Sinceramente...

Holy no time!!

Man this week went by fast. I can’t believe K is 14 already!! Have fun teaching her how to drive!! That’s sweet that you guys got to go to the new temple. I heard President Monson is going to dedicate it? Is that true? Will you guys go to the dedication? It’s weird to think that this month is almost over... this year has just flown by and we still have so much work to do!

So this week was kind of bittersweet. First off, Awas baptized and she is pretty awesome! She is from Sal but has been here in Praia visiting her family. We’ve been working with her family and she had been sitting with us and had come to church a couple times. So one day we decided to invite her to be baptized, and she accepted! We started teaching here and then found out that she had delayed her trip back to Sal just so that she could get baptized here where her family lives! So we got her all ready and she was baptized and confirmed this weekend. She goes back to Sal this week though so we’ve got to make sure the branch and the missionaries in Sal find her and get her integrated there.

Also, V and N were married on Friday!!! I’ve been working with this family since my first week here in Praia and after a lot of work and many miracles they were finally married!  They came to church again yesterday and are preparing to be baptized this week. 

Not too much else happened this week though. There were two other marriages in the zone this weekend so we are bringing more families into the gospel. This is the last week of the transfer and we are hoping to finish strong and enter the next one on a high note. We’ve got a lot of work to do in order to make sure we don’t stop baptizing next transfer so we are going to have to keep finding new investigators. Things are going to be awesome and I really hope I get to stay here for at least one more transfer! Have a good week and enjoy the end of volleyball!!

Give said the little stream, give oh give, give oh give!

What’s up!!!

So sounds like your week was a lot less crazy than mine. I’m glad you all enjoyed conference and I am really looking forward to listening to the rest of it. When, I don’t know. But that’s jut how it works I guess. That’s crazy that Shane can go on his mission so soon!! He is so lucky!!! Sounds like he’s got a lot of preparation to do if he wants to leave in January. That’s so cool though. So is it true that President Monson is going to dedicate the Calgary Temple? Are you guys gonna go to the actual dedication?? Because that would be so cool.

So once again, we were not able to sit and enjoy conference uninterrupted. We watch them in the chapel and they just connect a computer to the projector and we see it one the big screen. We watch it in Portuguese, which is different. I understand pretty much everything, sometimes it’s hard to understand because of the internet feed, but it’s just not them! It’s some Portuguese guy. The Spirit is the same though and I learned lots from the sessions I was able to watch. We watched Saturday’s session without problems but Sunday was a bit chaotic. We helped one of the families we are working with come and they really liked it so that was cool. I’m gonna get it on my iPod this week and then we are going to listen to it throughout the week.

The whole week was kind of chaotic and we have decided that it is IMPOSSIBLE to have a normal week as zone leaders here in Praia. It makes life a lot more interesting though. The wedding did not happen this week because the registry was all booked up but we were able to mark it for this Friday. So the date is set in stone and now we just have to finish up the preparations. It’s going to be great though and I’m super excited.

The transfer is winding down again, only two more weeks. Elder R and I are doing great and we are hoping to stay together at least one more transfer. I don’t really know what else to write. Just your normal, everyday life here in Praia- no power, nice yellow water (luckily we have super filters that take away the nastiness) and lots of hotness. I love it!! Life is awesome this week, we are going to have a marriage and four baptisms and the church is growing! We didn’t have any type of Thanksgiving celebration one because we have zero time and two because President O has asked us to keep national holidays for when we go home. We are gonna have a sweet Christmas though so that is okay. Have a good week and enjoy the new temple!!

Rain, rain go away... you just cause a lot of problems...

What´s up!!??

This week was pretty awesome. Except... no baptisms... not so awesome.  It rained again this week. A little bit on Saturday and pretty much all day Sunday. Don´t get me wrong, the rain is great. It makes things green and grow and all that fun stuff. But as a missionary, it´s kind of a pain in the butt. First, it means that all the roads are rivers/mud puddles. Also it means that you are never properly dry during proseliting hours. However, those problems aren´t that big of a deal. What´s really annoying is how much it affects church attendance and teaching. Unfortunatly, only some people have realized that a flat roof equals bad news when it rains. So a lot of people are having water problems in their houses again. Church numbers were very slim yesterday and we had no power... but, I love this place!!

So this week is going to fly but it is going to be awesome! V and N are going to be married and baptized!!!!! They came to church yesterday, even though their house had flooded, and are super excited. So Friday they will be married and then Saturday they will be baptized in between Conference Sessions. How awesome is that going to be!!?? They will get to watch conference, then be baptized and receive the Holy Ghost, and then watch even more conference!!! It doesn´t get much better than that!!! I am so pumped! This family is amazing and they are so excited to take this next step. They´ve got some friends who are going to the temple in Brazil this week for the first time and they are already getting excited for when they can go as a family in a year. SWEET!!

Other than that, not much else happened this week. Praia is pretty green again and we´ve got some pretty sweet investigators who should be baptized in the next couple of weeks. The transfer is already half over but I still don´t want to leave Praia. Good news is I still have at least three weeks here so I don´t have to worry about that. This week is going to be amazing and I just want the weekend to come!! Have a good week and enjoy conference! Happy Thanksgiving!