila. They are both awesome. They've both had their individual journeys to get where they are and Camila is a big example to me of someone that has found the gospel and goes after what her testimony tells her to. She's living with her parents and her Mom does not support her in all this in any way whatsoever. And well, she's thrown away Books of Mormon and pamphlets and Camila keeps going. It tears her apart that her mom doesn't support her but she knows what she feels about the gospel and has resolved that she will keep going no matter what. But it's still somewhat sad all of this. But we are honestly really happy with her and all that she is doing and working towards. But if y'all could throw her in your prayers and such that would honestly be great. She's gonna need all the help that she can get.

And Cool exciting news.  We totally saw this car catch fire. Like, the whole engine was burning! It was awesome. This couple was trying to start their car that had stopped in front of the light and when we went to help the smoke started to come out of the engine. We all backed away and well, just a few minutes later the whole thing went up in smoke. Somewhat regrettably it didn't explode. Like, we were totally psyched. thinking that it would. But, well, the fire people got there unusually quickly. And, well, it was controlled. But it would've been really cool. (Yes, yes I know, "AAAHHHHHHH!!!1 SUPER DANGEROUS!!!! WHAT ARE YOU THINKING YOUNG MAN!!!!!! GET OVER HERE SO I CAN SHOW YOU WHAT AN EXPLOSION IS!!!!!!!◄This is probably mom's reaction)

But New experiences in store for this week new stuff let see what's waiting. AMO VOCÊS!!!!! TCHAAAUUUUU

The Weekly Newsletter

I don't hate Mondays. How could I when it is the day we hear from Elder Monzingo. He did ask about our dog, Annie. One of his previous companions got news that the family dog had died. A month or two after the fact. Our Little Ann is just fine. A little grayer and a little slower than she used to be, but fine. I promised that I would let him know if anything happened. He said not to worry. There is not too much time before he is home anyway. We still haven't heard the details on exactly what time and day he will be arriving. That is driving me to distraction. I just really, really, really want to know. In the meantime, let us enjoy the weekly update from Brazil.


So Yesterday we had lunch with a member family that is visiting from Pennsylvania. Unfortunately I don't have pictures. But they have family that lives here. Actually well, Brother Ricardo is from here. But they have these 2 boys, 9 & 6, Which were rather excited about being able to REALLY talk to someone that wasn't their parents, cause like, they speak Portuguese, but not really that well. And they were super talkative, they honestly reminded me a lot of Jacob. It was kinda funny though, cause I looked at my companion who was just looking super lost. But it was also funny cause my English was not at all totally right. And I kept wanting to speak more Portuguese than English. I'd start talking in Portuguese and then had to remind myself to speak English. SO yeah. 

But the week was rather good. we actually ended up being pretty busy. We are preparing some awesome people for baptism for this week. There is this one man Denaelson. He is awesome. We were able to visit him yesterday and during the week we hadn't gotten to because neither one of our schedules were working out, He gave a rather powerful testimony of repentance and how both he and his desires have changed. We were rather impressed. He had been having some problems more recently with alcohol abuse and we weren't expecting that much change seeing as how we hadn't been able to follow him up and help him make those changes. That just goes to show that when people want to they really can and will go after repentance. 

I'm also sending off some pictures I got just now that happened a while ago, One was the community marriage we went to and then the baptism we had the  next day, as well as the ice cream we bought later on (FIRST TIME I HAVE SEEN MINT ICE CREAM HERE AND IT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!) then on a p-day we did with some other companionships in the zone we went to a bridge thing and I'm skinny enough to fit through the bars one the safety thing above the river(guess which river) And on a rock there, welll....I just think that the picture is funny. Like this other one from my last area. Love y'all.

Finally!!

Pictures! He sent pictures this week! I love seeing that face. I have no idea what the pictures are about but maybe next week he'll provide a little bit more explanation. This will be another 2-for-1 blog entry. Last week's email was a day later than usual and that just really messed with my rhythm. Anyway, enjoy!


ZONE CONFERENCE

Well, I'm kinda late. Like, a whole day late. We actually had interviews with the President Sunday and yesterday was our zone conference and we spent the rest of the day on splits working. But it was really cool. I really enjoyed the chance we had to be with our leaders and to work with and learn from them. It's been pretty busy in the end because of that. But in the end this week has been going good. We ha a trip to Belém at the beginning sol it ws really really rushed. But that's somewhat normal. We're usually pretty busy around here. It's been a lot of work but we are teaching quite a few families. Which is going great. They're really looking to progress and learn more about the gospel and whatnot. So honestly not too much new stuff. I'd throw some pictures to y'all but my camera is out of power and so because of that I haven't been taking pictures. But I love y'all 


THIS WEEK

Well our week was interesting. P-day we went to a Fortaleza de São José. which was pretty cool. It's a big place although after a while there isn't much to do. One of those tourist attractions right, right. But because we had the whole zone conference thingy mabubber Monday and p-day Tuesday literally everything was a bit later than it should have been in the week. So we were running around for much of the week Almost as though in a wild goose chase. But things are going good. We have quite a lot of people that really have an honest interest(albeit their own various problems). But the good part is that they go after what they want. And they understand that we are here to help them get on the right track. John 10:3-4 talks about how the shepherd both knows and is known by his sheep. In the same way that the sheep recognize their shepherd the Lord prepares people so that when they run into us they are ready and recognize what role we play and that we want the best for each one of them. So it's always good to be able to find these people. And they really do understand and trust our purpose. Love you guys. talk to you later

UPDATE. Daniel sent this explanation of the pics:

Me getting here. us at the fort. Us after finding the miracle of a super nintendo. And me finally finding descent ramen. Cause all the other brands are not quite as good. and well. in the end the good one is the origional.