So Monday of this past week is
when we hear that we are going to be transferred or not. Only one Elder
was told that he would be transferred. Then Tuesday morning the
Assistants to the President called again and told me that I was being
transferred to a city 5.5 hours away called Açailândia. Okay, I´ll
admit, I cried because the morning of leaving my first area. It was
almost like home again and you know me, I´m always a bum with having to
say goodbye and change things BUT I LOVE THIS NEW CITY TOO! I was able
to make 10 contacts on the day of the transfer and talked with people on
the bus at the bus station, etc! I feel really dumb because I´ve fallen
asleep several times the last few weeks without saying a decent nightly
prayer or writing sufficiently in my journal. Satan wants to slowly
lead us down to hell. I used my START STOP CONTINUE method that I
learned at Timberline--HAH--Nathan--you see Timberline information can
be used in America, Brasil or whatever part of the world--hah, just
kidding.But I recommitted myself to better with the small and simple
things. I feel that I´ve been doing fairly well but please pray for me
to do even better and learn even more. My companion, NEW COMPANION, is
Elder De Los Santos from Argentina! He is from Buenos Aires and is a
couple years older than Elder Rodrigues. He has a sister of 23 years old
and he is 25 and said that he received his testimony here on the
mission---YES! Missions aren´t only to bring new people to the truth,
it´s to strengthen the people already inside the walls so that one day
we can sit in the mansion with our Heavenly Father. He is a burley Elder
and walks at his pace AND THE GREAT THING IS THAT he plans things like a
BOSS and we visit a bunch of recent converts and less actives! There
are several strong young men in the ward that have already made visits
with us! I had the chance to leave a message with a REAL FAMILY! It´s so
great to see a full functioning family, ward, a CHURCH, pianos, youth
programs, etc. I was soooo blessed to grow up in Provo and I definitely
should have invited more friends to MUTUAL, FIRESIDES, CHURCH, ETC. We
have such a great blessing there in Utah--take advantage of wherever you
live and be a better missionary this week. Set a GOAL. Start out small
if you need to. Açailândia is a city with people every where and we live
smack dab in the middle of it--I love it! The solgados here are
DELICIOUS and my companion loves to eat good FOOOOD!---YES---I´m
always ready for some tasty food! This week I had the great opportunity
to buy a new shirt and an AWESOME TIE---I thought about keeping it for a
while---FOR OUR GREAT FRIEND PEDRO WHO WAS BAPTIZED THE SAME DAY AS
LUKE! I hope that he likes it--I told Elder Rodrigues to give it to him
with a picture of the baptism that I printed and a few words of
encouragement.
Amber, I love your e-mails! WAY
TO BE---ACHEIVING THE STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE AND ALL! Love you sister--I hope that everything is going
good there in the amazing land of Poland!!!!
Please pray for me everyone to
be the missionary that God wants me to be and pray for yourself and for
each other so that we can all live in the Celestial Kingdom again some
day! I´m praying for you all! Did you get my letters yet--I sure hope
so!!
I love Elder Rodrigues!! He was
a great trainer--I totally gave him my awesome 80-90 dollar shoes
because he needed new ones. I love giving people things and trying to
serve--it makes me feel happy! We had a GREAT TIME TOGETHER ---YA!
Okay, gotta go. Love you all!
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