Week Twelve

Sent: Wed 10/27/2010 7:21 AM


Hi Mom!


We´re here early so Elder Barbosa can do some stuff. We didn´t have any baptisms this week, but that´s OK because we had a training with the Mission President, his wife and the AP´s Monday that was really great! They´re all so nice, and it´s really great to get to know them. They really do feel like parents while I´m so far away from you guys.

The system for zone conferences has changed now; before it was once a transfer, but now it´s about once every three months or so. We got to have one Monday because our zone is so small that a leadership meeting would´ve consisted of three people, so we were super lucky. I´m getting better with the language every day, and I´m starting to notice it become a problem less and less. Understanding some people is still a challenge, and I still don´t catch every word, but I´m really doing my best. The President and the rest of the group say that I´m doing incredibly well, which reminds me that I´ve only been in the field for three weeks. It seems like so much longer than that!

I´m not exactly positive what´s going to happen, but I think that Elder Barbosa will probably be a Zone Leader somewhere next transfer, which means that I´ll have a different trainer. I´m not excited about it, but if that´s what needs to happen, I understand. There´s a set of goals we have to complete in order to show that you´re qualified to become Senior Companion, and I´m working to complete that this transfer, but it doesn´t mean that I will be or that I particularly want to be. I´m just trying to do whatever I can to help the mission.

I love you and hope to hear from you!

Love, Eric