Week Fourteen

Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 8:00 AM


Hi Mom!!


Sorry I didn´t write this morning, we had an activity as a zone here in Prudentópolis so our schedule´s all mixed up. We´re also doing divisions with the zone leaders, so that should be interesting. I´ll be Elder Sousa´s companion, and this will probably be one of his last divisons, because he leaves next week. I think in total 15 people are headed out this transfer, and we´re only getting 8 more, so that´s a little discouraging. We have the largest mission in Brasil in terms of areas, but we´re way below our complement of missionaries, almost 50 I think.


A senior couple is coming to Prudentópolis, too, so we´re going to be dividing the area at some point. That should be interesting, because the city´s not huge but it doesn´t have public transportation, so people have to walk everywhere if they don´t have a car or motorcycle. I´m not sure how the area will be split, but it could end up leaving us with an area with a lot of people really far from the church, which makes it tough for people to make it to church on Sundays. That´s not an excuse, though. We´ll keep working. I really have no idea if I´ll stay; I´m just going to go with it and keep working. It´s easier that way. The transfers are next wednesday, so we´ll see what happens then. Our schedule is so weird because appointments fall through all the time, and we don´t really get the chance to adapt a lot, we just go to our plan B and C.


Lunch usually is at a member´s house, and they call to cancel, so that´s OK, and we make sure to organize ourselves so we aren´t running from one side of town to the other (when we can.) I guess they probably are getting stronger, I don´t really notice because Elder Barbosa is still way faster than I am when it comes to walking.



I´m working hard, and I know that you guys are behind me, so know that I really do appreciate all that you do. I love you!



Love Eric











Hi Dad!

It´s been incredibly hot here, but yesterday it rained SO hard! The wind was so strong we had to hide out under an awning against a wall for like 15 minutes! I definitely put that in my journal. I think we´re into Spring here, summer is like January and Febuary as far as I can tell. We´ve been working really hard, and we´re starting to have a little success, which is good. I think going to this area was a blessing, because I´m definitely grateful to the Lord for all of the things that he does for me. Transfers are next wednesday, so I´ve got at least one week with Elder Barbosa.

On that note, I was reading in Ether 12 about faith, and it had a reference to Hebrews 11:7 (7-40). It´s a really great chapter, and it helped me to see that the stories that we read in the scriptures, oftentimes, are about the ordinary people having the faith to do extraordinary things. The key, however, is that we act, not just wait for a miracle to happen. I think that´s where people falter. I dunno, I just thought that I´d share.

I hope you´re doing great, and that things are busy enough to be satisfying but slow enough to be fun, too. I love you dad, and I hope to hear from you again soon!!

Love Eric